98th Regiment of Foot
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Known as The North Staffordshire Regiment
Chronology
- 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)
- 2007 amalgamated with the 22nd (Cheshire) Regiment and The Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters Regiment to form The Mercian Regiment, in which the Staffords became the 3rd (Staffordshire) Battalion
External Links
98th Regiment of Foot Wikipedia
The Staffordshire Regiment Wikipedia
The Mercian Regiment Wikipedia
98th (The Prince of Wales's) Regiment of Foot including Deployments 1824-1948 Regiments.org, an archived site.
