Roger Fenwick (1632–1658) was an English lieutenant-colonel in the New Model Army who was mortally wounded while leading his regiment at the Battle of the Dunes (1658).
He was the son of Edward Fenwick of Staunton and his wife Sarah Nevill of Cheat, Yorkshire.
[2][3] He was Lieutenant-Colonel of Lockhart's New Model Army regiment at the battle of the Dunes fought on 4/14 July 1658.
The English after two volleys and push of pike managed to drive the Spanish from the hill and then pursued them down the far side.
[5] A contemporary newspaper reported that: Lieutenant-Col. Roger Fenwick, a gentleman of high courage and worth, who led the first forces up the sand-hill against the enemy, and notwithstanding the great advantages the enemies had in that place, did by his valour and gallant example, contribute very much to that great victory, is dead of his wounds, dying at Mardike the very day that the English took possession of Dunkirk, to which place his corpse is to be carried and will be honorably interred in the cathedral of that town.In his A poem on the death of his late Highness the Lord Protector, Andrew Marvell mentions Fenwick and the battle of the Dunes suggesting the victory was gained with the help of the Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell's prayers:[7] And where the shady mountain Fenwick scaled.