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98th Regiment of Foot

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'''Known as Argyll & Sutherland HighlandersThe North Staffordshire Regiment'''
== Chronology ==
'''1st Raising'''*'''17941761''' raised at Chichester as the 98th (Argyllshire Highlanders) Regiment of Foot*'''17961763''' disbanded'''2nd Raising'''*'''1780''' raised as the 98th Regiment of Foot*'''1785''' disbanded'''3rd Raising'''*'''1804''' raised as the 98th Regiment of Foot*'''1816''' became 97th Regiment of Foot*'''1818''' disbanded'''4th Raising'''*'''1824''' redesignated 91st (Argyllshire Highlanders) raised as the 98th Regiment of Foot*'''18721876''' renamed 91st 98th (Princess Louise's Argyllshire HighlandersPrince of Wales) Regiment of Foot*'''1881''' amalgamated with the 93rd (Sutherland Highlanders) [[64th Regiment of Foot becoming ]] to become the 1st 2nd Battalion, Princess LouisePrince 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 Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders)*'''20042007''' amalgamated with the other regiments of 22nd (Cheshire) Regiment and The Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters Regiment to form The Mercian Regiment, in which the Staffords became the Scottish Division to become part of 3rd (Staffordshire) Battalion == Service in British India ==*'''1781''' [[Bombay]]*'''1782''' [[2nd Mysore War]]*'''1783''' surrendered at the Royal Regiment [[Battle of ScotlandBednore]] and interned until 1784 
== External Links ==
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/91st_98th_(Argyllshire_HighlandersThe_Prince_of_Wales%27s)_Regiment_of_Foot 91st regiment 98th Regiment of Foot] WkipediaWikipedia<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argyll_and_Sutherland_Highlanders Argyll The_Staffordshire_Regiment The Staffordshire Regiment] Wikipedia<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercian_Regiment The Mercian Regiment] Wikipedia<br>[http://web.archive.org/web/20080113060547/www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/098-824.htm 98th (The Prince of Wales's) Regiment of Foot] including [http://web.archive.org/web/20071025082823/www.regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/098.htm Deployments 1824-1948] Regiments.org, an archived site<br>[http://web.archive.org/web/20080113060418/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/064NStaf.htm The North Staffordshire Regiment (The Prince of Wales's)] including deployments: [http://web.archive.org/web/20071221205928/http://regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/064-1.htm 1st Battalion], [http://web.archive.org/web/20071221233646/http://regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/098.htm 2nd Battalion]<br>[http://staffordshireregimentmuseum.com/ The Staffordshire Regiment Museum], Whittington Barracks, Lichfield, Staffs<br>[http://www.victorianwars.com/viewtopic.php?f=9& Sutherland Highlanderst=564 98th Foot in the 2nd Sikh War] WikipediaVictorian Wars Forum thread   [[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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