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| - | |**Active**|1656 to | | + | |**Active**|1656 to 1660| |
| |**Country**|England| | |**Country**|England| | ||
| |**Allegiance**|Royalist| | |**Allegiance**|Royalist| | ||
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| + | The regiment's history is discussed in Firth, C. H. (1898), [[http://archive.org/stream/transactions17royauoft#page/67/mode/1up|Royalist and Cromwellian Armies in Flanders, 1657-1662]], Transactions of the Royal Historical Society, pp. 67–119 | ||
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| Charles II began to raise an army at Bruges in Flanders in 1656, having signed a treaty to ally with Spain against France and Cromwellian England. Charles’ brother, James, Duke of York raised a troop of horse for a Lifeguard. In July 1658 they fought well at the Battle of the Dunes, but the French and English Protectorate forces were victorious. | Charles II began to raise an army at Bruges in Flanders in 1656, having signed a treaty to ally with Spain against France and Cromwellian England. Charles’ brother, James, Duke of York raised a troop of horse for a Lifeguard. In July 1658 they fought well at the Battle of the Dunes, but the French and English Protectorate forces were victorious. | ||
