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1606:, about 1 mile (1.6 km) back from the Green Line, but it knew nothing about the positions it was taking up. As the Germans worked their way forward in the early afternoon, 7th Bde was shifted left, where it had a better field of fire on a forward slope. 4th South Staffs formed the centre of the brigade's line in the partly-dug Green Line trenches. The brigade successfully held this line until about 17.30 when it was outflanked on the left. The two flank battalions fell back in diverging directions, creating a gap thinly held by 4th South Staffs supported by
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1479:) on 21 March 1918. Two brigades and the divisional artillery were sent forward, leaving 7th Bde as Corps Reserve in the partially-prepared trenches of the 'Green Line'. They did not come into action until 23 March, after the front line formations of the corps had been virtually destroyed in two days of stubborn fighting. Although incomplete, the Green Line was well-sited, and its defenders had had two more days to work on it: they drove off six separate attacks on 23 March, some of which got within 30 yards (27 m) of the
1146:; E Company, 4th South Staffs, held No 7 Picquet and was engaged in a heavy exchange of fire but maintained its position with support from the HQ trenches behind until the Boer were driven off. On 2 July the battalion with its machine gun demonstrated on the ridge east of town while the mounted troops left Lindley and cleared the country toward Leeuw Kop. Next day Lindley was evacuated and the infantry moved to carry the Boer position at Leeuw Kop with artillery support. The column then followed the Boers towards
674:, enacted during a renewed period of international tension. As before, units were raised and administered on a county basis, and filled by voluntary enlistment (although conscription by means of the Militia Ballot might be used if the counties failed to meet their quotas). Training was for 56 days on enlistment, then for 21β28 days per year, during which the men received full army pay. Under the Act, Militia units could be embodied by Royal Proclamation for full-time home defence service in three circumstances:
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the COs interpreted this to apply to their whole battalions, so they countermanded the retirement. Shortly after 17.30, Hill 63 and the
Catacombs were surrounded and all three battalion commanders captured. Their remaining troops fought the 3 miles (4.8 km) back to a position west of Neuve Eglise, some parties passing through German lines to get there, but casualties were severe. Luckily, fresh troops had reached Neuve Eglise, and 7th Bde (less than a battalion in strength) spent the next day in reserve.
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Napoleonic War, when
Staffordshire was 2nd. This list continued until 1833. In that year the King drew the lots for individual regiments: those raised before the peace of 1763 took the first 47 places, followed by the regiments raised between 1763 and 1783, with the Staffordshires at 66th. This resulting list remained in force with minor amendments until the end of the militia. In line with most other regiments the Staffordshires paid little attention to the additional number.
1630:. On 22 June the composite brigade was transferred to [50th (Northumbrian) Division which had also been reduced to a composite brigade, and the two (25th and 50th) formed 50th Composite Division, or 'Jackson's Force', from its commander, Maj-Gen H.C. Jackson. On 24 June Jackson's Force was ordered to go back into the line to relieve a French division on the night of 28/29 June. However, this was cancelled, and instead the force entrained to return to the British sector.
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orders to swing back from the Green Line to keep touch on the right. Although suffering heavy casualties the battalions managed to extricate themselves and take up the new positions; Bapaume had been evacuated. That evening they were ordered to withdraw behind friendly troops, and again suffered heavy casualties while disengaging. During the night the survivors rejoined 25th
Division near Logeast Wood, and spent 25 March in reserve north of
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1549:, but an Anglo-French counter-attack was arranged for the following morning, for which 25th Division was assigned. The division had been reinforced by recruits from home, but was desperately short of officers and non-commissioned officers. The approach was made in the dark, amid heavy rain, and the supporting artillery fire was weak. Although 25th Division attacked promptly at 03.00, they were unable to keep up with the
724:, the militia were called out for home defence. The 1st Staffordshires had assembled 1171 strong for annual training at Lichfield on 20 April, and the lord lieutenant was instructed to extend the training by an extra week. On 16 May the regiment was invited to volunteer for permanent service, and 645 volunteers were selected to be embodied. On 30 May they proceeded to
1618:. This line was attacked again next day, but most of the German army was pushing past on the left, where a hole had been torn in the Allied lines. There followed a long retreat, with the British troops of IX Corps forming the southern hinge of the great bulge forced into the French lines. The front began to stabilise on 31 May and the battle died away by 6 June.
1565:) and was offered 'exceptionally good targets'. Although the attack made some progress against the French, and 7th Bde was ordered to form a defensive flank, this was not necessary and the German attack was a disaster. The Lys offensive was over. 25th Division had suffered more casualties than any other British division in this offensive.
764:, from where it sent further detachments to Luxuri and Fort George. From the autumn of 1855 the regiment suffered badly from sickness: 25 men and three women and children died and at one period during the summer of 1856 a third of the regiment at Argostoli was in hospital. On 18 August 1856 three companies embarked for home on the
817:, where it camped for six weeks on Cove Common and afterwards was accommodated in huts in 'L' Lines, North Camp. It formed part of 1st Brigade and provided Guards of Honour and participated in march-pasts during Royal visits that summer. On 18 September the regiment moved to the Portsmouth area, with headquarters (HQ) at
1142:, leaving 20th Bde to garrison Lindley. 4th South Staffs covered the south-east and south of the town, where they were under constant sniping by the Boers, and shellfire from 16 June onwards, while supply columns had to fight their way in. On 26 June there was sharp firing, then the Boers attacked a number of the
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However, when the militia were re-embodied in 1793, the order of precedence balloted for that year (when
Staffordshire was 27th) remained in force throughout the French Revolutionary War: this covered all the regiments formed in the county. Another ballot for precedence took place at the start of the
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on 16 August. By now 39th
Division consisted solely of TCs and was running training courses for newly arrived US Army divisions before they went into the line. On 1 November 1918 39th Division was ordered to begin demobilising the TCs, and the cadre of the 4th South Staffs completed demobilisation on
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from
December 1875. This assigned regular and militia units to places in an order of battle of corps, divisions and brigades for the 'Active Army', even though these formations were entirely theoretical, with no staff or services assigned. The 1st, 2nd and 3rd Staffordshire Militia formed 2nd Brigade
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in the 1st
Regiment, offered to raise a regiment for foreign service and soon obtained 300 recruits from the three Staffordshire regiments; however, the King objected and the plan was scrapped. The following year the militia quotas were reduced, the 2nd and 3rd Staffordshires were disbanded and their
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As the first phase of the German offensive died away, the battered 25th
Division received reinforcement drafts to bring it back up to an average strength of 800 men per battalion. These were mainly 19-year-olds with 9 months' training. The division then entrained on 30β31 March to rejoin Second Army
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before withering under rifle, machine gun and artillery fire. After a quiet night, the German attacks were renewed against IV Corps' flanks on 24 March, and by the afternoon the right flank division had been pushed back. At 16.00, when the German attack against it had already begun, 7th Bde received
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The 4th Bn was also embodied at
Whittington Barracks, under the command of Lt-Col E.A.E Bulwer, who had been the regular adjutant of the battalion during the Boer War and had retired from the South Staffs as a captain. He had subsequently joined the SR and had been in command of the battalion since
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The war having ended, the regiment was ordered in March 1783 to march to
Staffordshire and it was disembodied at Lichfield after seven years' service. Later that year Lord Lewisham resigned the command and Lord Paget, now created Earl of Uxbridge, was re-appointed. Thereafter the militia should have
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line along the WinburgβSmaldeel railway. On 6 April a force of Boers attacked No 2 Railway Picquet, 6 miles (9.7 km) from Smaldeel, held by one non-commissioned officer and 15 men of the battalion. After 2 hours' heavy firing, the Boers were driven off, but later they were able to creep up and
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After Waterloo there was another long peace. Although officers continued to be commissioned into the militia and ballots were still held, the regiments were rarely assembled for training and the permanent staffs of sergeants and drummers were progressively reduced. The Militia of the United Kingdom
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in the mud and fog, and 7th Bde with 4th South Staffs in the leading wave encountered uncut wire. The French on the right were 30 minutes late in attacking and made no progress. 7th Brigade was now pinned down in front of the wire, under machine gun fire from its right rear where the French should
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were located; the CO of 4th South Staffs was visiting in search of information when the order arrived, so the three battalion commanders organised the retirement for 17.00. However, a fresh order arrived calling for outposts to remain in position as long as possible before fighting their way back;
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columns formed and reformed for specific tasks. The 4th South Staffs formed part of the 1500-strong garrison of Winburg, commanded by Col Charrington. Until October the Boers were continually round Winburg in varying strengths, skirmishing with mounted columns, damaging the railway and on occasion
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of 550 men. From Winburg detachments of the battalion went down by daily trains to Cape Town in charge of prisoners. While at Winburg the battalion received a draft of 115 reinforcements from home as well as β unusually β a detachment of 150 men from the regular 1st Bn, who served with the militia
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of the South Staffs. It trained for active service as part of 99th Brigade in 33rd Division. On 10 April 1915 the War Office decided to convert the K4 battalions into 2nd Reserve units, providing drafts for the K1βK3 battalions in the same way that the SR was doing for the Regular battalions. The
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rather than their county lords lieutenant. It was intended that each sub-district would have two regular and two militia battalions, and the 1st Staffordshire Militia raised a 2nd Battalion on 22 August 1874. This carried out its first annual training in May 1875 and thereafter the two battalions
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67th Division had spent the war so far preparing drafts of reinforcements for 1st Line TF units overseas. In April 1917 it had been ordered to prepare for service with the BEF, but the move never happened. In the end the Staffordshire SR battalions proceeded to France individually. The 4th South
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issued his call for volunteers in August 1914, the battalions of the 1st, 2nd and 3rd New Armies ('K1', 'K2' and 'K3' of 'Kitchener's Army') were quickly formed at the regimental depots. The SR battalions also swelled with new recruits and were soon well above their establishment strength. On 8
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a series of Militia Acts from 1757 reinvigorated county militia regiments, the men being conscripted by means of parish ballots (paid substitutes were permitted) to serve for three years. There was a property qualification for officers, who were commissioned by the lord lieutenant. The Midland
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Staffordshire's quota was fixed at 2095 men, and two new regiments were embodied at Lichfield in February 1798, so that the original regiment was numbered 1st. In 1799 there was a recruiting drive to get militiamen to volunteer for the Regulars. The colonel of the 2nd Staffordshire Militia,
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The Peace of Amiens was short-lived, and the Staffordshire Militia was embodied again on 30 March 1803. It was ready for duty by 17 May and was immediately ordered to Windsor, where the King rode at its head when it marched into Windsor Barracks. A new 2nd Regiment was raised, commanded by
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In an attempt to have as many men as possible under arms for home defence in order to release Regulars for overseas expeditions, the Government created the Supplementary Militia, a compulsory levy of men to be trained in their spare time, and to be incorporated in the Militia in emergency.
