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Offline rampantlion

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ECW cavalry colors
« on: August 17, 2018, 06:39:36 PM »
Did ECW cavalry units carry their colors into battle or did they store them during actual combat like some later cavalry units did?

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Offline Poiter50

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Re: ECW cavalry colors
« Reply #1 on: August 17, 2018, 07:44:17 PM »
Reading Nigel Tranter's Montrose, he implies that colours are carried for all units.
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Offline rampantlion

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Re: ECW cavalry colors
« Reply #2 on: August 17, 2018, 08:21:40 PM »
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Offline Sparrow

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Re: ECW cavalry colors
« Reply #3 on: August 17, 2018, 08:43:45 PM »
Cornets (not colours) were carried into battle, one Cornet per troop.
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Offline Etranger

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Re: ECW cavalry colors
« Reply #4 on: August 17, 2018, 10:10:30 PM »
... but none have survived, and no-one really knows what most looked like, beyond a few written descriptions. FWIW ECW Dragoon regiments didn't have cornets/colours.
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Offline westwaller

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Re: ECW cavalry colors
« Reply #5 on: August 18, 2018, 09:19:22 AM »
Didn't Dragoons carry guidons in battle? IIRC swallow-tailed ones?

Offline Sparrow

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Re: ECW cavalry colors
« Reply #6 on: August 18, 2018, 11:49:34 AM »
Yes, Dragoons had swallow tailed guidons which were carried into battle (as evidenced, for example, by those captured).

As for no cavalry Cornets surviving, you may want to the visit the City of London museum and look at the original Cornets  on display there? 😉 They are well worth the visit.
« Last Edit: August 18, 2018, 01:33:20 PM by Sparrow »

Offline rampantlion

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Re: ECW cavalry colors
« Reply #7 on: August 18, 2018, 04:11:34 PM »
Thanks for the info all!