Colonel George Keith of Aden’s Regiment of Foot

Covenanter regiment of foot serving on the Preston campaign in the Second Civil War and at Worcester in the Third

• Raised in Aberdeenshire and the Mearns
• July: Preston campaign
• August: Battle of Winwick Pass
• August: Surrender to the New Model Army at Winwick and Warrington

• December: Ordered to be levied

• Re-raised in Aberdeenshire
• September: Battle of Worcester

The regiment’s flags in 1648 were red with a white saltire and showed various distinctions ie; a hand and tree; a cloud, hand and sword; a damaged motto. Unusually there was no Covenant inscription. ¹⁾

A list of the regiment's officers is shown in Stuart Reid's Scots Armies of the 17th Century 2: Scots Colours Partizan Press 1988 ISBN 094652550 1

Keith was younger brother of the Earl Marischall and served as a captain in his regiment during the First Civil War. He later led a regiment at Worcester, and succeeded his brother as Earl Marischall.