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The Staffordshire Militia returned to winter quarters at Lichfield at the beginning of 1800. It returned to royal duty at Windsor in June, and then spent the summer of 1801 at Weymouth when the Royal Family was in residence, before returning to Windsor in October. The war ended with the
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under cover of morning mist and overran or passed between the forward posts. 7th Brigade was forced back, though as the mist cleared the enemy suffered heavy casualties from rifle and artillery fire. Fighting died down about 11.00, by which time 7th Bde was lining the northern edge of
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yellow with red facings; the black percussionists employed by the regimental band wore turbans. When the regiment became the King's Own in 1805 it adopted the dark blue facings appropriate for a royal regiment. Its officers were also authorised to wear an image of the Round Tower of
941:. The Militia Reserves of 1st Bn 1st Staffordshire Militia were summoned and 104 reported, overwhelming the accommodation at Whittington Barracks where that year's recruits were undergoing preliminary training. These reservists served with the 38th (1st Staffordshire) Regiment in
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the night before to be closer to the Green Line behind the frontline divisions. The attack opened with the heaviest bombardment so far, which overwhelmed Allied artillery positions, HQs and communications, and isolated the forward troops. By noon the frontline British divisions
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From 1862 the regiment carried out its training each year, usually preceded by preliminary training for that year's recruits. In 1870 all three Staffordshire Militia regiments took part in a field day on Stafford Common. The regiment had a 900 yards (820 m) rifle range at
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of 1888 proposed that the home defence army should consist of three corps, of which the first two would be regular, and the bulk of the third would be militia, while the rest of the militia and the volunteers would be assigned to fixed defences round London and the seaports.
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The battalion embarked for the UK on 2 July 1902 and was disembodied on 19 July, having lost 27 ORs killed in action or died of disease. The participants received the Queen's South Africa Medal with the clasps for 'Cape Colony', 'South Africa 1901' and 'South Africa 1902'.
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It is incorrect to describe the British Militia as 'irregular': throughout their history they were equipped and trained exactly like the line regiments of the regular army, and once embodied in time of war they were fulltime professional soldiers for the duration of their
574:, previously colonel of the 3rd Regiment, who was commissioned on 28 June. The 1st Staffordshire Militia accompanied the king to Weymouth in the summer of 1804, returning with him to Windsor in the autumn. In 1805 George III commanded that the regiment should become the
363:(when two-thirds of the quota had been achieved) on 7 February 1777, and it was embodied for full-time duty on 31 March 1778. It consisted of eight companies, including the grenadier and light companies, with a ninth, 'Volunteer Company', added during 1778.
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on 11 August and next day marched through the crowded streets of Lichfield to Whittington Barracks to be disembodied.During more than 20 months' service the battalion had lost 41 men killed, died of wounds or sickness. The participants received the
1538:, were temporarily reorganised as '7th Composite Bde' of two battalions, forming virtually the only reserve in the area. The Germans failed to press their attacks on 17 April, and 25th Division was pulled out for rest and reorganisation next day.
497:), which the regular army increasingly saw as a prime source of recruits. They served in coast defences, to man garrisons, and guard prisoners of war, and for internal security, while their traditional local defence duties were taken over by the
1545:). Second Army had a number of tired divisions, including 25th, spread out behind the front line to increase the depth of the defence. Once again the Germans had morning fog in their favour and made rapid progress against French troops, taking
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of the regiment. Major Francis Chambers was promoted to the command, and when he retired in 1876, Lt-Col Pryce Harrison of the 2nd Bn was promoted to colonel and lt-col commandant, and Col Talbot's nephew, Maj Hervey Talbot, formerly of the
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Garrison. As well as its defence responsibilities, the battalion's role was to train and form drafts of reservists, special reservists, recruits and returning wounded for the two regular battalions of the South Staffs serving with the
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in December, most of the regular army was sent out, and further militia units were embodied, not only for home defence but also to serve in South Africa. The entire 4th Bn volunteered, and on 12 February 1900 it boarded the transport
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in 1899 the 4th Bn was one of the first militia units called out, even though the South Staffs did not at the time have a regular battalion serving in South Africa. It was embodied on 5 December and left the same evening for duty in
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Annual training for the two battalions continued, usually camping on Whittington Heath. When Col Hervey Talbot died on 11 September 1884, he was succeeded in command by Lt-Col R.J.E. Eustace of the 4th Bn, formerly lt-col in the
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In the early days militia regiments serving together drew lots for their relative precedence. From 1778 the counties were given an order of precedence determined by ballot each year; for Staffordshire the positions drawn were:
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The 3rd Bn was embodied on 3 May 1900, and after serving in the UK was disembodied on 4 December 1900. The battalion was embodied again on 6 May 1901, and volunteered for overseas service, effectively to replace the 4th Bn.
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attacking or shelling the defences of the town. On 28 February 1901 a column was formed at Winburg to move out towards Doornberg, to which 4th South Staffs supplied 160 men. This column was out until 18 March, occupying
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been assembled each year for their 28 days' training, but to save money only two-thirds of the men would be called out each year, and in the case of the Staffordshires training was only held twice between 1784 and 1792.
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where the brigade made a demonstration while another division forced the Vaal at Fourteen Streams on 4 May. Owing to a mistake in orders the 4th South Staffs were hurried back to Kimberley, before moving on 12 May to
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of 1881 took Cardwell's reforms further, with the linked regiments becoming two-battalion regiments and the militia formally joining them. On 1 July the 38th and 80th Foot became the 1st and 2nd Battalions of the
974:(the 'South Staffs') and the 1st and 2nd Bns of the King's Own (1st Staffordshire) Militia became the 3rd and 4th Battalions, still administered as a double-battalion regiment. Militia battalions now had a large
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In January 1855 the 1st Staffordshire was one of the militia regiments invited to volunteer for overseas service: 596 men did so, and the regiment was the first to be accepted. The service companies embarked at
1530:), covered by fog and without any preliminary bombardment. The division's frontline troops were driven back on 7th Bde, drawn up at 'Crucifix Corner', where the German onrush was halted. By 16 April, after
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in Staffordshire. On 1 September 1916 the 2nd Reserve battalions were transferred to the Training Reserve (TR) and 10th (R) Bn was broken up among the other TR battalions of 2nd Reserve Bde at Rugeley.
1598:) had virtually disappeared, apart from scattered parties falling back to defend the Green Line; only 25th Division remained intact on this front. 7th Brigade was deployed along a line of redoubts from
1239:. In September Battalion HQ moved for s short time to Stellenbosch. At the end of December the battalion took over a new line of blockhouses extending over 100 miles (160 km) from the coast at
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1287:(SR), a semi-professional force whose role was to provide reinforcement drafts for regular units serving overseas in wartime, rather like the earlier Militia Reserve. The two battalions became the
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20th Brigade marched out in pursuit on 15 July, and next day 4th South Staffs came under shellfire while covering the supply convoy. On 17 July half the battalion escorted the empty convoy back to
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Although often referred to as brigades, the sub-districts were purely administrative organisations, but in a continuation of the Cardwell Reforms a mobilisation scheme began to appear in the
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As a result of its heavy casualties 25th Division could only form a composite brigade by 20 June. No 1 Battalion of 25th Composite Bde was provided by the combined 4th South Staffs and 11th
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counties further from the threat of invasion were generally apathetic: Staffordshire was given a quota of 560 men to raise, but the county leaders failed to do so, and paid a fine instead.
1518:. The adjacent units were driven back during 11 April, and 7th Bde was ordered to retire. The order went to the 'Catacombs' in Hill 63, where the battalion HQs of 1st Wiltshires and 10th
1514:('Plugstreet') Wood. By next morning this position formed a dangerous salient; 4th South Staffs, very weak after the previous day's fighting, held the blunt apex of the salient with 1st
877:, about 6 miles (9.7 km) from its HQ at Lichfield. The Militia Reserve introduced in 1867 consisted of present and former militiamen who undertook to serve overseas in case of war.
