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*'''1783''' detachment captured at the [[Battle of Bednore]]
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== Chronology ==
'''1st Raising'''
*'''18241761''' raised at Chichester as the 98th Regiment of Foot
*'''1763''' disbanded
'''2nd Raising'''
*'''1780''' raised as the 98th Regiment of Foot
*'''1785''' disbanded
'''3rd Raising'''
*'''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
== Service in British India ==
*'''1781''' [[Bombay]]
*'''1782''' [[2nd Mysore War]]
*'''1783''' surrendered at the [[Battle of Bednore]] and interned until 1784
== 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<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&t=564 98th Foot in the 2nd Sikh War] Victorian 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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