English Civil War Society 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 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
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