English Civil War Society 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. English Civil War Society The English 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
Uniforms of the British Army button down belt loops, when carrying equipment was not worn, a uniform belt was worn in these loops. Prior to the [[English Civil War]] of 1642–51 the only significant instances of uniform dress in British military culture occurred in small bodyguard units, notably the [[Yeoman of the Guard]]. During the Civil War the Parliamentary [[New Model Army]] adopted a fairly standardised pattern of red clothing, a practice which continued with the small regular [[English Army]] of the Restoration period. By the end of the 17th century, the English army uniform's colour (England not yet having joined with Scotland to form