Halifax civil war re-enactor returns to scene of battle
Stephen Foster, of Halifax, is the Commanding Officer of Robert Overton’s Regiment – a group of re-enactors keeping alive the memory of a regiment raised in Yorkshire in 1642 and which fought for Parliament at Hull, Selby, York and Marston Moor.
Mr Foster is the main coordinator for a Pikes and Plunder Civil War Festival in Newark on May 6 and 7.
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Hide AdMore than 300 re-enactors will descend on Newark Castle and engage in battle on the Queen’s Sconce, a preserved civil war fort which defied 16,000 Parliamentarian and Scots troops.
He will script the action involving pikemen, musketeers, cannons and a squadron of roundhead cavalry.
He said: “Doing this at such an amazing venue creates an incredible atmosphere. It gives an amazing window on the dramatic events in 1646 which signalled the end for King Charles.”