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to Dronfield, arriving on 31 March, where they were joined by the rest of the battalion on 3 April. At Dronfield B and F Companies were quartered at Riverton Pumping Station on the
1614:, over 2 miles (3.2 km) behind the Green Line. By 20.00 the survivors of 7th Bde and some stragglers had been pushed back to form some kind of line south of Bouvancourt with
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with the clasps for 'South Africa 1901', 'Cape Colony' and 'Wittebergen' β the only militia unit to receive the latter clasp, awarded for operations round Bethlehem in July 1900.
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saw a new phase for the English militia: they were embodied for a whole generation, and became regiments of full-time professional soldiers (though restricted to service in the
1898:, and silver lace and buttons for the officers. By 1800 it wore its button lace loops in pairs and about 1803 the officer's lace and buttons changed to gilt. Its badge was the
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October 1914 each SR battalion was ordered to use the surplus to form a service battalion of the 4th New Army ('K4'). Accordingly, the 3rd (Reserve) Bn at Plymouth formed the
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in 1939, the only officer remaining listed for either battalion was the Honorary Colonel of the 3rd, Lt-Col Swinfen-Broun. The Militia was formally disbanded in April 1953.
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The SR resumed its old title of Militia in 1921 but like most militia battalions the 3rd and 4th South Staffs remained in abeyance after World War I. By the outbreak of
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in the north and went straight into the line while still absorbing the drafts. Unfortunately, the 25th had arrived where the second phase of the German offensive (the
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Only the permanent staff were inspected in the summer of 1857, but on 15 October the regiment was called out again to release regulars for service in suppressing the
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on 8 March with a strength of 23 officers and 602 other ranks (ORs); the machine gun section (1 officer and 8 ORs) followed by a later ship. The battalion reached
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Staffs was thus one of the few SR units (mainly 'Extra Reserve' battalions) actually to see overseas service in World War I. 4th South Staffs disembarked at
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By now the Boers in Orange Free State had broken up into small parties, and British forces spent many months pursuing them, especially the guerrillas led by
1641:(TCs) and sent back to the UK to train reinforcements. 4th South Staffs was also reduced to a TC on 11 July, the surplus personnel being drafted elsewhere.
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in March 1802 and all the militia were stood down. The Staffordshire Militia marched from Windsor to Stafford where it was disembodied on 26 April 1802.
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of England. From 1662, and again after 1777, the regiment's primary role was in home defence and internal security. It was a favourite regiment of
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capture No 3 Picquet. Another picquet on cattle guard was captured on 22 June. All these prisoners and 'missing' were released in May and June.
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1154:, two covering the left flank of the attack, and the remainder guarding the convoy and rear. The brigade remained in Bethlehem until 15 July.
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1786:, returning to Clipstone in the autumn. After the war ended it was converted into a service battalion on 8 February 1919 and was sent to the
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on 4 August 1914 under the command of Lt-Col G. Jones Mytton, who had been CO since 8 March 1911. It then proceeded to its war station at
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referred to the counter-attack as a 'useless waste of life', and quoted a battalion commander's comment on this 'discreditable affair'.
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have been, and about 09.00 was withdrawn to the Kemmelbeck stream, where it dug in. 7th Brigade was withdrawn the following night. The
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849:, and again provided guards of honour for Royal visits. On 29 May 1860 the regiment sent a detachment to Weymouth to guard convicts at
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for its service during the Crimean War; this was later carried by both the 3rd and 4th Battalions. The 3rd and 4th were later awarded
1738:, still at Rugeley in 2nd Reserve Bde. The training staff retained their South Staffs badges. On 1 September 1917 it was redesignated
578:, and it was augmented by 200 men from the 2nd Regiment, which was disbanded. The newly royal regiment gained a second light company.
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respectively. However, after Army Order 251 of 1910, Special Reserve units carried the same battle honours as their parent regiment.
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usually trained together. On 1 December 1875 the double-battalion regimen had a strength of 1341, only 9 short of its establishment.
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25th Division was now sent to a 'quiet' sector of the French front to recover and to absorb young recruits. It was in reserve for
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After the Boer War, the future of the militia was called into question. There were moves to reform the Auxiliary Forces (Militia,
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on 16 March. On 24 March the other four companies under Maj Seckham left Kimberley with a column under Lord Methuen, marching via
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and joined the 10th in 2nd Reserve Bde, first at Harrogate, and then at Rugeley. On 1 September 1916 it transferred to the TR as
986:. When Col Eustace died in 1889, Lt-Col W.G. Webb of 4th Bn succeeded him. Annual training for 3rd Bn in 1892 was carried out at
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was completed on Whittington Heath outside Lichfield in 1881 as a combined depot for the north and south Staffordshire brigades.
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working on the breakwaters, who were in a state of disorder. On 13 September the regiment moved from Portsmouth and Weymouth to
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of permanent staff (about 30). Around a third of the recruits and many young officers went on to join the Regular Army.
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869:. On 27 November 1860 the regiment was ordered to return to Staffordshire, where it was disembodied on 30 November.
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3911:
Historical Records of the 1st King's Own Stafford Militia: Now 3rd and 4th Battalions, South Staffordshire Regiment
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1767:
772:
on 30 August and reached home on 22 September. The regiment was disembodied on 1 October 1856. It was awarded the
429:, returning to Lichfield in October. In January 1782 the regiment was quartered across Staffordshire at Lichfield,
3207:
1177:(in the 'Great de Wet Hunt'). For the rest of the war, formal divisional and brigade organisations dissolved into
4116:
1403:
991:
4604:
4316:
4080:
1649:
1645:
1615:
1419:
838:
3482:
2622:
1561:
25th Division was holding the line when the Germans made their final effort of the offensive on 29 April (the
1223:
at Southampton on 17 June 1901, and landed at Cape Town on 10 July, with 20 officers and 561 ORs under Lt-Col
1161:, then returned with a full convoy on 30 July. Commandant Prinsloo and some 4000 Boers had surrendered in the
382:, and the whole regiment was there in July. In August it was again quartered at Lichfield, before marching to
347:
Staffordshire remained a defaulter county liable for militia fines throughout the 1760s. It was not until the
4503:
4361:
4157:
1939:
1698:, where it trained drafts for the 7th, 8th and 9th (Service) Bns of the South Staffs. In May 1915 it move to
1535:
1204:
1194:
On 15 July the battalion was relieved and went by train to Cape Town. There it embarked aboard the transport
1102:
1087:
990:, near Liverpool, and in 1896 both battalions took part in the army manoeuvres at Aldershot, forming part of
777:
374:
before returning to winter quarters in Lichfield in December. In January 1779 three of the companies went to
302:
appointed by the monarch. This is seen as the starting date for the organised county militia in England. The
3394:
1501:) was about to be launched. This attack came on 9 April and the division's front was attacked next day (the
901:
in Sub-District No 19 (County of Stafford) with a shared depot at Lichfield. The Militia now came under the
712:, who was confirmed in command as lt-col the following April, just before the annual training at Lichfield.
4549:
4256:
4187:
1975:
1743:
1720:
1670:
1595:
1435:
1415:
1391:
971:
426:
348:
216:
24:
609:. The regiment was then on service at Windsor almost continuously until 1812. In 1813 it was stationed at
4085:
1441:
1350:
1346:
1236:
1079:
983:
303:
265:
4286:
4030:
1915:, with a crown above and a scroll inscribed 'KINGS OWN' below. The plate on the officers' 1812 pattern
1562:
1272:
240:
protecting the king's residences, being rewarded with the title 'King's Own' in 1805. It served in the
1448:, Second Army was ordered to send reinforcements, and 25th Division set out by train on 2 December to
1150:. During the attack on Bethlehem, the 4th South Staffs were deployed with two companies escorting two
4192:
4075:
4060:
2828:
2796:
1787:
1582:
1574:
1502:
1468:
1252:
1041:
919:
490:
233:
160:
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748:
on 15 April. They were stationed at Fort Neuf Barracks. In August the regiment sent a detachment to
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4276:
4162:
4070:
4040:
4025:
1498:
1445:
1110:
1075:
356:
155:
92:
63:
1467:
25th Division was part of Third Army Reserve, stationed near Bapaume 10 miles (16 km) behind
4574:
4431:
4381:
4321:
4035:
4004:
1759:
1472:
1427:
498:
269:
781:
for this service. Lieutenant-Col Talbot remained as British Resident at Cephalonia until 1860.
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4483:
4462:
4436:
4391:
4356:
4281:
4271:
4266:
4050:
3679:
1658:
1422:. This was a 'Kitchener' Division raised early in the war that had been heavily engaged at the
1123:
1118:
where Methuen's division was concentrating. Methuen was tasked with guarding the left flank of
1098:
1053:
701:
634:
571:
225:
1610:
and mortar crews. Pushing up the Bouffignereux valley the Germans entered Guyencourt and then
4539:
4411:
4331:
4219:
1960:
1852:
1224:
1147:
999:
486:
414:
403:
311:
281:
194:
2501:
1165:, and 20th Bde now escorted them to Winburg on 9 August, with 4th South Staffs guarding the
540:
the following year. On 10 June 1798 it received its orders, and reached Windsor on 14 June.
