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Captain William Hill’s Troop of Dragoons

Active1642 to
CountryEngland
AllegianceParliamentarian
ConflictsFirst Civil War
TypeDragoons
CaptainWilliam Hill
Area RaisedGloucestershire
Coat Colour
Flag Colour
Flag Design
Field ArmiesWaller 1643

Parliamentarian dragoons briefly serving with Waller during the First Civil War

Service History

1642

  • November: Hill raises a company of dragoons in Gloucestershire

1643

  • March: Battle of Highnam

Notes

On 1 November 1642 Parliament ordered that Captain William Hill of Tewkesbury receive money from the collectors in Gloucester for the raising and pay of 100 dragoons and officers, according to the establishment of the Earl of Essex. On 18 November he was paid £320 for raising a company of 100 dragoons, whilst on 24 March 1643 Hill received a gratuity for his service at Highnam House. 1)

Coats, Flags & Equipment

Notable Officers

Captain William Hill

Strength

  • 1642: 100 dragoons

See Also

1) Journal of the House of Commons, II, p. 829; Journal of the House of Lords, V, p. 437; Peachey and Turton, Fall of the West, VI, p. 631.