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| + | ======Colonel Thomas Coote’s Regiment of Foot====== | ||
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| + | |**Active**|1649 to 1653| | ||
| + | |**Country**|Ireland| | ||
| + | |**Allegiance**|Parliamentarian| | ||
| + | |**Conflicts**|Irish Confederate War| | ||
| + | |**Type**|Foot| | ||
| + | |**Colonel**|Thomas Coote| | ||
| + | |**Area Raised**|Ireland| | ||
| + | |**Coat Colour**| | | ||
| + | |**Flag Colour**|| | ||
| + | |**Flag Design**| | | ||
| + | |**Field Armies**| | | ||
| + | </WRAP> | ||
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| + | //Regiment of Foot raised in Ireland, garrisoning Coleraine and eventually maintained by the Commonwealth// | ||
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| + | ===== Service History ===== | ||
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| + | ====1649==== | ||
| + | *Raised in Ulster | ||
| + | *September: Storm of Coleraine? | ||
| + | *Garrison of Coleraine | ||
| + | ====1650==== | ||
| + | ====1651==== | ||
| + | ====1652==== | ||
| + | ====1653==== | ||
| + | *August: Disbanded | ||
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| + | =====Notes===== | ||
| + | A brief history of the regiment is given in //The Regimental History of Cromwell's Army// by Sir Charles Firth and Godfrey Davies, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1940 | ||
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| + | Thomas Coote was a brother of Sir Charles Coote, Second Baronet. His regiment was probably raised in 1649. Whether it was raised before or after Sir Charles’ storm of Coleraine in the September is uncertain. Thereafter it formed the garrison of Coleraine and was disbanded in 1653. | ||
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| + | =====Coats, Flags and Equipment===== | ||
| + | =====Notable Officers===== | ||
| + | ====Thomas Coote==== | ||
| + | =====Strength===== | ||
| + | =====See Also====== | ||
| + | ===== Links ===== | ||
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