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4291:
4246:
3594:
1627:
987:
907:
626:
614:
434:
430:
291:
124:
3523:
History of the Great War: Order of Battle of Divisions, Part 3a: New Army Divisions (9β26)
1730:
in Jersey in October 1914. It was not allotted to a formation. On 10 April 1915 it became
8:
4554:
4544:
4396:
4386:
4371:
4326:
1912:
1902:
common to all regiments of the county. The drummers wore uniforms in 'reversed colours',
1695:
1691:
1423:
1390:
coast. Here it formed part of a composite infantry brigade with 4th (Extra Reserve) Bn,
1333:
1317:
1158:
1135:
1006:
858:
618:
610:
335:
3909:
768:
and arrived at Lichfield on 16 September. The main body of the regiment embarked on the
4341:
4311:
3902:
The English Militia in the Eighteenth Century: The Story of a Political Issue 1660β1802
1527:
1515:
1456:
1187:
1151:
938:
842:
814:
720:
War having broken out with Russia in March 1854 and an expeditionary force sent to the
688:
Under this Act, two new militia regiments of were raised in Staffordshire in 1853, the
654:
533:
399:
391:
50:
3964:
4564:
4498:
4441:
4351:
4251:
4177:
4152:
3924:
3890:
3875:
3851:
3836:
3817:
3802:
3787:
3772:
3738:
3727:
3708:
3668:
3660:
3641:
3633:
3614:
3606:
3556:
3541:
3526:
3511:
3496:
1838:
1832:
1519:
1476:
1399:
1379:
1174:
1143:
1127:
953:
834:
818:
622:
375:
307:
290:
was long established in England and its legal basis was updated by two acts of 1557 (
150:
2112:
1775:
937:
The Army Reserves were called out on 3 April 1878 during the crisis that led to the
532:
to put down a riot in November. In 1797 it was successively quartered at Liverpool,
272:. After a shadowy postwar existence the battalions were formally disbanded in 1953.
4406:
4137:
3946:
1638:
1585:. The attack on 27 May was not a surprise, and 7th Bde had been pushed forward to
1578:
1550:
1430:
earlier in the summer. When 4th South Staffs joined, the division was still in the
1240:
1166:
1162:
975:
966:
886:
802:
671:
593:
for a projected invasion, the regiment, with 1300 men in 10 companies under Lt-Col
558:
517:
454:
323:
319:
253:
249:
3960:
Land Forces of Britain, the Empire and Commonwealth β Regiments.org (archive site)
3327:, Vol III, pp. 5, 12, 31, 35, 46β50, 63β8, 73, 77β9, 107, 120β1, 126β30, 145, 157.
4579:
4416:
4401:
4366:
4147:
3759:
3540:, London: HM Stationery Office, 1939/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, 2007,
3525:, London: HM Stationery Office, 1938/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, 2007,
3495:, London: HM Stationery Office, 1935/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, 2007,
1911:
on their accoutrements. The post-1805 officers' belt plate had the knot within a
1779:
1485:
1387:
1284:
1280:
1228:
1024:
995:
934:, took command of 2nd Bn. He in turn later became commandant of both battalions.
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830:
794:
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709:
594:
586:
418:
360:
299:
257:
237:
229:
140:
96:
3657:
MayβJuly: The German Diversion Offensives and the First Allied Counter-Offensive
1855:, former CO, appointed 5 April 1905, reappointed to Special Reserve 14 June 1908
1279:. However, little of Brodrick's scheme was carried out. Under the more sweeping
4426:
4421:
4301:
3835:, London: HM Stationery Office, 1948/Uckfield: Naval and Military Press, 2009,
3510:
London: HM Stationery Office, 1937/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, 2007,
1908:
1828:
1531:
705:
642:
598:
537:
315:
189:
76:
3862:
H.G. Parkyn, 'English Militia Regiments 1757β1935: Their Badges and Buttons',
3572:
E. Brumby, 'Plan of the Encampment on Waterdown Forest near Tunbridge Wells',
1894:
The 1777 uniform of the Staffordshire Militia was red with light lemon yellow
1453:
893:
battalions β for the King's Own (1st Staffordshire) Militia this was with the
4598:
4519:
4296:
1935:
1899:
1895:
1783:
1707:
1599:
1480:
1248:
1033:
958:
790:
773:
516:, where it was taught the latest drill. In 1794 and 1795 it was quartered in
494:
295:
241:
221:
3973:
1452:. By the time it arrived, Third Army had pulled back to a shorter line (the
1402:(TF) battalions that had seen sent to join the BEF. 4th South Staffs joined
1316:. While there it formed the 10th (Reserve) Bn to provide reinforcements for
473:
on 12 March 1779 and took over as colonel when Lord Paget resigned in 1781.
359:
on 22 April 1776, the regiment received its first issue of weapons from the
4336:
1920:
1799:
1637:
on 7 July. By then, the rest of 25th Division had been reduced to training
1232:
850:
678:'Whenever a state of war exists between Her Majesty and any foreign power'.
529:
88:
1271:
and Volunteers) to take their place in the six army corps proposed by the
3861:
3848:
Lord Methuen and the British Army: Failure and Redemption in South Africa
3786:, London: Samson Books, 1978/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, 2001,
2858:
1611:
1603:
1511:
1329:
1309:
1199:
1183:
1083:
1037:
846:
721:
446:
407:
395:
261:
245:
145:
3571:
3449:
2336:
1526:
The next attack against 25th Division came in at 05.00 on 13 April (the
1186:
and suffering a few casualties missing. Later the battalion guarded the
653:
in 1815, the regiment was re-embodied while the army was serving in the
3889:, Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1992/Sandpiper Books, 1999,
3659:, London: Macmillan, 1939/Imperial War Museum and Battery Press, 1994,
3632:, London: Macmillan, 1937/Imperial War Museum and Battery Press, 1995,
3605:, London: Macmillan, 1935/Imperial War Museum and Battery Press, 1995,
1751:
1586:
1546:
1541:
After a lull, the Germans resumed their Lys offensive on 25 April (the
1374:. While there it formed 11th (Reserve) Bn for Kitchener's Army units (
1337:
1325:
1210:
1091:
1057:
1018:
948:
902:
874:
862:
761:
733:
630:
602:
525:
521:
509:
371:
287:
3923:, London: Lund, Humphries, 1939/Uckfield: Naval & Military, 1999,
3829:
History of the Great War: Military Operations, France and Belgium 1917
3653:
History of the Great War: Military Operations, France and Belgium 1918
3626:
History of the Great War: Military Operations, France and Belgium 1918
3599:
History of the Great War: Military Operations, France and Belgium 1918
1653:
889:
of 1872, militia regiments were brigaded with their local regular and
1699:
1506:
1071:
931:
866:
757:
442:
422:
387:
367:
128:
3941:
3485:
The Auxiliary Forces List: Staffordshire-Warwickshire-Worcestershire
1361:
998:, brigaded with 1st Bn South Staffs in 'Northern Army'. In 1899 Col
925:
On 26 April 1873, Col Talbot resigned the command and was appointed
1411:
1313:
1308:
The 3rd Bn was embodied at Whittington Barracks on the outbreak of
1268:
1244:
1139:
1131:
1063:
806:
798:
646:
590:
582:
513:
502:
462:
458:
379:
106:
3769:
Soldiers: Army Lives and Loyalties from Redcoats to Dusty Warriors
524:
who holidayed there. On 22 September 1796 the regiment marched to
410:
and Winchester. In the summer they formed part of a brigade under
3951:
1703:
1449:
1097:
It had been intended to employ militia units in garrisons and on
1049:
1029:
822:
438:
383:
885:
Under the 'Localisation of the Forces' scheme introduced by the
3916:
Reprint: London: Forgotten Books, 2015, ISBN 978-1-332-61671-8.
3799:
Britain Against Napoleon: The Organization of Victory 1793β1815
3751:
An Epitomized History of the Militia (The Constitutional Force)
3724:
Scarlet into Khaki: The British Army on the Eve of the Boer War
1607:
1383:
1371:
1115:
942:
922:. The brigade would have mustered at Liverpool in time of war.
826:
528:
where it was quartered for the winter, sending a detachment to
1488:. Most battalions of the division were down to half strength.
1134:
by a surprise night attack on 19 May, then marched to relieve
1094:, and C and D Companies at Macfarlanes's Farm on the railway.
1005:
Although Cardwell's army corps scheme had been abandoned, the
1916:
1634:
1431:
957:
Cap badge of the South Staffordshire Regiment, including the
793:. It was embodied at Lichfield on 3 November and was sent to
741:
725:
658:
450:
1835:, former CO, appointed 26 April 1873, died 23 September 1898
1471:
in the Flesquières Salient, when the Germans launched their
1293:
4th (Extra Reserve) Battalions, South Staffordshire Regiment
1934:
The King's Own (1st Staffordshire) Militia was awarded the
1755:
1045:
809:. On 10 August 1858 the regiment embarked on the troopship
752:, then n 24 August the main body embarked on the transport
681:'In all cases of invasion or upon imminent danger thereof'.
650:
1078:
on 11 March, then HQ with A, B, C and G Companies went to
1067:
at Queenstown under the command of Lt-Col F. Charrington.
3814:
Battle Honours of the British and Indian Armies 1695β1914
1440:
When the Germans launched a heavy counter-attack against
994:'s Division. In 1898 they took part in the manoeuvres on
3908:
Wylly, C. H.; Charrington, F.; Bulwer, E. A. E. (1902).
1170:
battalion until the end of its service in South Africa.
