Second Battle of Middlewich

Second Battle of Middlewich
Part of First English Civil War

Royalist commander Lord Byron
Date26 December 1643
Location
Middlewich, England
Result Royalist victory
Belligerents
Royalists Parliamentarians
Commanders and leaders
Lord Byron
Richard Gibson
Sir William Brereton
Alexander Rigby
Strength
5,000 3,000
Casualties and losses
Unknown 200 killed

The Second Battle of Middlewich took place on 26 December 1643 near Middlewich in Cheshire during the First English Civil War. A Royalist force under Lord Byron defeated a Parliamentarian army commanded by Sir William Brereton.