civil war society was founded in 1980 and is the umbrella organisation for the king s army and the roundhead association . the purpose of the society is to raise awareness of the conflict between king charles i of england and his supporters and their opponents in parliament and scotland . the society does this by staging re enactments of civil war battles and other types of living history displays across the uk . the re enactment societies are concerned with technical details about regiments their weapons and their clothing and way of life as well as mock battles using authentic pikes and muskets . 1 contents 1 regiments 2 list of regiments 3 see also 4 notes 5 references regiments edit the english civil war society consists of many smaller subdivisions each run semi autonomously and which are known to their members as regiments . each of these regiments falls under one or other of the two armies of the english civil war society the roundhead association and the king s army . the roundhead association army represents the army of parliament the roundheads whilst the kings army represents that of the king the cavaliers or royalists . the king s army currently has eight regiments under its control and the roundhead association has thirteen . there are regiments of foote which are common foot soldiers and are armed with pike or musket ; regiments of horse which are groups on horseback and armed with swords and carbines ; and regiments of artillery armed with cannon of various sizes . list of regiments edit the kings army the roundhead association sir thomas blackwell s regiment of foote colonel valentine walton s regiment of foote lord ralph hopton s regiment of foote colonel john hampden s regiment of foote sir richard grenvile s regiment of horse colonel nicholas devereux s regiment of foote sir thomas lunsford s regiment of foote the earl of essex s regiment sir william pennyman s regiment of foote norfolke trayned bandes sir marmaduke rawdon s regiment of foote colonel robert overton s regiment of foote sir thomas tyldesley s regiment of foote the earl of loudoun s regiment of foote the marquess of winchester s regiment of foote see also edit list of historical reenactment groups the sealed knot reenactment english civil war reenactment notes edit morillo & pavkovic 2006 p. 101 ; gaunt 2000 p. 149 references edit gaunt peter 2000 the english civil war the essential readings wiley blackwell isbn 0 631 20809 7 morillo stephen ; pavkovic michael f. 2006 what is military history polity isbn 0 7456 3391 9 english civil war society website http www.ecws.org.uk retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title english civil war society & oldid 737554071 categories historical reenactment groupsenglish civil war reenactment navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 3 september 2016 at 16 02 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view