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Also known as '''The Staffordshire Regiment''' | |||
== History == | == History == | ||
*'''1705''' raised in Lichfield as Colonel Luke Lillingstone's Regiment<br> | *'''1705''' raised in Lichfield as Colonel Luke Lillingstone's Regiment<br> | ||
Revision as of 13:36, 7 May 2009
Also known as The Staffordshire Regiment
History
- 1705 raised in Lichfield as Colonel Luke Lillingstone's Regiment
- 1751 became 38th Regiment of Foot
- 1782 became 38th (1st Staffordshire) Regiment of Foot
- 1881 amalgamated to become 1st Battalion The South Staffordshire Regiment
- 1959 amalgamated with the North Staffordshire Regiment to form the Staffordshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's)
- 2007 merged with the Cheshire Regiment and the Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters Regiment into a new three battalion regiment called the Mercian Regiment and became 3rd Battalion, Mercian Regiment (Staffords)
External Links
South Staffordshire Regiment Wikipedia
The Staffordshire Regiment Wikipedia