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'''Known as The North Staffordshire Regiment''' | '''Known as The North Staffordshire Regiment''' | ||
== Chronology == | == Chronology == | ||
'''1st Raising''' | |||
*'''1824''' raised at Chichester as the 98th Regiment of Foot | |||
*'''1763''' disbanded | |||
'''2nd Raising''' | |||
*'''1780''' raised as the 98th Regiment of Foot | |||
*'''1783''' detachment captured at the [[Battle of Bednore]] | |||
*'''1785''' disbanded | |||
'''3rd Raising''' | |||
*'''1804''' raised as the 98th Regiment of Foot | |||
*'''1816''' became 97th Regiment of Foot | |||
*'''1818''' disbanded | |||
'''4th Raising'' | |||
*'''1824''' raised as the 98th Regiment of Foot | *'''1824''' raised as the 98th Regiment of Foot | ||
*'''1876''' renamed 98th (Prince of Wales) Regiment of Foot | *'''1876''' renamed 98th (Prince of Wales) Regiment of Foot | ||
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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 == | == External Links == | ||
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/98th_(The_Prince_of_Wales%27s)_Regiment_of_Foot 98th Regiment of Foot] 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/98th_(The_Prince_of_Wales%27s)_Regiment_of_Foot 98th Regiment of Foot] 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://web.archive.org/web/20080113060547/www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/098-824.htm 98th (The Prince of Wales's) Regiment of Foot] including [http://web.archive.org/web/20071025082823/www.regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/098.htm Deployments 1824-1948] Regiments.org, an archived site | [http://web.archive.org/web/20080113060547/www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/098-824.htm 98th (The Prince of Wales's) Regiment of Foot] including [http://web.archive.org/web/20071025082823/www.regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/098.htm Deployments 1824-1948] Regiments.org, an archived site | ||
[[Image:North Staffordshire Regiment Officers.jpg|thumb|700px|left|Officers of the 2nd Battalion The Prince of Wales (North Staffordshire Regiment) outside the officers mess Multan, India 1908]] | [[Image:North Staffordshire Regiment Officers.jpg|thumb|700px|left|Officers of the 2nd Battalion The Prince of Wales (North Staffordshire Regiment) outside the officers mess Multan, India 1908]] | ||
[[Category:British Army Infantry Regiments]] | [[Category:British Army Infantry Regiments]] | ||
Revision as of 11:36, 27 August 2010
Known as The North Staffordshire Regiment
Chronology
1st Raising
- 1824 raised at Chichester as the 98th Regiment of Foot
- 1763 disbanded
2nd Raising
- 1780 raised as the 98th Regiment of Foot
- 1783 detachment captured at the Battle of Bednore
- 1785 disbanded
3rd Raising
- 1804 raised as the 98th Regiment of Foot
- 1816 became 97th Regiment of Foot
- 1818 disbanded
'4th Raising
- 1824 raised as the 98th Regiment of Foot
- 1876 renamed 98th (Prince of Wales) Regiment of Foot
- 1881 amalgamated with the 64th Regiment of Foot to become the 2nd Battalion, 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
External Links
98th Regiment of Foot Wikipedia
The Staffordshire Regiment Wikipedia
The Mercian Regiment Wikipedia
98th (The Prince of Wales's) Regiment of Foot including Deployments 1824-1948 Regiments.org, an archived site