453:, then from November it was quartered for the winter in
3257:, Vol II, pp. 113, 139, 204β11, 235, 240β4, 272β3, 292.
322:. However, the militia declined in the years after the
264:. Later, one of the battalions served in combat on the
3907:
2680:
2678:
2124:
Militia of the Worcester Campaign 1651 at BCW Project.
1336:, where it stayed for the remainder of the war in the
3726:, London: Sampson Low, 1899/London: Greenhill, 1988,
1966:
King's Own (2nd Staffordshire) Light Infantry Militia
1227:. It was first placed in charge of Boer prisoners at
690:
King's Own (2nd Staffordshire) Light Infantry Militia
3574:
Journal of the Society for Army Historicxal Research
3244:, Vol I, pp. 131, 224, 227, 252, 310, 385β6, 434β41.
1211:
3rd (1st King's Own Staffordshire Militia) Battalion
1019:
4th (1st King's Own Staffordshire Militia) Battalion
949:
3rd and 4th Battalions, South Staffordshire Regiment
553:
remaining men incorporated into the 1st at Windsor.
286:
The universal obligation to military service in the
3864:
Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research
2675:
564:
310:. The Militia was re-established in 1662 after the
3630:MarchβApril: Continuation of the German Offensives
2797:Keep at Whittington Barracks, at Historic England.
1758:. There, on 24 October, it was transferred to the
740:under the command of Lt-Col Talbot and arrived at
4625:Military units and formations established in 1777
1534:fell, the two brigades of 25th Division, 7th and
260:, and trained thousands of reinforcements during
4596:
4212:
3603:The German March Offensive and its Preliminaries
1356:
899:80th Regiment of Foot (Staffordshire Volunteers)
318:that had supported the military dictatorship of
2700:
2698:
2696:
2694:
342:
4615:Military units and formations in Staffordshire
3707:, Vol I, Wakefield: Microform Academic, 1984,
2497:
2495:
2493:
294:cc. 2 and 3), which placed selected men, the '
4003:
3989:
3705:Lineage Book of British Land Forces 1660β1978
3667:/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, 2009,
3640:/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, 2009,
3613:/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, 2009,
3588:The Development of the British Army 1899β1914
3555:, London: Frederick Muller, 1968/Star, 1981,
2668:
2666:
2570:
2568:
2566:
2564:
2258:
2256:
2254:
2252:
2250:
2248:
2246:
2244:
2242:
2240:
2238:
2236:
2165:
2163:
2161:
1295:, on 14 June and 2 August 1908 respectively.
696:; the original regiment was redesignated the
508:In 1793 the Staffordshire Militia marched to
417:in a training camp at Waterdown Forest, near
370:, but during the summer of 1778 it camped at
3700:, Vol III, 2nd Edn, London: Macmillan, 1911.
2777:2nd Bn, 1st Staffs Militia at Regiments.org.
2691:
2234:
2232:
2230:
2228:
2226:
2224:
2222:
2220:
2218:
2216:
2134:Fortescue, Vol II, pp. 288, 299, 301β2, 521.
1971:King's Own (3rd Staffordshire) Rifle Militia
1378:). In September 1916 the battalion moved to
694:King's Own (3rd Staffordshire) Rifle Militia
684:'In all cases of rebellion or insurrection'.
485:The militia was already being embodied when
425:for the winter. In May 1781 they marched to
3904:, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1965.
3866:, Vol 15, No 60 (Winter 1936), pp. 216β248.
2618:
2616:
2614:
2612:
2610:
2608:
2606:
2604:
2490:
1714:
1664:
661:and was finally disembodied in April 1816.
621:, but was ordered to London to relieve the
480:
366:The new regiment was at first quartered in
334:Under threat of French invasion during the
4620:Military units and formations in Lichfield
3996:
3982:
3801:, London: Allen Lane, 2013/Penguin, 2014,
3743:The New Annual Army List, and Militia List
3686:, Vol I, 2nd Edn, London: Macmillan, 1910.
3581:Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage,
3445:
3443:
3203:
3201:
3199:
3197:
3195:
3193:
3183:
3181:
3179:
3177:
3175:
3173:
3171:
3169:
3167:
3155:
3153:
3151:
3141:
3139:
3137:
2890:
2888:
2806:
2804:
2663:
2561:
2364:
2362:
2303:
2301:
2299:
2297:
2158:
1805:
1790:, where it was disbanded on 7 April 1919.
1414:on 10 October and three days later joined
1303:
1070:4th Battalion South Staffs disembarked at
2854:
2852:
2850:
2848:
2772:
2770:
2768:
2766:
2764:
2461:
2459:
2457:
2295:
2293:
2291:
2289:
2287:
2285:
2283:
2281:
2279:
2277:
2213:
2151:
2149:
1726:Similarly, 4th (Extra Reserve) Bn formed
1370:13 December 1910. Its war station was on
1283:of 1908, the Militia was replaced by the
1101:. However, the battalion was assigned to
895:38th (1st Staffordshire) Regiment of Foot
784:
386:in September, leaving detachments across
3361:
3270:, Vol II, pp. 310β1, 332, 345, 353, 365.
3125:
3123:
3121:
3119:
3117:
3115:
3113:
3103:
3101:
3099:
3097:
3095:
3093:
3091:
2601:
2542:
2540:
2538:
2536:
2534:
2532:
2209:Staffordshire Militia at School of Mars.
2204:
1889:
1719:Not to be confused with 11th Battalion,
1669:Not to be confused with 10th Battalion,
1360:
952:
633:. On the death of the Earl of Uxbridge,
329:
3576:, Vol 80, No 323 (Autumn 2002), p. 256.
3440:
3330:
3190:
3164:
3148:
3134:
2885:
2801:
2754:
2752:
2750:
2748:
2746:
2744:
2742:
2740:
2530:
2528:
2526:
2524:
2522:
2520:
2518:
2516:
2514:
2512:
2389:
2359:
2202:
2200:
2198:
2196:
2194:
2192:
2190:
2188:
2186:
2184:
1923:with a crown above and the knot below.
1459:) and the German attack had been held.
945:until they were stood down on 20 July.
613:, with a detachment guarding the great
268:, being virtually destroyed during the
4597:
3753:, London:United Service Gazette, 1905.
3283:, Vol II, pp. 409β10, 424, 432β4, 439.
2845:
2761:
2454:
2274:
2146:
2090:
2088:
2086:
2084:
2082:
2080:
2078:
2076:
1644:The TC of the 4th South Staffs joined
1109:. On 3 May half the battalion went to
698:King's Own (1st Staffordshire) Militia
207:King's Own (1st Staffordshire) Militia
21:King's Own (1st Staffordshire) Militia
3977:
3395:Training Reserve at Long, Long Trail.
3110:
3088:
2074:
2072:
2070:
2068:
2066:
2064:
2062:
2060:
2058:
2056:
1219:The 3rd South Staffs embarked on the
2737:
2509:
2308:1st Staffs Militia at Regiments.org.
2181:
1810:
1690:and the following month it moved to
1633:25th Composite Bde was broken up at
1491:
1462:
1426:in 1916 and the early stages of the
1231:with two companies on detachment at
3935:
1819:of the regiment or its battalions:
1568:
1324:). In May 1915 the 3rd Bn moved to
880:
306:saw some active service during the
13:
3693:, Vol II, London: Macmillan, 1899.
3415:69th Division at Long, Long Trail.
3208:25th Division at Long, Long Trail.
3160:67th Division at Long, Long Trail.
2053:
1262:
1013:
841:. Parties attended courses at the
14:
4636:
3887:The Late Victorian Army 1868β1902
3130:South Staffs at Long, Long Trail.
2113:Staffordshire TBs at BCW Project.
1929:
1396:67th (2nd Home Counties) Division
1328:, and by November 1916 it was at
520:, where it came to the notice of
3463:
3454:
3428:
3419:
3408:
3399:
3388:
3379:
3370:
3348:
3339:
3317:
2377:Knight, pp. 78β9, 111, 255, 411.
2023:Fortescue, Vol I, pp. 5, 12, 16.
1742:, and on 24 September it joined
1365:Formation sign of 25th Division.
581:During the summer of 1805, when
576:King's Own Staffordshire Militia
565:King's Own Staffordshire Militia
87:
69:
56:
43:
3921:The Fiftieth Division 1914β1919
3651:Brig-Gen Sir James E. Edmonds,
3624:Brig-Gen Sir James E. Edmonds,
3385:James, Appendices II & III.
3308:
3295:
3286:
3273:
3260:
3247:
3234:
3225:
3212:
3075:
3066:
3053:
3044:
3035:
3026:
3017:
3008:
2999:
2990:
2981:
2972:
2963:
2954:
2941:
2928:
2915:
2906:
2897:
2872:
2863:
2836:
2822:
2813:
2790:
2781:
2724:
2711:
2654:
2645:
2636:
2627:
2589:
2580:
2552:
2477:
2468:
2445:
2434:
2425:
2416:
2407:
2398:
2380:
2371:
2350:
2341:
2330:
2321:
2312:
2265:
2172:
2137:
2128:
1998:
1766:. In February 1918 it moved to
1577:, which was deployed along the
1404:201st (2/1st Middlesex) Brigade
664:
3872:The Army and Society 1815β1914
2987:Miller, pp. 186β3 & fn 94.
2356:Fortescue, Vol III, pp. 530β1.
2169:Western, Appendices A & B.
