Battle of Wigan Lane

So long ago, but yet so interesting..!!!

The Battle of Wigan Lane was fought on 25 August 1651 during the Third English Civil War, between a Royalist army led by the Earl of Derby and forces loyal to the Commonwealth of England under Colonel Robert Lilburne. The Royalists were defeated, losing nearly half their officers and men.




Monument to Sir Thomas Tyldesley
at the site of the battle
Date 25 August 1651
Location
Wigan, England
Result Parliamentarian victory
Belligerents
Commonwealth of England Parliamentarians Royalists
Commanders and leaders
Commonwealth of England Colonel Robert Lilburne
Commonwealth of EnglandColonel Thomas Birch Earl of Derby
Lord Widdrington †
Sir William Throgmorton †
Sir Thomas Tyldesley †
Colonel Boynton †
Strength
603
(Colonel Robert Lilburne Regiment of Horse)[1]
30 horse
(from Liverpool as well as volunteers with shotguns mounted as Dragoons)
200
(2 companies of Cheshire Trained Band of Foot)
100
(1 company of foot from Manchester)
100
(one company of John Birch's Regiment of Foot)
2,100
(Cromwell's 2 Regiments of Foot and detached company of horse)
Total:
3,000[2] 1,000
(Earl of Derby’s Regiment of Foot)
600
(Earl of Derby’s Regiment of Horse)[3]
Total:
600-1,