From the Scottish perspective, the Battle of the Standard (or Northallerton) demonstrated the bravery and ultimate failure of the Galwegian infantry who insisted on leading the charge despite being unarmoured spearmen facing English bowmen. The Galwegian leaders said that armoured knights in the first rank would bring no more honour than unarmoured men — and died proving their point. The Galwegians who fought here were from Galloway in south-west Scotland.
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