2117:
2106:
2097:
2044:
2035:
2026:
2017:
1988:
1839:Charles, 8th Earl of Aylesford
1829:Sir Wellington Chetwynd-Talbot
1298:
1198:for home. They disembarked at
715:
601:Barracks, forming part of the
190:Sir Wellington Chetwynd-Talbot
1:
4610:Militia of the United Kingdom
3771:, London: HarperPress, 2011,
3698:A History of the British Army
3691:A History of the British Army
3684:A History of the British Army
3487:, Leamington: Bathurst, 1876.
3475:
1859:
1723:, formed during World War II.
1673:, formed during World War II.
1357:4th (Extra Reserve) Battalion
1052:, where one company occupied
275:
220:was an auxiliary regiment in
3850:, London: Frank Cass, 1999,
3816:, London: Leo Cooper, 1970,
3722:(Col Peter S. Walton, ed.),
2050:Fortescue, Vol I, pp. 195β6.
1981:
1976:South Staffordshire Regiment
1721:South Staffordshire Regiment
1671:South Staffordshire Regiment
1657:6 November, just before the
1621:
1392:North Staffordshire Regiment
972:South Staffordshire Regiment
657:. It served at Stafford and
546:Lord Granville Leveson-Gower
445:. In June it was ordered to
349:War of American Independence
343:American War of Independence
217:South Staffordshire Regiment
25:South Staffordshire Regiment
7:
3050:Dunlop, pp. 131β40, 158-62.
2032:Hay, pp. 11β17, 25β6, 60β1.
1954:
1505:). The Germans crossed the
1343:British Expeditionary Force
1320:units of the South Staffs (
378:; in February five went to
312:Restoration of the Monarchy
304:Staffordshire Trained Bands
10:
4641:
3874:, London: Longmans, 1980,
3745:(various dates from 1840).
3222:, Vol III, pp. 221, 255β6.
2912:Dunlop, p. 16; Appendix A.
1793:
1718:
1702:, and then in November to
1668:
1563:Battle of the Scherpenberg
1273:Secretary of State for War
1205:Queen's South Africa Medal
813:to move from Edinburgh to
279:
4512:
4476:
4455:
4239:
4232:
4205:
4130:
4094:
4018:
4011:
4005:British Militia Regiments
3947:Historic England listings
3942:British Civil War Project
3784:British Regiments 1914β18
3376:Becke, Pt 3b, Appendix I.
3367:Becke, Pt 3b, pp. 97β100.
3305:, Vol II, pp. 448β9, 493.
3187:Becke, Pt 3a, pp. 135β42.
2672:Grierson, 84β5, 113, 120.
1788:British Army of the Rhine
1583:Third Battle of the Aisne
1398:, replacing two 3rd Line
1056:. After the disasters of
491:French Revolutionary Wars
175:
170:
134:
120:
112:
102:
83:
38:
30:
20:
3914:. Lichfield: A.C. Lomax.
3749:Col George Jackson Hay,
3720:James Moncrieff Grierson
3590:, London: Methuen, 1938.
3583:100th Edn, London, 1953.
3145:Becke, Pt 2b, pp. 75β82.
2011:
1815:The following served as
1782:. By May 1918 it was at
1740:277th (Infantry) Bn, TR'
1715:11th (Reserve) Battalion
1688:10th (Reserve) Battalion
1665:10th (Reserve) Battalion
1237:Sir Lowry's Pass Village
1044:, one to Fort Camden at
481:French Revolutionary War
355:was commissioned as its
298:', under the command of
232:, and spent much of the
64:Kingdom of Great Britain
4504:Forfar & Kincardine
4117:Forfar & Kincardine
3405:Becke, Pt 2b, pp. 91β8.
1806:Heritage and ceremonial
1760:West Yorkshire Regiment
1736:9th Training Reserve Bn
1543:Second Battle of Kemmel
1304:3rd (Reserve) Battalion
1023:On the outbreak of the
805:, with a detachment at
605:Garrison under Maj-Gen
270:German Spring Offensive
2271:Western, pp. 196, 204.
2262:Frederick, pp. 309β11.
2178:Western, pp. 125, 251.
1823:3rd and 4th Battalions
1659:Armistice with Germany
1366:
1122:' advance through the
1099:lines of communication
1040:two companies went to
962:
785:India Mutiny and after
572:Francis Perceval Eliot
292:4 & 5 Ph. & M.
4605:Staffordshire Militia
3833:The Battle of Cambrai
3469:Leslie, pp. xiii, 52.
3314:Blaxland, pp. 136β40.
2903:Wylly, pp. 54β73, 80.
1961:Staffordshire Militia
1890:Uniforms and insignia
1878:19th on 28 April 1781
1853:Michael Swinfen-Broun
1428:Third Battle of Ypres
1364:
1225:Michael Swinfen-Broun
1048:and the remainder to
1000:Michael Swinfen-Broun
956:
512:and was quartered in
421:. They then moved to
330:Staffordshire Militia
282:Staffordshire Militia
244:garrisons during the
195:Michael Swinfen-Broun
186:4th Earl of Dartmouth
3954:The Long, Long Trail
3827:Capt Wilfred Miles,
3696:Sir John Fortescue,
3689:Sir John Fortescue,
3586:Col John K. Dunlop,
3336:Becke, Pt 2a, p. 95.
2819:Wylly, pp. 51β2, 56.
2103:Hay, pp. 89, 99β104.
1949:South Africa 1900β01
1945:South Africa 1901β02
1628:Lancashire Fusiliers
908:Whittington Barracks
861:, four companies at
615:Prisoner-of-war camp
487:Revolutionary France
431:Newcastle-under-Lyme
234:French Revolutionary
182:1st Earl of Uxbridge
125:Whittington Barracks
3965:Richard A. Warren,
3846:Stephen M. Miller,
3758:11 May 2021 at the
3014:Miller, pp. 200β10.
2949:Late Victorian Army
2880:Late Victorian Army
2732:Late Victorian Army
2706:Late Victorian Army
2686:Late Victorian Army
2474:Grierson, pp. 27β8.
2404:Western, pp. 220β3.
2155:Holmes, pp. 94β100.
1872:31st on 12 May 1779
1869:40th on 1 June 1778
1764:52nd (Graduated) Bn
1696:2nd Reserve Brigade
1596:50th (Northumbrian)
1424:Battle of the Somme
1334:Newcastle upon Tyne
1126:. Marching through
1007:Stanhope Memorandum
859:Newcastle upon Tyne
821:and detachments at
670:was revived by the
161:Battle of the Aisne
23:3rd & 4th Bns,
3885:Edward M. Spiers,
3870:Edward M. Spiers,
3703:J.B.M. Frederick,
3551:Gregory Blaxland,
3358:, Vol III, p. 169.
3345:Wyrall, pp. 350β3.
3083:Army & Society
3072:Dunlop, pp. 270β2.
3061:Army & Society
2810:Wylly, pp. 47, 73.
2719:Army & Society
2660:Dunlop, pp. 42β52.
2485:Army & Society
1881:10th on 7 May 1782
1875:23rd on 6 May 1780
1528:Battle of Bailleul
1516:Wiltshire Regiment
1503:Battle of Messines
1367:
1046:Queenstown Harbour
1036:and on arrival at
963:
939:Congress of Berlin
843:School of Musketry
839:Cambridge Barracks
708:, formerly of the
471:Lieutenant-Colonel
412:Lieutenant-General
51:Kingdom of England
4592:
4591:
4588:
4587:
4484:Argyll & Bute
4240:England and Wales
4228:
4227:
4213:England and Wales
4201:
4200:
4102:Argyll & Bute
4019:England and Wales
3841:978-1-84574-724-4
3807:978-0-14-103894-0
3792:978-1-84342-197-9
3782:Brig E.A. James,
3777:978-0-00-722570-5
3673:978-1-84574-727-5
3646:978-1-84574-726-8
3619:978-1-84574-725-1
3292:Blaxland, p. 132.
3063:, pp. 243β2, 254.
2787:Wylly, pp. 49β53.
2642:Wylly, pp. 37β42.
2633:Wylly, pp. 27β37.
2465:Dunlop, pp. 42β5.
2041:Holmes, pp. 90β1.
1811:Honorary Colonels
1732:11th (Reserve) Bn
1728:11th (Service) Bn
1683:10th (Service) Bn
1520:Cheshire Regiment
1499:Battle of the Lys
1492:Battle of the Lys
1477:Operation Michael
1463:Operation Michael
1446:Battle of Cambrai
1400:Territorial Force
1380:Marske-by-the-Sea
1175:Christiaan de Wet
1128:Orange Free State
1032:. It embarked at
918:of 2nd Division,
855:Northern District
819:Colewort Barracks
655:Waterloo campaign
639:Earl of Dartmouth
585:was massing his '
467:Viscount Lewisham
376:Burton upon Trent
308:English Civil War
200:
199:
156:Battle of the Lys
151:Operation Michael
34:1662β1 April 1953
4632:
4237:
4236:
4210:
4209:
4173:Londonderry (II)
4016:
4015:
3998:
3991:
3984:
3975:
3974:
3936:External sources
3919:Everard Wyrall,
3915:
3595:James E. Edmonds
3483:Henry Bathurst,
3470:
3467:
3461:
3458:
3452:
3447:
3438:
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3258:
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3245:
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3231:Blaxland, p. 67.
