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'''Known as Argyll & Sutherland HighlandersThe 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]]

'''1st Raising'''*'''1761''' raised at Chichester as the 98th Regiment of Foot*'''1763''' disbanded'''2nd Raising'''*'''1780''' raised as the 98th Regiment of Foot*'''1785''' disbanded'''3rd Raising'''*'''1804''' raised as the 98th Regiment of Foot*'''17941816''' became 97th Regiment of Foot*'''1818''' disbanded'''4th Raising'''*'''1824''' raised as the 98th Regiment of Foot*'''1876''' renamed 98th (Argyllshire HighlandersPrince of Wales) Regiment of Foot*'''17961881''' redesignated 91st amalgamated with the [[64th Regiment of Foot]] to become the 2nd Battalion, Prince of Wales's (Argyllshire HighlandersNorth Staffordshire) Regiment of Foot*'''18721920''' renamed 91st The North Staffordshire (Princess LouiseThe Prince of Wales's Argyllshire Highlanders) Regiment *'''1959''' amalgamated to form The Staffordshire Regiment (The Prince of FootWales's)*'''18812007''' amalgamated with the 93rd 22nd (Sutherland HighlandersCheshire) Regiment of Foot becoming and The Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters Regiment to form The Mercian Regiment, in which the Staffords became the 1st 3rd (Staffordshire) Battalion, Princess Louise == Service in British India ==*'''1781''' [[Bombay]]*'''1782''' [[2nd Mysore War]]*'''1783'''s Argyll surrendered at the [[Battle of Bednore]] and Sutherland Highlandersinterned until 1784*'''20041848-49''' amalgamated [[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 other regiments 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 Scottish Division Wikipedia page [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Staffordshire_Regiment North Staffordshire Regiment] </ref>. This book appears to become part 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 Scotlandthe North-West Frontier during WW1. == External Links links ==[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/91st_98th_(Argyllshire_HighlandersThe_Prince_of_Wales%27s)_Regiment_of_Foot 91st 98th Regiment of Foot] WkipediaWikipedia<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Staffordshire_Regiment The Staffordshire Regiment] Wikipedia<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argyll_and_Sutherland_Highlanders Argyll & Sutherland HighlandersMercian_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==<references/>