64th Regiment of Foot
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
- 1848 India
- 1856 Persian War
- 1857 Indian Mutiny
- 1895 Egypt
- 1897 Dagshai
- 1898 Subathu
- 1901 Bombay
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
- 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 "Chapter II: Life in India" page 6.
- "Chapter III: The War with Persia" 1856 page 13.
- "The Indian Mutiny" commences page 31
- "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