Colonel John Birch’s Regiment of Foot

Later, Colonel Humphries' Regiment of Foot

Flag Illustration	1)
Active	1644 to 1648
Country	England
Allegiance	Parliamentarian
Conflicts	First Civil War
Type	Foot
Colonel	John Birch
	Humphries
Area Raised	Kent
Coat Colour	Red
Flag Colour	Yellow
Flag Design	Unknown
Field Armies	Waller 1644
	Garrison

Parliamentarian regiment of foot raised in Kent for Waller’s Southern Association, later serving on the Welsh marches

• August: Raised in Kent
• September: Marched to Weymouth
• September: Shipped to Plymouth
• September to January: Besieged at Plymouth

• July: Siege of Bridgewater
• August to September: Siege of Bristol
• December to February 1646: Garrison of Bath (2 coy)
• December: Storm of Hereford
• Garrison of Hereford

• March: Battle of Stow on the Wold
• April to June: Siege of Ludlow (det)
• June to August: Siege of Raglan Castle
• June to July: Siege of Goodrich Castle (det)
• August: Humphries takes over as Colonel

• June: Selected to be sent to Ireland but mutiny
• October: Disbanded

Red coats and yellow flags ²⁾.

A list of officers is shown in Laurence Spring's Waller's Army, The Regiments of Sir William Waller's Southern Association The Pike and Shot Association 2007 ISBN 978-1-902768-34-2

John Birch was previously Lt Col of Hesilrigge’s Regiment of Foot, Biography at Birch's Regiment

Took over in August 1646, possibly the Col. Humphries governing Cardiff Castle in 1648?

• August 1644: 1000 ordered to be raised
• September 1644: 7-800 men
• March 1646: Birch leads 600 foot from Hereford

Colonel John Birch's regiment is re-enacted by Col. John Birch His Regiment of Foote.