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'''Known as The North Staffordshire Regiment'''
== Chronology ==
'''1st Raising'''
*'''1824''' raised at Chichester as the 98th Regiment of Foot
*'''1763''' disbanded
'''2nd Raising'''
*'''1780''' raised as the 98th Regiment of Foot
*'''1783''' detachment captured at the [[Battle of Bednore]]
*'''1785''' disbanded
'''3rd Raising'''
*'''1804''' raised as the 98th Regiment of Foot
*'''1816''' became 97th Regiment of Foot
*'''1818''' disbanded
'''4th Raising''
*'''1824''' raised as the 98th Regiment of Foot
*'''1876''' renamed 98th (Prince of Wales) Regiment of Foot
*'''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/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.
[[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]]
[[Category:British Army Infantry Regiments]]
