Three different recreated cavalry troopers sit on their horses on the horizon against a stormy sky. One is a late seventeenth century Oxford Blues trooper, one Napoleonic, and One a Victorian lancer. © Sue Dudley/shotbywomen

A recerated young English Civil War officer rests his hand on his sword and has fields behind him. He wears a large blue silk scarf or sash © Sue Dudley/shotbywomen

A recreated Victorian lancer sits on his horse with a landscape of fields behind him © Sue Dudley/shotbywomen

A mounted Parliamentarian cavalry trooper sits on his horse with his carbine resting on his thigh © Sue Dudley/shotbywomen

A recreated dismounted Royalist Trooper rests his hand on his sword in front of a historic building. © Sue Dudley/shotbywomen

A recreated preacher rants to the troops during a battle of the English Civil War © Sue Dudley/shotbywomen

A recreated Oxford Blue trooper canters a grey horse across the photo. The late seventeenth century Oxford Blues was the first regiment which later became the Household Cavalry. © Sue Dudley/shotbywomen

A re-enacted Scots lancer at the English Civil War Battle of Marston Moor, sits on his horse and looks back over his shoulder. The background is hazy with gunsmoke © Sue Dudley/shotbywomen