New Model Army

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The New Model Army was the disciplined, centrally organized parliamentary force that played a decisive role in winning the English Civil War and enabling the rise of Oliver Cromwell.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf army
military organization
parliamentary army
allegiance English Parliamentarians
Parliament of England
approximateSize about 22,000 men at formation
battle Battle of Dunbar (1650)
Battle of Langport
Battle of Naseby
Battle of Preston (1648)
Battle of Worcester (1651)
component artillery
cavalry
infantry
conflict English Civil War
First English Civil War
linked to: English Civil War

Second English Civil War
linked to: English Civil War

Third English Civil War
country Kingdom of England
createdBy Committee of Both Kingdoms
English Parliament
disbandedAfter Restoration of Charles II
dissolvedIn 1660
formedIn 1645
garrisonedIn England
Ireland
Scotland
influenced development of the modern professional army in Britain
knownFor centralized organization
high discipline
merit-based promotion of officers
political radicalism among soldiers
religious radicalism among soldiers
legalBasis New Model Ordinance
Self-Denying Ordinance
notableCommander Henry Ireton
Oliver Cromwell
Philip Skippon
Sir Thomas Fairfax
opposedTo Cavaliers
linked to: Cleveland Cavaliers

Royalists
participatedIn Pride's Purge
trial and execution of Charles I
linked to: English Civil War
politicalRole support of Cromwell as Lord Protector
religiousComposition strong Puritan influence
roleInHistory decisive in victory of Parliament in the English Civil War
enabled rise of Oliver Cromwell
instrumental in establishment of the English Commonwealth
key force in abolition of the monarchy in 1649

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British Army precededBy New Model Army
English Civil War notableUnit New Model Army
Long Parliament createdBody New Model Army (through legislation)
subject linked to: Long Parliament 1640
linked to: New Model Army
Royalists opposedBy New Model Army
Self-Denying Ordinance relatedTo New Model Army
Self-Denying Ordinance relatedTo Parliamentarian faction (Roundheads)
linked to: New Model Army
New Model Ordinance appliesTo New Model Army
Oliver Cromwell militaryBranch Parliamentary Army
linked to: New Model Army
Battle of Naseby belligerent New Model Army
Battle of Naseby combatant New Model Army
Battle of Langport combatant New Model Army
Battle of Langport notableUnit New Model Army cavalry
linked to: New Model Army
Battle of Langport notableUnit New Model Army infantry
linked to: New Model Army
Sir Thomas Fairfax militaryBranch Parliamentarian Army
linked to: New Model Army
Sir Thomas Fairfax notableWork Organization of the New Model Army
linked to: New Model Army
Sir Thomas Fairfax memberOf New Model Army
Battle of Preston (1648) belligerent Parliamentarian New Model Army
linked to: New Model Army
Battle of Dunbar (1650) belligerent New Model Army
Henry Ireton associatedWith New Model Army
Pride's Purge participant New Model Army
Pride's Purge relatedTo New Model Army
George Monck militaryBranch Parliamentary Army
linked to: New Model Army
Thomas Fairfax militaryBranch New Model Army
Battle of Edgehill combatant Parliamentarian army
linked to: New Model Army
Battle of Marston Moor militaryBranchParliamentarian Parliamentarian Army
linked to: New Model Army
Second English Civil War participant New Model Army
Philip Skippon militaryBranch Parliamentarian army
linked to: New Model Army
Philip Skippon sideInConflict Roundheads
linked to: New Model Army
Philip Skippon associatedWith New Model Army
Philip Skippon militaryUnit New Model Army infantry
linked to: New Model Army
Thomas Pride allegiance New Model Army
Thomas Pride servedIn New Model Army
Tantallon Castle attackedBy Oliver Cromwell’s forces
linked to: New Model Army
Siege of Clonmel attacker New Model Army
Siege of Clonmel opponentOf New Model Army
Siege of Oxford controlledBy Parliamentarian New Model Army
linked to: New Model Army
New Model Army Ordinance regulates New Model Army
New Model Army Ordinance relatedTo New Model Army
Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex associatedWith New Model Army (indirectly, through Self-Denying Ordinance)
linked to: New Model Army
Midlands campaign of the English Civil War commandedBy New Model Army leadership
linked to: New Model Army
Henry Cromwell militaryBranch New Model Army