Kyle & Carrick Foot

The original Regiment was raised by the 6th Earl of Cassillis in central and southern Ayrshire by a Colonel's commission of 1643 and entered England as part of  Lord Leven's Army on 19th January 1644. After conspicuous foraging of edible livestock, three horses and a bible in Northumberland, Kyle & Carrick served through the siege of York and at Marston Moor - at which battle it was one of the three Scottish infantry regiments which held their ground. Together with the Nithsdale Foot it cleared away the Royalist foot placed in a ditch in front of the allied line.

After the fall of York, the Kyle & Carrick took part in the siege of Newcastle, thence to Scotland to serve under Lieutenant-General Baillie from the spring of 1645. The regiment assaulted the Gate-Cariol Tower, probably took part in the pursuit of Montrose from Dundee, was badly mauled at Alford and in November 1645 received several hundred recruits from Galloway. Serving under Middleton in the northeast in February 1646, it may be assumed the Kyle & Carrick took part in that gentleman's campaigns against Montrose. The regiment was disbanded on 9th February 1647, save 50 foot who were retained for the General of Artillery's Foot in the New Model Army.