Battle of Ormskirk

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Battle of Ormskirk
Part of First English Civil War
Date20 August 1644
Location
near Ormskirk, Lancashire
Result Parliamentarian victory
Belligerents
Royalists Parliamentarians
Commanders and leaders
Lord Byron
Viscount Molyneux		 Sir John Meldrum
Casualties and losses
100 killed
300 prisoners
Ormskirk
Preston
Lancaster
Lancashire and Ormskirk

The Battle of Ormskirk was fought on 20 August 1644 during the First English Civil War. It was a decisive victory for the Parliamentarian force commanded by Major-General Sir John Meldrum over the Royalist force commanded by Lord Byron.

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