Land warfare branch of the Kingdom of England's military from 1660 to 1707
Not to be confused with British Army.
English Army
The royal arms of England
Active
1660–1707
Country
Kingdom of England
Allegiance
English monarchy
Type
Army
Engagements
Second Anglo-Dutch War
Third Anglo-Dutch War
Franco-Dutch War
Monmouth Rebellion
Williamite War in Ireland
Nine Years' War
King William's War
Queen Anne's War
War of the Spanish Succession
Commanders
Captain-General
George Monck, John Churchill
Notable commanders
Prince Rupert, James Scott, James Butler, Henri de Massue, James Stanhope
Military unit
The English Army existed while England was an independent state and was at war with other states, but it was not until the Interregnum and the New Model Army (raised by Parliament to defeat the Royalists in the English Civil War) that England acquired a peacetime professional standing army. At the Restoration of the monarchy, Charles II kept a small standing army, formed from elements of the Royalist army in exile and elements of the New Model Army, from which the most senior regular regiments of today's British Army can trace their antecedence. Likewise, Royal Marines can trace their origins back to the formation of the English Army's "Duke of York and Albany's maritime regiment of Foot" at the grounds of the Honourable Artillery Company on 28 October 1664.[1]
^"Origins of Royal Marines". Archived from the original on 22 October 2016. Retrieved 2 October 2015.
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