Colonel James Holborn’s Regiment of Foot

Also Colonel James Turner’s Regiment of Foot

Covenanter regiment of foot serving at Preston, Dunbar and Worcester in the Second and Third Civil Wars

• Raised out of remnants of Covenanter regiments then in Scotland

• Holborn supports the Kirk party and is ousted in favour of Turner, an Engager, despite a mutiny by the regiment
• July: Preston campaign
• August: Winwick Pass
• August: Surrender to the New Model Army at Winwick and Warrington

• Re-raised in Stirling and the Colonelcy returned to Holborn
• 3rd September: Battle of Dunbar ~430 men
• Garrison of Stirling

• 20th July: Battle of Inverkeithing? ~646 men
• September: Battle of Worcester

The regiment likely carried blue flags with white saltires with the inscription for Couenant Religion King and Kingdoms 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

Major General. Supported the Kirk party so was removed from command at the beginning of 1648, led the newly-raised regiment in 1650-51.

In command during the Preston campaign