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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
== External Links ==
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/64th_(2nd_Staffordshire)_Regiment_of_Foot 64th Regiment of Foot] Wikipedia<br>[http://web.archive.org/web/20080113060413/www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/064-758.htm 64th (2nd Staffordshire) Regiment of Foot] www.regiments.org<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Staffordshire_Regiment The Staffordshire Regiment] Wikipedia<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercian_Regiment The Mercian Regiment] Wikipediadiscovershropshire.org.uk<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_King%27s_Shropshire_Light_Infantry King's Shropshire Light Infantry] Wikipedia
[[Category:British Army Infantry Regiments]]
== 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
== External Links ==
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/64th_(2nd_Staffordshire)_Regiment_of_Foot 64th Regiment of Foot] Wikipedia<br>[http://web.archive.org/web/20080113060413/www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/064-758.htm 64th (2nd Staffordshire) Regiment of Foot] www.regiments.org<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Staffordshire_Regiment The Staffordshire Regiment] Wikipedia<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercian_Regiment The Mercian Regiment] Wikipediadiscovershropshire.org.uk<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_King%27s_Shropshire_Light_Infantry King's Shropshire Light Infantry] Wikipedia
[[Category:British Army Infantry Regiments]]