3229:
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3024:
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3006:
3005:Wylly, pp. 78β9.
3003:
2997:
2996:Wylly, pp. 76β8.
2994:
2988:
2985:
2979:
2976:
2970:
2967:
2961:
2960:Wylly, pp. 74β5.
2958:
2952:
2945:
2939:
2936:Army and Society
2932:
2926:
2923:Army and Society
2919:
2913:
2910:
2904:
2901:
2895:
2892:
2883:
2876:
2870:
2869:Grierson, p. 33.
2867:
2861:
2856:
2843:
2842:Wylly, pp. 53β4.
2840:
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2826:
2820:
2817:
2811:
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2794:
2788:
2785:
2779:
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2735:
2734:, pp. 4, 15, 19.
2728:
2722:
2715:
2709:
2702:
2689:
2682:
2673:
2670:
2661:
2658:
2652:
2651:Wylly, pp. 42β9.
2649:
2643:
2640:
2634:
2631:
2625:
2620:
2599:
2593:
2587:
2586:Wylly, pp. 27β9.
2584:
2578:
2572:
2559:
2558:Wylly, pp. 25β7.
2556:
2550:
2549:, various dates.
2544:
2507:
2505:, 25 April 1873.
2499:
2488:
2481:
2475:
2472:
2466:
2463:
2452:
2451:Wylly, pp. 23β4.
2449:
2443:
2438:
2432:
2431:Wylly, pp. 14β7.
2429:
2423:
2420:
2414:
2413:Wylly, pp. 12β3.
2411:
2405:
2402:
2396:
2395:Hay, pp. 150β52.
2393:
2387:
2386:Wylly, pp. 11β2.
2384:
2378:
2375:
2369:
2366:
2357:
2354:
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2328:
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2263:
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2206:
2179:
2176:
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2167:
2156:
2153:
2144:
2143:Hay, pp. 136β44.
2141:
2135:
2132:
2126:
2121:
2115:
2110:
2104:
2101:
2095:
2094:Hay, pp. 348β50.
2092:
2051:
2048:
2042:
2039:
2033:
2030:
2024:
2021:
2005:
2002:
1996:
1992:
1817:Honorary Colonel
1579:Chemin des Dames
1569:Chemin des Dames
1556:Official History
1551:Creeping barrage
1473:Spring Offensive
1318:Kitchener's Army
1277:St John Brodrick
1167:Wepener Commando
1163:Brandwater Basin
1152:5-inch howitzers
967:Childers Reforms
927:Honorary Colonel
887:Cardwell Reforms
881:Cardwell reforms
803:Edinburgh Castle
672:Militia Act 1852
559:Treaty of Amiens
518:Weymouth, Dorset
455:Leighton Buzzard
336:Seven Years' War
324:Peace of Utrecht
320:The Protectorate
300:Lords Lieutenant
254:Childers Reforms
215:4th Battalions,
91:
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4456:Channel Islands
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4382:Nottinghamshire
4362:Montgomeryshire
4327:North Hampshire
4322:Gloucestershire
4282:Caernarvonshire
4277:Carmarthenshire
4262:Buckinghamshire
4224:
4197:
4168:Londonderry (I)
4126:
4090:
4007:
4002:
3972:
3938:
3760:Wayback Machine
3536:Maj A.F. Becke,
3521:Maj A.F. Becke,
3506:Maj A.F. Becke,
3491:Maj A.F. Becke,
3478:
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3032:Wylly, pp.82β7.
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3023:Wylly, pp.80β2.
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1724:
1717:
1686:10th Bn became
1674:
1667:
1624:
1571:
1494:
1486:Achiet-le-Grand
1465:
1388:North Yorkshire
1359:
1306:
1301:
1285:Special Reserve
1281:Haldane Reforms
1265:
1263:Special Reserve
1213:
1105:. in Methuen's
1025:Second Boer War
1021:
1016:
1014:Second Boer War
996:Salisbury Plain
951:
883:
787:
718:
710:Royal Fusiliers
667:
595:Edward Disbrowe
587:Army of England
567:
548:, previously a
522:King George III
483:
419:Tunbridge Wells
361:Tower of London
345:
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278:
258:Second Boer War
238:Napoleonic Wars
230:King George III
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3694:
3687:
3680:John Fortescue
3676:
3649:
3622:
3591:
3584:
3578:
3569:
3564:
3549:
3534:
3519:
3504:
3489:
3479:
3477:
3474:
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3471:
3462:
3453:
3439:
3427:
3418:
3407:
3398:
3387:
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3369:
3360:
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3329:
3316:
3307:
3294:
3285:
3272:
3259:
3246:
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3211:
3189:
3163:
3147:
3133:
3109:
3087:
3074:
3065:
3052:
3043:
3034:
3025:
3016:
3007:
2998:
2989:
2980:
2978:Dunlop, p. 90.
2971:
2962:
2953:
2940:
2927:
2914:
2905:
2896:
2884:
2871:
2862:
2844:
2835:
2830:London Gazette
2821:
2812:
2800:
2789:
2780:
2760:
2758:Hay, pp 351β2.
2736:
2723:
2710:
2690:
2688:, pp. 97, 102.
2674:
2662:
2653:
2644:
2635:
2626:
2600:
2588:
2579:
2560:
2551:
2508:
2503:London Gazette
2489:
2476:
2467:
2453:
2444:
2433:
2424:
2415:
2406:
2397:
2388:
2379:
2370:
2358:
2349:
2340:
2329:
2320:
2311:
2273:
2264:
2212:
2180:
2171:
2157:
2145:
2136:
2127:
2116:
2105:
2096:
2052:
2043:
2034:
2025:
2015:
2013:
2010:
2007:
2006:
1997:
1986:
1985:
1983:
1980:
1979:
1978:
1973:
1968:
1963:
1956:
1953:
1931:
1930:Battle honours
1928:
1909:Windsor Castle
1891:
1888:
1883:
1882:
1879:
1876:
1873:
1870:
1861:
1858:
1857:
1856:
1843:
1842:
1836:
1812:
1809:
1807:
1804:
1795:
1792:
1776:Clipstone Camp
1716:
1713:
1678:Lord Kitchener
1666:
1663:
1623:
1620:
1570:
1567:
1493:
1490:
1464:
1461:
1358:
1355:
1305:
1302:
1300:
1297:
1264:
1261:
1212:
1209:
1130:, it captured
1064:Arundel Castle
1020:
1017:
1015:
1012:
950:
947:
882:
879:
786:
783:
746:Ionian Islands
717:
714:
686:
685:
682:
679:
666:
663:
643:Napoleonic War
566:
563:
538:Windsor Castle
482:
479:
469:was appointed
344:
341:
331:
328:
316:New Model Army
280:Main article:
277:
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201:
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116:1β2 Battalions
114:
110:
109:
104:
100:
99:
85:
81:
80:
77:United Kingdom
40:
36:
35:
32:
28:
27:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
4637:
4626:
4623:
4621:
4618:
4616:
4613:
4611:
4608:
4606:
4603:
4602:
4600:
4581:
4578:
4576:
4573:
4571:
4568:
4566:
4563:
4561:
4558:
4556:
4553:
4551:
4548:
4546:
4543:
4541:
4538:
4536:
4535:King's County
4533:
4531:
4528:
4526:
4523:
4521:
4518:
4517:
4515:
4511:
4505:
4502:
4500:
4497:
4495:
4492:
4490:
4487:
4485:
4482:
4481:
4479:
4475:
4469:
4466:
4464:
4461:
4460:
4458:
4454:
4448:
4445:
4443:
4440:
4438:
4435:
4433:
4430:
4428:
4425:
4423:
4420:
4418:
4415:
4413:
4412:Staffordshire
4410:
4408:
4405:
4403:
4400:
4398:
4395:
4393:
4392:Pembrokeshire
4390:
4388:
4385:
4383:
4380:
4378:
4375:
4373:
4370:
4368:
4365:
4363:
4360:
4358:
4355:
4353:
4350:
4348:
4345:
4343:
4340:
4338:
4335:
4333:
4332:Hertfordshire
4330:
4328:
4325:
4323:
4320:
4318:
4315:
4313:
4310:
4308:
4305:
4303:
4300:
4298:
4295:
4293:
4290:
4288:
4285:
4283:
4280:
4278:
4275:
4273:
4272:Cardiganshire
4270:
4268:
4265:
4263:
4260:
4258:
4255:
4253:
4250:
4248:
4245:
4244:
4242:
4238:
4235:
4231:
4221:
4220:Monmouthshire
4218:
4217:
4215:
4211:
4208:
4204:
4194:
4191:
4189:
4186:
4184:
4181:
4179:
4176:
4174:
4171:
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4166:
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4159:
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4123:
4120:
4118:
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4110:
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4105:
4103:
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4097:
4093:
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4079:
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4017:
4014:
4010:
4006:
3999:
3994:
3992:
3987:
3985:
3980:
3979:
3976:
3969:
3968:
3963:
3961:
3958:
3956:
3955:
3952:Chris Baker,
3950:
3948:
3945:
3943:
3940:
3939:
3930:
3929:1-84342-206-9
3926:
3922:
3918:
3913:
3912:
3906:
3903:
3899:
3896:
3895:0-7190-2659-8
3892:
3888:
3884:
3881:
3880:0-582-48565-7
3877:
3873:
3869:
3867:
3865:
3860:
3857:
3856:0-7146-4460-9
3853:
3849:
3845:
3842:
3838:
3834:
3830:
3826:
3823:
3822:0-85052-004-5
3819:
3815:
3812:N.B. Leslie,
3811:
3808:
3804:
3800:
3796:
3793:
3789:
3785:
3781:
3778:
3774:
3770:
3766:
3763:
3761:
3757:
3754:
3752:
3747:
3744:
3740:
3736:
3733:
3732:0-947898-81-6
3729:
3725:
3721:
3717:
3714:
3713:1-85117-007-3
3710:
3706:
3702:
3699:
3695:
3692:
3688:
3685:
3681:
3677:
3674:
3670:
3666:
3665:0-89839-211-X
3662:
3658:
3654:
3650:
3647:
3643:
3639:
3638:1-870423-94-1
3635:
3631:
3627:
3623:
3620:
3616:
3612:
3611:0-89839-219-5
3608:
3604:
3600:
3596:
3593:Brig-Gen Sir
3592:
3589:
3585:
3582:
3579:
3577:
3575:
3570:
3568:
3565:
3562:
3561:0-352-30833-8
3558:
3554:
3550:
3547:
3546:1-84734-741-X
3543:
3539:
3535:
3532:
3531:1-84734-741-X
3528:
3524:
3520:
3517:
3516:1-84734-739-8
3513:
3509:
3505:
3502:
3501:1-84734-739-8
3498:
3494:
3490:
3488:
3486:
3481:
3480:
3466:
3460:Wylly, p. 15.
