Battle of Naseby order of battle

The following units and commanders fought in the Battle of Naseby during the First English Civil War.

Parliamentarian New Model Army

(6000 Horse, 1,000 Dragoons, 7,000 Foot, 11 guns)

Lord General Sir Thomas Fairfax

Left Flank

Colonel John Okey's Regiment of Dragoons

Left Wing (Commissary General Henry Ireton)

First Line

Colonel John Butler's Regiment of Horse

Colonel Cornelius Vermuyden's Regiment of Horse

Commissary General Henry Ireton's Regiment of Horse

Second Line

Colonel Nathaniel Rich's Regiment of Horse

Colonel Charles Fleetwood's Regiment of Horse

Eastern Association Horse (half regiment)

Centre (Sergeant Major General Sir Philip Skippon)

Eleven pieces of artillery

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 Hope of commanded musketeers

Second Line

Lieutenant Colonel Pride's Regiment of Foot

Colonel Robert Hammond's Regiment of Foot

Colonel Thomas Rainsborough's Regiment of Foot

Third Line

Lieutenant Colonel Pride's Reserve

Right Wing (Lieutenant General Oliver Cromwell)

First Line

Colonel Edward Whalley's Regiment of Horse

Sir Robert Pye's Regiment of Horse (one Division) ^{[nb 1]}

Sir Thomas Fairfax's Regiment of Horse

Colonel Edward Rossiter's Regiment of Horse (one Division)

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)

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 I

General of the Army Prince Rupert

Left Wing (Sir Marmaduke Langdale)

Four Divisions of "Northern Horse"

Colonel Sir Horatio Cary's Regiment of Horse

Centre (Lord Astley)

Three divisions of Colonel Sir Thomas Howard's Regiment of Horse

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 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 Ratcliffe Gerard's Regiment of Foot

Sir Bernard Astley's Tertia^{[nb 2]}

The Duke of York's Regiment of Foot

Colonel Sir Edward Hopton's Regiment of Foot

Colonel Sir Richard Page's Regiment of Foot

Right Wing (Prince Maurice)

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

Second Line

The Earl of Northampton's Regiment of Horse

Sir William Vaughan'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

Notes

^ A "division" of cavalry was a grouping of three or four troops. Most regiments of cavalry in the New Model Army had six troops, and therefore two division. Some Royalist divisions would have been amalgamations of very understrength regiments
^ Son of Sergeant-major General Jacob Astley

References

Roberts, Keith; Cromwell's War Machine, (Pen & Sword Military: Barnsley, 2005) ISBN 1-84415-094-1
Young, Peter; Marston Moor 1644: The Campaign and the Battle (Kineton: Roundwood, 1970)

[1] A "division" of cavalry was a grouping of three or four troops. Most regiments of cavalry in the New Model Army had six troops, and therefore two division. Some Royalist divisions would have been amalgamations of very understrength regiments

[2] Son of Sergeant-major General Jacob Astley

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[nb 2]