The Regiment

The Modern Regiment

Today's regiment was formed in 1992, however our heritage goes way back to the day's before the English Civil War. Like our predecessor, today's regiment was also formed in Cornwall and is now well travelled. However, unlike our 17th Century counterparts, today we have members from across England, in Cornwall, Devon, Hampshire, Sussex, Wales, Derbyshire, Sheffield, Cheshire and Merseyside especially in the University of Liverpool. We are a very mixed and open regiment, with members ranging from families with small children, teenagers, single men and women and even members of the elder persuasion. Godolphins Regiment has something for everyone, whether it is fighting, helping out the 'men' on the battlefield, making and selling clothes and other C17th items, or going on Living History where you can live as you would have back in the Civil War.

Roles within the Regiment.

Below are a series of links, which you can use to explore each role further. Click on the link to see what we do, and what you might like to do if you come away with us.

Musket

Read more on the Musket page.

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Pike

Read more on the Pike page.

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Artillery

Read more on the Artillery page.

Drummers

Read more on the Drummers page.

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Camp Followers

Read more on the Camp Followers page.

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Colours

Read more on the Colours page.
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The Structure within Godolphin's Regiment of Foote


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As you can see above, the structure of the regiment is straight forward, the high ranking colonel at the top as the commanding officer, and the lowly rank and file at the bottom.

You will note that at the top of the Structure tree there seems to be two positions. One is that of the honourary colonel, a man who did not involve himself with the regiment, but was part of it, similar to how the Queen holds the role of the Commander-in-Chief of the British (and Canadian) Army. The CO would have also had a man called the Adjutant, holding the rank of Leiutenant, who would write his orders for him, correspond with other regiments and basically do all the paper work for the Commanding Officer. The 2iC would have been a man of high regard, commonly Major. His role was to pass orders down the chain of command and deal with the petty issues that should not be bothering a commander of a regiment.




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of Captured Times

To see Who's Who within Godolphin's regiment click on this link Officers

The Divisional Commanders would have held the rank of Captain, with a possibility of a second officer, a Leiutenant, acting as his second in command. See the Officers page for more details. Next to take command of the division would have been the Ensign, a Junior Officer. See the Colours page for information on him.

Each respective arme would have had it's own divisional non-commisioned officers, with ranks such as Sergeant and Corporal. The men were the lubrication between the lowly common rank and file, and the upper class gentry of the Officers. Without these men, no army, from any time period would have worked at all.

The Regimental Ensign had a very important job to do; run the administrative side of the regiment. He was aided by a team of staff, namey the Drum Major, the Elder Sergeant, and the Good Wife, to ensure that the men were paid, fed, equipment was kept properly, recruiting was done, and all the nitty gritty jobs that most people wouldn't even think about when thinking of a fighting regiment.

The Goodwife put the issues, complaints and comments forward from the Civilians amongst the followers of the regiment, without whom the soldiers could not live and survive, whilst the Drum Major was, as his name suggests, the man to see about the drums and drummers. Please see the Drums page for more information.

Under the Regimental Ensign, was the roles of Provost, Treasurer, Clerk, and Quatermaster.

The Provost was the authoritarian of the Regiment, often a Sergeant or a Corporal, who, with the authority from the Regimental Ensign, would issue punishments for the common crimes committed by the men of the regiment, and in some cases the Women who followed them.

The Treasurer was the man in charge of the money, a man who was hated and loved by the men, dependant on the state of the Regimental Funds.

The Clerk was the man who conducted the common paper work for the men and officers, working in conjunction with the Adjutant, to write up minutes of meetings, produce formal copies of notices and letters, etc.

The Quartermaster was the man in charge of the equipment, from pikes to muskets, carts to helmets. He was also given the task to make sure that all the kit was serviceable, and that it could be used when and where it was needed, thus needing to make sure transport for the large amounts of eqiupment that was needed by the regiment on a day to day basis.