English Army

The English Army was the army of the Kingdom of England from 1661 to 1707. It was raised by Charles II of England after the Stuart Restoration of 1660 saw him ascend to the English throne, and consisted partly of personnel who were veterans of either the Royalist units Charles II maintained while exiled in France or the New Model Army. The English army was the second standing army of the English state after the New Model Army, and was raised at the same time as the Irish and Scottish armies.

It consisted of a number of infantry, cavalry and artillery units, and fought in numerous conflicts in both Great Britain and abroad, including the Second and Third Anglo-Dutch wars, Nine Years' War and War of the Spanish Succession. The first English marines, which later became the Royal Marines, were formed as part of the English Army in 1664. In 1707, England was merged with the Kingdom of Scotland under the Acts of Union 1707 to form the Kingdom of Great Britain, and the English Army was merged with its Scottish counterpart to form the British Army.