Original Query:
Who and what were they? Thousands from London, organised into regiments, fought alongside the Trained Bands but were carefully distinguished. 2,500 served, from Sussex Essex and Norfolk, at the last siege of Newark.
Bristol increased its Trained Bands from 3 to 4 companies but had thousands of Auxilliaries. Probably tens of thousands fought in the War, yet almost nothing is known about them. What do you know?
Answer
Keith Roberts mentions, and distinguishes, the difference between the London Trained Bands and the London Auxiliaries. No one has yet given an answer to this interesting question.
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