64th Regiment of Foot
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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
64th Regiment of Foot Wikipedia
64th (2nd Staffordshire) Regiment of Foot www.regiments.org
The Staffordshire Regiment Wikipedia
The Mercian Regiment Wikipediadiscovershropshire.org.uk
King's Shropshire Light Infantry Wikipedia
