Group    From /2/1645  To 1660

New Model Army

Categories: Armed Forces

Created by the Parliamentarians to oppose the King's forces. It was a professional army, in contrast to the part-time local militia they had at their disposal previously. The men were full-time soldiers and liable to be sent to fight anywhere. Generally, the leaders were barred from holding a seat either in the Lords or the Commons which made the army more independent of these authorities. There were 4 exceptions to this "self-denying ordinance", including Oliver Cromwell.

Commander-in-chief was Sir Thomas Fairfax. Men and their leaders tended to hold radical political and religious views.  It was a meritocracy - a man would be promoted due to his abilities rather than his social position. The Army was disbanded on the Restoration.

Comments are provided by Facebook, please ensure you are signed in here to see them

This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
New Model Army

Commemorated ati

Putney Debates

In this place Oliver Cromwell, the General Council of the Army and elected so...

Read More

Thomas Rainsborough

Thomas Rainsborough was buried in this churchyard on the 14th November 1648 a...

Read More

Other Subjects

W. L. Sutton

W. L. Sutton

Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.

Person, Armed Forces

War served, WW1
1 memorial
Lance Corporal Arthur Stephen Bradbury

Lance Corporal Arthur Stephen Bradbury

Arthur Stephen Bradbury was born in 1896 in Sunbury, Middlesex (now Surrey), the fourth of at least nine children of John Bradbury (1863-1933) and Annie Bradbury née Skipper (1865-1922). His birth ...

Person, Armed Forces

War dead, WW1
1 memorial
J. Jacobs

J. Jacobs

Resident of Willesden who volunteered and died in the Anglo Boer War, 1899-1900.

Person, Armed Forces, South Africa

War dead, Other war
1 memorial
J. Pope

J. Pope

Employed at the Holloway tram garage. Served and was killed in WW1.

Person, Armed Forces

War dead, WW1
1 memorial
L. C. Carter

L. C. Carter

Resident of Hendon who served and died in WW2.

Person, Armed Forces

War dead, WW2
1 memorial

Previously viewed

Alma Cogan

Alma Cogan

Singer. Born Alma Angela Cohen in Whitechapel. She specialized in 'novelty' songs such as 'Twenty Tiny Fingers' and 'Bell Bottom Blues'. Nicknamed the 'girl with the chuckle (or giggle or laugh) in...

Person, Music / songs, TV & Radio

1 memorial