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*'''1751''' Colonel Peregrine Hopton's Regiment became the 29th Regiment of Foot | *'''1751''' Colonel Peregrine Hopton's Regiment became the 29th Regiment of Foot | ||
*'''1782''' retitled as the 29th (Worcestershire) Regiment of Foot | *'''1782''' retitled as the 29th (Worcestershire) Regiment of Foot | ||
*'''1881''' amalgamated with the 36th (Herefordshire) Regiment of Foot and became the 1st Battalion The Worcestershire Regiment | *'''1881''' amalgamated with the [[36th Regiment of Foot|36th (Herefordshire) Regiment of Foot]] and became the 1st Battalion The Worcestershire Regiment | ||
*'''1970''' amalgamated with The Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment) to become Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters Regiment | *'''1970''' amalgamated with The Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment) to become Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters Regiment | ||
*'''2004''' amalgamated with the 22nd (Cheshire) Regiment and the Staffordshire Regiment to form the new Mercian Regiment | *'''2004''' amalgamated with the 22nd (Cheshire) Regiment and the Staffordshire Regiment to form the new Mercian Regiment | ||
== External Links == | == External Links == | ||
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/29th_Regiment_of_Foot#India 29th Regiment of Foot] Wikipedia<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Worcestershire_Regiment Worcestershire Regiment] Wikipedia<br> [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercian_Regiment Mercian Regiment] Wikipedia | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/29th_Regiment_of_Foot#India 29th Regiment of Foot] Wikipedia<br> | ||
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Worcestershire_Regiment Worcestershire Regiment] Wikipedia<br> | |||
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercian_Regiment Mercian Regiment] Wikipedia= | |||
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20080113060242/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/029-694.htm 29th (Worcestershire) Regiment of Foot] including [http://web.archive.org/web/20071221233559/http://regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/029-1.htm deployments] Regiments.org, an archived website | |||
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20071218204125/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/029Worcs.htmThe Worcestershire Regiment] including deployments: [http://web.archive.org/web/20071221233559/http://regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/029-1.htm 1st Battalion], [http://web.archive.org/web/20071214092230/http://regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/036-1.htm 2nd Battalion], [http://web.archive.org/web/20071111143028/http://www.regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/029w-4.htm 4th Battalion] Regiments.org, an archived website | |||
*[http://www.worcestershireregiment.com/wr.php?main=inc/welcome Worcestershire Regiment] including | |||
**[http://www.worcestershireregiment.com/roll_honour_sutlej.php Roll of Honour - Sutlej Campaign 1845 – 1846] | |||
**[http://www.worcestershireregiment.com/roll_honour_punjab.php Roll of Honour - Punjab Campaign 1848 – 1849] | |||
**[http://www.worcestershireregiment.com/roll_honour_1921_1939.php Roll of Honour 1921-1939] includes deaths in India | |||
**[http://www.worcestershireregiment.com/h_waziristan.php "Waziristan (1940) - The North-West Frontier"] Scroll down for a photograph of a Indian Army Crossley armoured car. | |||
**[http://www.worcestershireregiment.com/wr.php?main=inc/PRO_records Worcestershire Regiment Records held at the National Archives, Kew] | |||
*[https://worcestershireandmercianregimentmuseum.org/ Museum] Mercian Regiment Museum at Worcester. | |||
**[https://worcestershireandmercianregimentmuseum.org/worcestershire-regiment-ancestors/ Regimental Archives] | |||
*[https://www.stand-firm-strike-hard.org.uk Museum of the Mercian Regiment] at Nottingham Castle. The museum informs and educates about the history of The Mercian Regiment, The Worcestershire & Sherwood Foresters & The Sherwood Foresters. | |||
===Historical books online=== | |||
*[http://archive.org/stream/historythosfarr00evergoog#page/n10/mode/2up ''History of Thos. Farrington's Regiment Subsequently Designated the 29th (Worcestershire) Regiment of Foot 1694-1891''] by Major H Everard 1891 Archive.org | |||
*Brigadier Mountain’s letters in respect of the [[2nd Sikh War]]: [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=iL1GAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA246 Page 246] ''Memoirs and letters of the late Colonel Armine S.H. Mountain, C. B. : aide-de-camp to the Queen and Adjutant-General of Her Majesty's forces in India''. 1857 Google Books. He was in charge of 3 regiments, 29th Queen’s and 13th and 30th N I. | |||
*[https://archive.org/details/worcestershirereggreatwar/page/n15/mode/2up ''The Worcestershire Regiment in the Great War''] by Captain H FitzM Stacke (Henry FitzMaurice) 1928 Archive.org | |||
[[Category:British Army Infantry Regiments]] | [[Category:British Army Infantry Regiments]] | ||
Latest revision as of 10:38, 30 November 2023
The Worcestershire Regiment
Chronology
- 1694 raised by Colonel Thomas Farrington with the name of the current colonel
- 1698 disbanded
- 1702 reformed
- 1751 Colonel Peregrine Hopton's Regiment became the 29th Regiment of Foot
- 1782 retitled as the 29th (Worcestershire) Regiment of Foot
- 1881 amalgamated with the 36th (Herefordshire) Regiment of Foot and became the 1st Battalion The Worcestershire Regiment
- 1970 amalgamated with The Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment) to become Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters Regiment
- 2004 amalgamated with the 22nd (Cheshire) Regiment and the Staffordshire Regiment to form the new Mercian Regiment
External Links
- 29th Regiment of Foot Wikipedia
- Worcestershire Regiment Wikipedia
- Mercian Regiment Wikipedia=
- 29th (Worcestershire) Regiment of Foot including deployments Regiments.org, an archived website
- Worcestershire Regiment including deployments: 1st Battalion, 2nd Battalion, 4th Battalion Regiments.org, an archived website
- Worcestershire Regiment including
- Roll of Honour - Sutlej Campaign 1845 – 1846
- Roll of Honour - Punjab Campaign 1848 – 1849
- Roll of Honour 1921-1939 includes deaths in India
- "Waziristan (1940) - The North-West Frontier" Scroll down for a photograph of a Indian Army Crossley armoured car.
- Worcestershire Regiment Records held at the National Archives, Kew
- Museum Mercian Regiment Museum at Worcester.
- Museum of the Mercian Regiment at Nottingham Castle. The museum informs and educates about the history of The Mercian Regiment, The Worcestershire & Sherwood Foresters & The Sherwood Foresters.
Historical books online
- History of Thos. Farrington's Regiment Subsequently Designated the 29th (Worcestershire) Regiment of Foot 1694-1891 by Major H Everard 1891 Archive.org
- Brigadier Mountain’s letters in respect of the 2nd Sikh War: Page 246 Memoirs and letters of the late Colonel Armine S.H. Mountain, C. B. : aide-de-camp to the Queen and Adjutant-General of Her Majesty's forces in India. 1857 Google Books. He was in charge of 3 regiments, 29th Queen’s and 13th and 30th N I.
- The Worcestershire Regiment in the Great War by Captain H FitzM Stacke (Henry FitzMaurice) 1928 Archive.org