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== External Links == | == External Links == | ||
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_South_Staffordshire_Regiment South Staffordshire Regiment] Wikipedia<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Staffordshire_Regiment The Staffordshire Regiment] Wikipedia | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_South_Staffordshire_Regiment South Staffordshire Regiment] Wikipedia<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Staffordshire_Regiment The Staffordshire Regiment] Wikipedia | ||
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Revision as of 17:06, 28 March 2009
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