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*'''1751''' Colonel Peregrine Hopton's Regiment became the 29th Regiment of Foot | *'''1751''' Colonel Peregrine Hopton's Regiment became the 29th Regiment of Foot | ||
*'''1782''' retitled as the 29th (Worcestershire) 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 | + | *'''1881''' amalgamated with the [[36th Regiment of Foot|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 | *'''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 | *'''2004''' amalgamated with the 22nd (Cheshire) Regiment and the Staffordshire Regiment to form the new Mercian Regiment | ||
== External Links == | == 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 | + | *[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 | ||
| + | *[http://web.archive.org/web/20080113060242/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/029-694.htm 29th (Worcestershire) Regiment of Foot] including [http://web.archive.org/web/20071221233559/http://regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/029-1.htm deployments] Regiments.org, an archived website | ||
| + | *[http://web.archive.org/web/20071218204125/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/029Worcs.htmThe Worcestershire Regiment] including deployments: [http://web.archive.org/web/20071221233559/http://regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/029-1.htm 1st Battalion], [http://web.archive.org/web/20071214092230/http://regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/036-1.htm 2nd Battalion] Regiments.org, an archived website | ||
| + | *[http://www.worcestershireregiment.com/wr.php?main=inc/welcome Worcestershire Regiment] | ||
| + | **[http://www.worcestershireregiment.com/wr.php?main=inc/PRO_records Worcestershire Regiment Records held at the National Archives, Kew] | ||
| + | *[http://www.wfrmuseum.org.uk/The Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters Regimental Collections (29th/45th Foot)] WRF Museum | ||
| + | **[http://www.wfrmuseum.org.uk/archives.htm Regimental Archives] | ||
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[[Category:British Army Infantry Regiments]] | [[Category:British Army Infantry Regiments]] | ||
Revision as of 12:34, 1 January 2012
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
- 29th Regiment of Foot Wikipedia
- Worcestershire Regiment Wikipedia
- Mercian Regiment Wikipedia
- 29th (Worcestershire) Regiment of Foot including deployments Regiments.org, an archived website
- Worcestershire Regiment including deployments: 1st Battalion, 2nd Battalion Regiments.org, an archived website
- Worcestershire Regiment
- Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters Regimental Collections (29th/45th Foot) WRF Museum
