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*[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/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] 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] Regiments.org, an archived website
*[http://www.worcestershireregiment.com/wr.php?main=inc/welcome  Worcestershire Regiment]
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*[http://www.worcestershireregiment.com/wr.php?main=inc/welcome  Worcestershire Regiment] including
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**[http://www.worcestershireregiment.com/roll_honour_sutlej.php Roll of Honour - Sutlej Campaign 1845 – 1846]
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**[http://www.worcestershireregiment.com/roll_honour_punjab.php Roll of Honour - Punjab Campaign 1848 – 1849]
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**[http://www.worcestershireregiment.com/roll_honour_1921_1939.php Roll of Honour 1921-1939] includes deaths in India
 
**[http://www.worcestershireregiment.com/wr.php?main=inc/PRO_records Worcestershire Regiment Records held at the National Archives, Kew]  
 
**[http://www.worcestershireregiment.com/wr.php?main=inc/PRO_records Worcestershire Regiment Records held at the National Archives, Kew]  
 
*[http://www.wfrmuseum.org.uk/The Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters Regimental Collections (29th/45th Foot)] WRF Museum
 
*[http://www.wfrmuseum.org.uk/The Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters Regimental Collections (29th/45th Foot)] WRF Museum
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===Historical books online===
 
===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
 
*[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
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[[Category:British Army Infantry Regiments]]
 
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Revision as of 12:40, 10 November 2012

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

Historical books online