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'''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 ==
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/29th_Regiment_of_Foot#India 29th Regiment of Foot] Wikipedia<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Worcestershire_Regiment Worcestershire Regiment] Wikipedia<br> [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercian_Regiment Mercian Regiment] Wikipedia
[[Category:British Army Infantry Regiments]]
== 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 ==
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/29th_Regiment_of_Foot#India 29th Regiment of Foot] Wikipedia<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Worcestershire_Regiment Worcestershire Regiment] Wikipedia<br> [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercian_Regiment Mercian Regiment] Wikipedia
[[Category:British Army Infantry Regiments]]
