Naseby order of battle
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The following units and commanders fought in the Battle of Naseby
during the First English Civil War
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Parliamentarian New Model Army
(6000 Horse, 1,000 Dragoons, 7,000 Foot, 11 guns)
Battle of Naseby
The Battle of Naseby was the key battle of the first English Civil War. On 14 June 1645, the main army of King Charles I was destroyed by the Parliamentarian New Model Army commanded by Sir Thomas Fairfax and Oliver Cromwell.-The Campaign:...
during the First English Civil War
First English Civil War
The First English Civil War began the series of three wars known as the English Civil War . "The English Civil War" was a series of armed conflicts and political machinations that took place between Parliamentarians and Royalists from 1642 until 1651, and includes the Second English Civil War and...
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Parliamentarian New Model ArmyNew Model ArmyThe New Model Army of England was formed in 1645 by the Parliamentarians in the English Civil War, and was disbanded in 1660 after the Restoration...
(6000 Horse, 1,000 Dragoons, 7,000 Foot, 11 guns)- Lord General Sir Thomas FairfaxThomas Fairfax, 3rd Lord Fairfax of CameronThomas Fairfax, 3rd Lord Fairfax of Cameron was a general and parliamentary commander-in-chief during the English Civil War...
- Left Wing (Commissary General Henry IretonHenry IretonHenry Ireton was an English general in the Parliamentary army during the English Civil War. He was the son-in-law of Oliver Cromwell.-Early life:...
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- First Line
- Colonel John Butler's Regiment of Horse
- Colonel Cornelius Vermuyden's Regiment of Horse
- Commissary General Henry Ireton's Regiment of Horse
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- Second Line
- Colonel Nathaniel Rich's Regiment of Horse
- Colonel Charles Fleetwood's Regiment of Horse
- Eastern Association Horse (half regiment)
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- Colonel John OkeyJohn OkeyJohn Okey was an English soldier, member of Parliament, and one of the regicides of King Charles I.-Early life and military career:...
's Regiment of DragoonDragoonThe word dragoon originally meant mounted infantry, who were trained in horse riding as well as infantry fighting skills. However, usage altered over time and during the 18th century, dragoons evolved into conventional light cavalry units and personnel...
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- Colonel John Okey
- Centre (Sergeant Major GeneralSergeant Major GeneralSergeant major general is a now extinct military rank that can trace its origins to the Middle Ages. Originally simply sergeant major, the title—unlike the modern military rank of the same name—signified a general officer, commander of an army's infantry and typically third in command of the army...
Sir Philip SkipponPhilip SkipponPhilip Skippon was an English soldier, who fought in the English Civil War.-To 1638:...
)- Eleven pieces of artillery
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- First Line
- Sir Philip Skippon's Regiment of Foot
- Sir Hardress Waller's Regiment of Foot
- Colonel John Pickering's Regiment of Foot
- Colonel Edward Montagu's Regiment of Foot
- Sir Thomas Fairfax's Regiment of Foot
- Forlorn HopeForlorn hopeA forlorn hope is a band of soldiers or other combatants chosen to take the leading part in a military operation, such as an assault on a defended position, where the risk of casualties is high....
of commanded musketeers
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- Second Line
- Lieutenant Colonel Pride's Regiment of Foot
- Colonel Robert Hammond's Regiment of Foot
- Colonel Thomas Rainsborough's Regiment of Foot
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- Third Line
- Lieutenant Colonel Pride's Reserve
- Right Wing (Lieutenant General Oliver CromwellOliver CromwellOliver Cromwell was an English military and political leader who overthrew the English monarchy and temporarily turned England into a republican Commonwealth, and served as Lord Protector of England, Scotland, and Ireland....
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- First Line
- Colonel Edward WhalleyEdward WhalleyEdward Whalley was an English military leader during the English Civil War, and was one of the regicides who signed the death warrant of King Charles I of England.-Early career:The exact dates of his birth and death are unknown...
