United Kingdom: Westminster Liberty Regiment (Westminster Red Regiment) (original) (raw)
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- Introduction
- Type VENN A
- Type VENN B
- John Gell's Regiment (1643-1644)
- Sergeant major
- First Captain See also:
- Colours of Infantry Militia in English Civil War
- "Proper" London Trained Bands
- Trained bands from areas surrounding London
- United Kingdom
Introduction
The Westminster Liberty Regiment (also known as the Westminster Red Regiment) shows a complete stand of colours (type VENN A) of existing companies of the yellow regiment. The sheet was red, the devices were white 6-point stars thus pointing at the upper hoist corner.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 8 November 2010
Sources:
Ede-Borrett (1987)
Peachey and Prince (1991)
Keith Roberts: 'London and Liberty- ensigns of the London Trained bands'; Leigh-on-Sea, 1987, Partizan Press
Peter Young and Richard Holmes: 'The English Civil War - A Military History of the Three Civil Wars 1642-1651', London 1974, Purnell Book Services; [www.traynedbandes.org.uk]
Type VENN A
Colonel's colour
[ ![[London Trained Bands colours]](http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/images/g/gb^wtbcol.gif)
](../images/g/gb^wtbcol.gif)image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 8 November 2010
Colonel's colour was a plain red flag.
Ian Sumner, Christopher Southworth and Klaus-Michael Schneider, 8 November 2010
Lieutenant Colonel's colour
[ ![[London Trained Bands colours]](http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/images/g/gb^wtbltc.gif)
](../images/g/gb^wtbltc.gif)image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 8 November 2010
Lieutenant Colonel's colour was red with a St. George canton.
Ian Sumner, Christopher Southworth and Klaus-Michael Schneider, 8 November 2010
Sergeant Major's colour
[ ![[London Trained Bands colours]](http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/images/g/gb^wtbsmj.gif)
](../images/g/gb^wtbsmj.gif)image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 8 November 2010
Sergeant Major's colour had added one white pile wavy pointing to the centre.
Ian Sumner, Christopher Southworth and Klaus-Michael Schneider, 8 November 2010
First Captain
[ ![[London Trained Bands colours]](http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/images/g/gb^wtbcp1.gif)
](../images/g/gb^wtbcp1.gif)image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 8 November 2010
The First Captain's colour had one star.
Ian Sumner, Christopher Southworth and Klaus-Michael Schneider, 8 November 2010
Second Captain
[ ![[London Trained Bands colours]](http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/images/g/gb^wtbcp2.gif)
](../images/g/gb^wtbcp2.gif)image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 8 November 2010
The First Captain's colour had two stars.
Ian Sumner, Christopher Southworth and Klaus-Michael Schneider, 8 November 2010
Third Captain
[ ![[London Trained Bands colours]](http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/images/g/gb^wtbcp3.gif)
](../images/g/gb^wtbcp3.gif)image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 8 November 2010
The First Captain's colour had three stars.
Ian Sumner, Christopher Southworth and Klaus-Michael Schneider, 8 November 2010
Fourth Captain
[ ![[London Trained Bands colours]](http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/images/g/gb^wtbcp4.gif)
](../images/g/gb^wtbcp4.gif)image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 8 November 2010
The First Captain's colour had four stars.
Ian Sumner, Christopher Southworth and Klaus-Michael Schneider, 8 November 2010
Type VENN B
The sheet was red, the devices were white 5-point stars rotated anti clockwise 45� thus pointing to the upper hoist corner.
Ian Sumner, Christopher Southworth and Klaus-Michael Schneider, 8 November 2010
Sergeant Major's colour
[ ![[London Trained Bands colours]](http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/images/g/gb^wtbsm2.gif)
](../images/g/gb^wtbsm2.gif)image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 8 November 2010
The Sergeant Major's colour had one star.
Ian Sumner, Christopher Southworth and Klaus-Michael Schneider, 8 November 2010
Westminster blue auxiliaries
Sergeant Major's Colours
[ ![[London Trained Bands colours]](http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/images/g/gb^waxsmj.gif)
](../images/g/gb^waxsmj.gif)image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 8 November 2010
The sheet was blue, the devices after the change of a Colonel in 1644 were yellow piles wavy. The colour of former the device was unknown, the Sergeant Major's colour had one pile wavy.
Ian Sumner, Christopher Southworth and Klaus-Michael Schneider, 8 November 2010
John Gell's Regiment (1643-1644)
Sergeant Major
[ ![[London Trained Bands colours]](http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/images/g/gb^jgrsmj.gif)
](../images/g/gb^jgrsmj.gif)image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 8 November 2010
The sheet was yellow, the devices were blue upright 5-point stars. The Sergeant Major's Colour had an additional blue wavy pile and no star.
Ian Sumner, Christopher Southworth and Klaus-Michael Schneider, 8 November 2010
First Captain
[ ![[London Trained Bands colours]](http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/images/g/gb^jgrcp1.gif)
](../images/g/gb^jgrcp1.gif)image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 8 November 2010
The 1st Captain's colour had one star in the centre.
Ian Sumner, Christopher Southworth and Klaus-Michael Schneider, 8 November 2010