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5 unusual facts about Battle of Worcester


Battle of Worcester

The south-eastern one through Sidbury Gate was led by Charles II and attacked Red Hill.

Lieutenant-General Charles Fleetwood began to draw together the midland contingents at Banbury.

Bullen Reymes

In 1650, he was imprisoned in Taunton Castle and after the Battle of Worcester helped some Royalists to escape abroad.

Edward Kyrton

After the Battle of Worcester the young King Charles II stopped with Kyrton at Castle Cary during his flight to France.

Ralph Clare

In 1651 he joined the Royalist army for Charles II which was defeated at the Battle of Worcester.


William Drummond, 1st Viscount Strathallan

At the battle of Worcester in 1651, where he commanded a brigade, he was taken prisoner and carried to Windsor, but managed to escape and reach the king at Paris.


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