Devereux's pikes 1985

 My first ECW event. I am on the extreme right. This was at Basing House. I was 25 which was older than most of the pike block. I had a daughter and I didn't drink then. Devereux's are still going - they just recently celebrated 50 years, about

Trail'st thou the puissant pike?

I am celebrating 40 years since I got into reenactment. This one is from 1988 doing 1688 at Zeals House Mere. I am with the halberd

 

Piquier, vers 1650

 Johannes Tangena (actif 1683-1699), d'après Salomon Savery (1594-1678) et Pieter Jansz Quast (1605-1647), "Soldier in armor facing right with pike and sword, helmet fastened to belt" (1650). Prints, Drawings and Watercolors from the Anne S.K. Brown Military Collection.

Battle of Dungan's Hill 1647

 The Battle of Dungan's Hill took place in County Meath, in eastern Ireland on 8 August 1647. It was fought between the armies of Confederate Ireland and the English Parliament during the Irish Confederate Wars. The Irish army was intercepted on a march towards Dublin and destroyed. Although it is a little-known event, even in Ireland, the battle was very bloody (with over 3000 deaths) and had important political repercussions. The Parliamentarian victory there destroyed the Confederate Leinster Army and contributed to the collapse of the Confederate cause and the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland in 1649.^[1]

Coming soon from North Star 1672

 Turenne and Louis. There will be mounted versions too. Look great. North Star 1672 - North Star Military Figures

African Soldiers in the British Civil Wars

 Interesting article here

Ron Embleton Minden day

 

Minden Day - Wikipedia