Kentish Dragoons
| Active | 1642 to 1645 |
| Country | England |
| Allegiance | Parliamentarian |
| Conflicts | First Civil War |
| Type | Dragoons |
| Captains | See below |
| Area Raised | Kent |
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| Field Armies | Waller 1643-5 |
| Massey 1645 | |
Independent dragoon companies raised in Kent and serving with Waller’s army of the Southern Association
Service History
1642
- December: Siege of Chichester
1643
- November: Standoff at Farnham
- December to January: Siege of Arundel
1644
- June: Battle of Cropredy Bridge?
- November: Second Battle of Newbury?
1645
- April: Capt Butler dies near Langford garrison Wiltshire
- July: Battle of Ilminster?
- August to October: Siege of Basing House
- September to October: Siege of Winchester
- October: Storm of Basing House
Notes
Another troop of Kent Dragoons were present at Chichester in January 1643 under Capt Gibbons forming part of Sir Michael Livesey’s Regiment of Horse1)
Flags and Coats
Notable Officers
A list of officers is shown in Laurence Spring's Waller's Army, The Regiments of Sir William Waller's Southern Association The Pike and Shot Association 2007 ISBN 978-1-902768-34-2
Identified captains include Nathan Butler, William Rolfe, Skinner, Robert Smith, Phillips, Morgan and Mann.
Contemporary References
From original research by Victor Judge aka BCW user 1642
Britford Parish Register
Captayne Butler of ye Kentish Dragoones buryed April 17th 1645
(Most of the soldiers' burials at this church are from Colonel Conyers Griffin’s Regiment of Foot of Langford garrison Wiltshire)
Strength
- December 1642: 3 companies at Chichester
- November 1643: 120
- Summer 1644: 100 ordered to join Waller
- June 1645: 160 ordered to join Massey at Farnham
- July 1645: 71 further dragoons ordered to assemble at Farnham for siege work
