“They that would wrest that standard from his hand, must first wrest his soul from his body.” A Parliamentarian trooper gallops away, pursued by a Royalist cavalryman, after capturing one of the infantry standards of the Marquis of Newcastle’s Regiment of Foote at The Battle of Marston Moor. . The standard, or ‘colours’, was the responsibility of an officer with the rank of ensign, a junior officer equivalent to a second lieutenant today, and each company within a regiment would have one. The flag was a powerful symbol of prestige and its loss was the worst possible disgrace - they were therefore defended with all possible effort and their capture was the best indication of the seriousness of a defeat. . One hundred Royalist regimental colours were captured at Marston Moor, including eleven described as "red with white crosses" that belonged to Newcastle's regiment. It was the biggest battle of the civil wars and one of the largest ever fought on English soil, with the Royalist armies of the Marquis of Newcastle and Prince Rupert defeated by the combined might of the Earl of Manchester's Eastern Association, the Earl of Leven's Scottish Covenanters, and Lord Ferdinando Fairfax's Northern army. . #colour #standard #capture #marstonmoor #scampstonhall #photoreenactment #reenactment #reenactors #reenacting #reenactorstyle #reenactorslife #reenactinglife #reenactorsofinstagram #reenactmentphotography #livinghistory #history #historicalreenactment #historicalcostume #17thcentury #sealedknot #dailyphoto #photoaday #photooftheday #photoadaychallenge #historyhit #englishcivilwar #instadaily . 📷 @tina3crawford https://www.instagram.com/p/B1s6XlpnPUR/?igshid=1w626kpvfwa96