English Army

English Army
Active1660–1707
Country Kingdom of England
AllegianceEnglish monarchy
TypeArmy
Engagements
Commanders
Captain-GeneralGeorge Monck, John Churchill
Notable
commanders
Prince Rupert, James Scott, James Butler, Henri de Massue, James Stanhope

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]

  1. ^ "Origins of Royal Marines". Archived from the original on 22 October 2016. Retrieved 2 October 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)