The 2023 Century of the Soldier Conference discusses ‘Novelty and Change’ through diverse papers on overlooked research impacted by the pandemic.

The 2023 Century of the Soldier Conference was held at the University of Worcester on the banks of the River Severn in the historic city of Worcester. The theme of the conference was ‘Novelty and Change’ and had a range of papers covering a variety of topics. The conference focused on new research and ideas that in some cases might have been overlooked in the disruption caused by the global coronavirus pandemic.

• Cover
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• Contributor biographies
• Foreword by Professor Malcolm Wanklyn
• Introduction
• 1 Novelty and Continuity in European Warfare 1618–1721
• 2 ‘Seats of war’: Current Investigations into ECW fortifications
  • Bibliography
• 3 Marmaduke Rawdon’s Regiment of Foot: The Formation of The Regiment, from Colonel Rawdon’s Commission to the arrival at Basing House
  • Bibliography
• 4 Dragoon Warfare in the Welsh Borders during the British Civil Wars
• 5 Locating the Battle of Stow–on–the Wold 1646
  • Appendix I
  • Appendix II: Military related finds from the Stow battlefield survey
• 6 Countermarch, Caracole and Charge, 1642
• 7 Montrose’s Armies, 1644–1646
  • Appendix: Units by General
  • Appendix: Orders of Battle
• Plates