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*'''1959''' amalgamated to form The Staffordshire Regiment (The Prince of Wales's)
*'''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
*'''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 ==
 
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/64th_(2nd_Staffordshire)_Regiment_of_Foot 64th Regiment of Foot] Wikipedia<br>[http://web.archive.org/web/20080113060413/www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/064-758.htm 64th (2nd Staffordshire) Regiment of Foot] www.regiments.org<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Staffordshire_Regiment The Staffordshire Regiment] Wikipedia<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercian_Regiment The Mercian Regiment] Wikipediadiscovershropshire.org.uk<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_King%27s_Shropshire_Light_Infantry King's Shropshire Light Infantry] Wikipedia
== Service in British India ==
*'''1848''' India
*'''1856''' [[Persian War]]
*'''1857''' [[Indian Mutiny]]
*'''1895''' Egypt
*'''1897''' [[Dagshai]]
*'''1898''' [[Subathu]]
*'''1901''' [[Bombay]]
 
==Regimental histories==
*''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 ==
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/64th_(2nd_Staffordshire)_Regiment_of_Foot 64th Regiment of Foot] Wikipedia<br>
[http://web.archive.org/web/20080113060413/www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/064-758.htm 64th (2nd Staffordshire) Regiment of Foot] including  [http://web.archive.org/web/20071221205928/http://regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/064-1.htm deployments] www.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] www.regiments.org, an archived site<br>
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Staffordshire_Regiment North Staffordshire Regiment] 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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_King%27s_Shropshire_Light_Infantry King's Shropshire Light Infantry] Wikipedia<br>
[http://staffordshireregimentmuseum.com/ The Staffordshire Regiment Museum], Whittington Barracks, Lichfield, Staffs
 
===Historical books online===
*[http://archive.org/stream/mylifeassoldier00mckeuoft#page/n7/mode/2up ''My Life As A Soldier''] by Captain Thomas McKenzie , formerly Sergeant Her Majesty’s 64th Regiment 1898 Archive.org. The author joined the Regiment in 1841 aged ten, along with his father who was appointed tailor
**He arrived in India in 1848 and describes the lifestyle in [http://archive.org/stream/mylifeassoldier00mckeuoft#page/6/mode/2up "Chapter II: Life in India"] page 6.
**[http://archive.org/stream/mylifeassoldier00mckeuoft#page/12/mode/2up "Chapter III: The War with Persia"] 1856 page 13.
**[http://archive.org/stream/mylifeassoldier00mckeuoft#page/30/mode/2up "The Indian Mutiny"] commences page 31
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=StsSAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA349 "Special Sanitary and Topographical Report on Kurrachee"] by Surgeon-Major Dr Inglis 64th Regiment, page 349 ''Army Medical Department: Statistical Sanitary and Medical Reports for the year 1861''  (published 1863) Google Books
==References==
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[[Category:British Army Infantry Regiments]]
[[Category:British Army Infantry Regiments]]

Latest revision as of 04:09, 21 March 2021

Also known as The Staffordshire Regiment

Chronology

  • 1758 formed by redesignation of 2nd Battalion, 11th Regiment of Foot
  • 1782 renamed the 64th (2nd Staffordshire) Regiment of Foot
  • 1881 combined with 98th Regiment of Foot to become the 1st Battalion, The 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

Service in British India

Regimental histories

  • 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.[1] This book is stated to include an account of the North-West Frontier during WW1.

External links

64th Regiment of Foot Wikipedia
64th (2nd Staffordshire) Regiment of Foot including deployments www.regiments.org, an archived site
The North Staffordshire Regiment (The Prince of Wales's) including deployments: 1st Battalion, 2nd Battalion www.regiments.org, an archived site
North Staffordshire Regiment Wikipedia
The Staffordshire Regiment Wikipedia
The Mercian Regiment Wikipedia
King's Shropshire Light Infantry Wikipedia
The Staffordshire Regiment Museum, Whittington Barracks, Lichfield, Staffs

Historical books online

References

  1. ↑ Frontier Assault: The North Staffordshire Regiment in the Third Afghan War 1919 by James Green. Google Books

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