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== External Links ==
 
== External Links ==
 
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/98th_(The_Prince_of_Wales%27s)_Regiment_of_Foot 98th Regiment of Foot] Wikipedia<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Staffordshire_Regiment The Staffordshire Regiment] Wikipedia<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercian_Regiment The Mercian Regiment] Wikipedia
 
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/98th_(The_Prince_of_Wales%27s)_Regiment_of_Foot 98th Regiment of Foot] Wikipedia<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Staffordshire_Regiment The Staffordshire Regiment] Wikipedia<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercian_Regiment The Mercian Regiment] Wikipedia
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[[Image:North Staffordshire Regiment Officers.jpg|thumb|700px|left|Officers of the 2nd Battalion The Prince of Wales (North Staffordshire Regiment) outside the officers mess Multan, India 1908]]
 
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Revision as of 11:12, 31 May 2009

Known as The North Staffordshire Regiment

Chronology

  • 1824 raised as the 98th Regiment of Foot
  • 1876 renamed 98th (Prince of Wales) Regiment of Foot
  • 1881 amalgamated with the 64th Regiment of Foot to become the 2nd Battalion, 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

98th Regiment of Foot Wikipedia
The Staffordshire Regiment Wikipedia
The Mercian Regiment Wikipedia

Officers of the 2nd Battalion The Prince of Wales (North Staffordshire Regiment) outside the officers mess Multan, India 1908