's Regiment of Horse - Sir Robert Pye's Regiment of Horse (one Division)
- Sir Thomas Fairfax's Regiment of Horse
- Colonel Edward Rossiter's Regiment of Horse (one Division)
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- Second Line
- Colonel Thomas Sheffield's Regiment of Horse
- Sir Robert Pye's Regiment of Horse (one Division)
- Colonel John Fiennes's Regiment of Horse (one Division)
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- Third Line
- Eastern Association Horse (half regiment)
- Colonel John Fiennes's Regiment of Horse (one Division)
- Colonel Edward Rossiter's Regiment of Horse (one Division)
Royalist Army
(4,100+ Horse, 3,300+ Foot)- King Charles ICharles I of EnglandCharles I was King of England, King of Scotland, and King of Ireland from 27 March 1625 until his execution in 1649. Charles engaged in a struggle for power with the Parliament of England, attempting to obtain royal revenue whilst Parliament sought to curb his Royal prerogative which Charles...
- General of the Army Prince RupertPrince Rupert of the RhineRupert, Count Palatine of the Rhine, Duke of Bavaria, 1st Duke of Cumberland, 1st Earl of Holderness , commonly called Prince Rupert of the Rhine, KG, FRS was a noted soldier, admiral, scientist, sportsman, colonial governor and amateur artist during the 17th century...
- Left Wing (Sir Marmaduke LangdaleMarmaduke LangdaleSir Marmaduke Langdale was a Royalist commander in the English Civil War.He married Lenox , daughter of Sir John Rodes of Barlborough, Derbyshire, and his third wife Catherine, daughter of Marmaduke Constable of Holderness on 12 September 1626, at St Michael-le-Belfry in York...
)- Four Divisions of "Northern Horse"
- Colonel Sir Horatio Cary's Regiment of Horse
- Centre (Sir Bernard AstleyJacob Astley, 1st Baron Astley of ReadingJacob Astley, 1st Baron Astley of Reading was a Royalist commander in the English Civil War.-Life:He came from an established Norfolk family, and was born at Melton Constable. His first experiences of war were at the age of 18 when he joined the Islands Voyage expedition in 1597 under the Earl of...
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- Three divisions of Colonel Sir Thomas Howard's Regiment of Horse
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- Sir George Lisle's Tertia
- Sir George Lisle's Regiment of Foot
- Colonel William St. George's Regiment of Foot
- The Shrewsbury Foot (the remnants of several regiments returned from Ireland, including Tillier's, Broughton's, Warren's and Gibson's, under Colonel George Smith)
- Sir George Lisle's Tertia
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- Sir Henry Bard's Tertia
- Sir Henry Bard's Regiment of Foot
- Colonel Rhys Thomas's Regiment of Foot
- Sir John Owen's Regiment of Foot
- Colonel Richard Bagot's Regiment of Foot
- Colonel Radcliffe Gerrard's Regiment of Foot
- Sir Henry Bard's Tertia
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- Sir Bernard Astley's Tertia
- The Duke of York's Regiment of Foot
- Colonel Sir Edward Hopton's Regiment of Foot
- Colonel Sir Richard Page's Regiment of Foot
- Sir Bernard Astley's Tertia
- Right Wing (Prince MauricePrince Maurice von SimmernPrince Maurice of the Palatinate KG , Count Palatine of the Rhine, was the fourth son of Frederick V, Elector Palatine and Princess Elizabeth, only daughter of James I, King of England and Scotland and Anne of Denmark....
)- First Line
- Prince Rupert's and Prince Maurice's Lifeguard Troops of Horse
- Prince Rupert's Regiment of Horse
- The Queen's Regiment of Horse
- Prince Maurice's Regiment of Horse
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- Second Line
- The Earl of Northampton's Regiment of Horse
- Sir William VaughanWilliam Vaughan (royalist)Sir William Vaughan was an English royalist commander in the First English Civil War. He was killed at the Battle of Rathmines.-Life:...
's Regiment of Horse
- Reserve (King Charles)
- The King's Regiment of Foot
- The King's Lifeguard of Horse (Lord Bernard Stuart)
- Prince Rupert's Regiment of Foot