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'''Known as The North Staffordshire Regiment'''
[[Image:North Staffordshire Regiment Officers.jpg|thumb|700px|right|Officers of the 2nd Battalion The Prince of Wales (North Staffordshire Regiment) outside the officers mess Multan, India 1908]]
== Chronology ==
'''1st Raising'''
*'''1824''' raised as the 98th Regiment of Foot
*'''1876''' renamed 98th (Prince of Wales) Regiment of Foot
*'''1881''' amalgamated with the [[64th Regiment of Foot ]] to become the 2nd Battalion, Prince of Wales's (North Staffordshire) Regiment
*'''1920''' renamed The North Staffordshire (The Prince of Wales's) Regiment
*'''1959''' amalgamated to form The Staffordshire Regiment (The Prince of Wales's)
*'''1782''' [[2nd Mysore War]]
*'''1783''' surrendered at the [[Battle of Bednore]] and interned until 1784
*''' 1848-49''' [[2nd Sikh War]]. The regiment did not take part in any major engagements, but the flank companies provided an escort for the Governor-General, while at the same time the remainder of the regiment protected a large treasure convoy to Lahore. For this the regiment was recognised with the award of the battle honour Punjaub 1849.<ref>Hebburn Jon. [https://web.archive.org/web/20130709141441/http://victorianwars.com/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=564 98th Foot in the 2nd Sikh War] Victorian Wars Forum 11 August 2011, now an archived webpage.</ref>==Regimental histories==*''An Historical Record of the 2nd Battalion, The Prince of Wales' North Staffordshire Regiment''. Mooltan, Punjab, India: F Bremner. 1908.<ref> Is listed as a source on the Wikipedia page [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Staffordshire_Regiment North Staffordshire Regiment] </ref>. This book appears to be very rare, and is probably one of Fred Bremner's regimental histories which mainly consisted of photographs, see [[Photographer]].*''History of the 1st & 2nd Battalions The North Staffordshire Regiment (The Prince of Wales'), 1914–1923''. Longton: Royal Press. 1932. Available at the British Library UIN: BLL01001096901*''Frontier Assault: The North Staffordshire Regiment in the Third Afghan War 1919'' by James Green.<ref>[https://books.google.com.au/books/about/Frontier_Asssault.html?id=zodIxQEACAAJ ''Frontier Assault: The North Staffordshire Regiment in the Third Afghan War 1919''] by James Green. Google Books. </ref> This book is stated to include an account of the North-West Frontier during WW1. == External Links links ==
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/98th_(The_Prince_of_Wales%27s)_Regiment_of_Foot 98th Regiment of Foot] Wikipedia<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Staffordshire_Regiment The Staffordshire Regiment] Wikipedia<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercian_Regiment The Mercian Regiment] Wikipedia<br>
[http://web.archive.org/web/20080113060547/www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/098-824.htm 98th (The Prince of Wales's) Regiment of Foot] including [http://web.archive.org/web/20071025082823/www.regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/098.htm Deployments 1824-1948] Regiments.org, an archived site<br>
[http://web.archive.org/web/20080113060418/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/064NStaf.htm The North Staffordshire Regiment (The Prince of Wales's)] including deployments: [http://web.archive.org/web/20071221205928/http://regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/064-1.htm 1st Battalion], [http://web.archive.org/web/20071221233646/http://regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/098.htm 2nd Battalion]<br>[http://staffordshireregimentmuseum.com/ The Staffordshire Regiment Museum], Whittington Barracks, Lichfield, Staffs<br>==References==[[Image:North Staffordshire Regiment Officers.jpg|thumb|700px|left|Officers of the 2nd Battalion The Prince of Wales (North Staffordshire Regiment) outside the officers mess Multan, India 1908]]<references/>
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