29th Regiment of Foot

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, 4th Battalion Regiments.org, an archived website
• Worcestershire Regiment including
  • Roll of Honour - Sutlej Campaign 1845 – 1846
  • Roll of Honour - Punjab Campaign 1848 – 1849
  • Roll of Honour 1921-1939 includes deaths in India
  • Worcestershire Regiment Records held at the National Archives, Kew
• Museum Mercian Regiment Museum
  • Regimental Archives

Historical books online

• 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: 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.