Eastern Association army

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The Eastern Association army was a key Parliamentarian field force in the First English Civil War, noted for its effectiveness in East Anglia under leaders such as the Earl of Manchester and Oliver Cromwell.

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Eastern Association Army 2
Eastern Association army canonical 2

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Parliamentarian field army ⓘ
military unit ⓘ
activeInRegion East Anglia ⓘ
eastern England ⓘ
allegiance Parliament of England ⓘ
associatedWith Cambridgeshire ⓘ
Essex ⓘ
Hertfordshire ⓘ
Huntingdonshire ⓘ
Lincolnshire ⓘ
Norfolk ⓘ
Suffolk ⓘ
commandStructure Oliver Cromwell as lieutenant-general of horse ⓘ
under the Earl of Manchester as army commander ⓘ
conflict First English Civil War ⓘ
linked to: English Civil War
contributedTo formation of the New Model Army ⓘ
country Kingdom of England ⓘ
dissolvedInto New Model Army ⓘ
era English Civil Wars ⓘ
linked to: English Civil War
formedFrom militia forces of the Eastern Association counties ⓘ
fundedBy Eastern Association counties ⓘ
garrisonOrHeadquarters Cambridge ⓘ
governmentalAuthority English Long Parliament ⓘ
historicalSignificance helped secure Parliamentarian control of eastern England ⓘ
served as a model for later Parliamentarian military organization ⓘ
knownFor military effectiveness in East Anglia ⓘ
providing experienced troops for the New Model Army ⓘ
languageOfCommand English ⓘ
militaryBranch cavalry ⓘ
infantry ⓘ
notableCommander Edward Montagu, 2nd Earl of Manchester ⓘ
Lawrence Crawford ⓘ
Oliver Cromwell ⓘ
Sir Thomas Fairfax ⓘ
notableEngagement Battle of Gainsborough (1643) ⓘ
Battle of Marston Moor ⓘ
Battle of Newbury ⓘ
Battle of Winceby ⓘ
Siege of York ⓘ
notableUnit Cromwell’s cavalry (Ironsides) ⓘ
opposedTo Royalist forces ⓘ
partOf Eastern Association ⓘ
religiousTendency Puritan influence ⓘ
role key Parliamentarian field force in the First English Civil War ⓘ
supportedBy Puritan gentry of East Anglia ⓘ
timePeriod 1640s ⓘ

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Edward Montagu, 1st Earl of Manchester → commanded → Eastern Association army ⓘ
Parliamentarian side → militaryForce → Eastern Association army ⓘ
Parliamentarians (English Civil War) → militaryBranch → Eastern Association Army ⓘ
linked to: Eastern Association army
Parliamentarians → militaryForce → Eastern Association Army ⓘ
linked to: Eastern Association army