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*[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
 
*Brigadier Mountain’s letters in respect of the [[2nd Sikh War]]: [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=iL1GAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA246 Page 246] ''Memoirs and letters of the late Colonel Armine S.H. Mountain, C. B. : aide-de-camp to the Queen and Adjutant-General of Her Majesty's forces in India''. 1857 Google Books. He was in charge of 3 regiments, 29th Queen’s and 13th and 30th N I.
 
*Brigadier Mountain’s letters in respect of the [[2nd Sikh War]]: [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=iL1GAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA246 Page 246] ''Memoirs and letters of the late Colonel Armine S.H. Mountain, C. B. : aide-de-camp to the Queen and Adjutant-General of Her Majesty's forces in India''. 1857 Google Books. He was in charge of 3 regiments, 29th Queen’s and 13th and 30th N I.
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*[https://archive.org/details/worcestershirereggreatwar/page/n15/mode/2up ''The Worcestershire Regiment in the Great War''] by Captain H FitzM Stacke (Henry FitzMaurice) 1928 Archive.org
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Revision as of 09:51, 30 November 2023

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