3457:
3451:
3446:
3444:
3436:
3431:
3425:James, p. 58.
3422:
3416:
3411:
3402:
3396:
3391:
3382:
3373:
3364:
3357:
3351:
3342:
3333:
3326:
3320:
3311:
3304:
3298:
3289:
3282:
3276:
3269:
3263:
3256:
3250:
3243:
3237:
3228:
3221:
3215:
3209:
3204:
3202:
3200:
3198:
3196:
3194:
3184:
3182:
3180:
3178:
3176:
3174:
3172:
3170:
3168:
3161:
3156:
3154:
3152:
3142:
3140:
3138:
3131:
3126:
3124:
3122:
3120:
3118:
3116:
3114:
3107:James, p. 80.
3104:
3102:
3100:
3098:
3096:
3094:
3092:
3084:
3078:
3069:
3062:
3056:
3047:
3041:Wylly, p. 82.
3038:
3029:
3020:
3011:
3002:
2993:
2984:
2975:
2969:Wylly, p. 76.
2966:
2957:
2950:
2944:
2937:
2931:
2924:
2918:
2909:
2900:
2894:Wylly, p. 58.
2891:
2889:
2881:
2875:
2866:
2860:
2855:
2853:
2851:
2849:
2839:
2833:
2832:, 2 May 1876.
2831:
2825:
2816:
2807:
2805:
2798:
2793:
2784:
2778:
2773:
2771:
2769:
2767:
2765:
2755:
2753:
2751:
2749:
2747:
2745:
2743:
2741:
2733:
2727:
2720:
2714:
2707:
2701:
2699:
2697:
2695:
2687:
2681:
2679:
2669:
2667:
2657:
2648:
2639:
2630:
2624:
2619:
2617:
2615:
2613:
2611:
2609:
2607:
2605:
2597:
2592:
2583:
2576:
2571:
2569:
2567:
2565:
2555:
2548:
2543:
2541:
2539:
2537:
2535:
2533:
2531:
2529:
2527:
2525:
2523:
2521:
2519:
2517:
2515:
2513:
2506:
2504:
2498:
2496:
2494:
2486:
2480:
2471:
2462:
2460:
2458:
2448:
2442:
2437:
2428:
2422:Wylly, p. 13.
2419:
2410:
2401:
2392:
2383:
2374:
2368:Wylly, p. 10.
2365:
2363:
2353:
2344:
2338:
2333:
2324:
2315:
2309:
2304:
2302:
2300:
2298:
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2290:
2288:
2286:
2284:
2282:
2280:
2278:
2268:
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2243:
2241:
2239:
2237:
2235:
2233:
2231:
2229:
2227:
2225:
2223:
2221:
2219:
2217:
2210:
2205:
2203:
2201:
2199:
2197:
2195:
2193:
2191:
2189:
2187:
2185:
2175:
2166:
2164:
2162:
2152:
2150:
2140:
2131:
2125:
2120:
2114:
2109:
2100:
2091:
2089:
2087:
2085:
2083:
2081:
2079:
2077:
2075:
2073:
2071:
2069:
2067:
2065:
2063:
2061:
2059:
2057:
2047:
2038:
2029:
2020:
2016:
2001:
1991:
1987:
1977:
1974:
1972:
1969:
1967:
1964:
1962:
1959:
1958:
1952:
1950:
1946:
1942:
1941:
1940:Mediterranean
1937:
1936:Battle honour
1927:
1924:
1922:
1918:
1914:
1910:
1905:
1901:
1900:Stafford knot
1897:
1887:
1880:
1877:
1874:
1871:
1868:
1867:
1866:
1854:
1850:
1849:
1848:
1847:
1846:3rd Battalion
1840:
1837:
1834:
1830:
1827:
1826:
1825:
1824:
1820:
1818:
1803:
1801:
1791:
1789:
1785:
1781:
1777:
1773:
1772:69th Division
1769:
1765:
1761:
1757:
1753:
1749:
1748:67th Division
1745:
1741:
1737:
1733:
1729:
1722:
1712:
1709:
1708:Cannock Chase
1705:
1701:
1697:
1693:
1689:
1684:
1679:
1672:
1662:
1660:
1655:
1651:
1650:39th Division
1647:
1642:
1640:
1636:
1631:
1629:
1619:
1617:
1616:21st Division
1613:
1609:
1605:
1601:
1600:Bouffignereux
1597:
1593:
1588:
1584:
1580:
1576:
1566:
1564:
1559:
1557:
1552:
1548:
1544:
1539:
1537:
1533:
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1524:
1521:
1517:
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1508:
1504:
1500:
1489:
1487:
1482:
1478:
1474:
1470:
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1458:
1455:
1451:
1447:
1443:
1438:
1437:
1434:sector under
1433:
1429:
1425:
1421:
1420:25th Division
1417:
1413:
1407:
1405:
1401:
1397:
1393:
1389:
1385:
1381:
1377:
1373:
1363:
1354:
1352:
1348:
1347:Western Front
1345:(BEF) on the
1344:
1339:
1335:
1331:
1327:
1323:
1319:
1315:
1311:
1296:
1294:
1290:
1289:3rd (Reserve)
1286:
1282:
1278:
1274:
1270:
1260:
1256:
1254:
1251:, with HQ at
1250:
1249:Victoria West
1246:
1242:
1241:Lambert's Bay
1238:
1234:
1230:
1226:
1222:
1217:
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1189:
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1160:
1155:
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1073:
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1066:
1065:
1059:
1055:
1051:
1047:
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1039:
1035:
1034:Milford Haven
1031:
1026:
1011:
1008:
1003:
1001:
997:
993:
989:
985:
979:
977:
973:
968:
960:
959:Stafford knot
955:
946:
944:
940:
935:
933:
928:
923:
921:
916:
911:
909:
904:
900:
896:
892:
888:
878:
876:
870:
868:
865:, and one at
864:
860:
857:, with HQ at
856:
852:
848:
844:
840:
836:
832:
828:
824:
820:
816:
812:
808:
804:
800:
796:
792:
791:Indian Mutiny
782:
780:
779:
778:Mediterranean
775:
774:Battle honour
771:
770:Prince Arthur
767:
763:
759:
755:
751:
747:
743:
739:
735:
729:
727:
723:
713:
711:
707:
703:
699:
695:
691:
683:
680:
677:
676:
675:
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662:
660:
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649:escaped from
648:
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495:British Isles
492:
488:
478:
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317:
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309:
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297:
296:trained bands
293:
289:
283:
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271:
267:
266:Western Front
263:
259:
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251:
247:
243:
242:Mediterranean
239:
235:
231:
227:
226:West Midlands
223:
222:Staffordshire
219:
218:
212:
208:
202:Military unit
196:
191:
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65:
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37:
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26:
19:
16:
4489:Berwickshire
4292:Denbighshire
4247:Bedfordshire
3966:
3953:
3920:
3910:
3901:
3886:
3871:
3863:
3847:
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3798:
3783:
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3704:
3697:
3690:
3683:
3656:
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3625:
3602:
3598:
3587:
3580:
3573:
3553:Amiens: 1918
3552:
3537:
3522:
3507:
3492:
3484:
3465:
3456:
3437:: Aylesford.
3434:
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3390:
3381:
3372:
3363:
3355:
3350:
3341:
3332:
3324:
3319:
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3297:
3288:
3280:
3275:
3267:
3262:
3254:
3249:
3241:
3236:
3227:
3219:
3214:
3085:, pp. 275β7.
3082:
3077:
3068:
3060:
3055:
3046:
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3028:
3019:
3010:
3001:
2992:
2983:
2974:
2965:
2956:
2948:
2943:
2935:
2930:
2922:
2917:
2908:
2899:
2879:
2874:
2865:
2838:
2829:
2824:
2815:
2792:
2783:
2731:
2726:
2721:, pp. 195β6.
2718:
2713:
2708:, pp. 126β7.
2705:
2685:
2656:
2647:
2638:
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1990:
1948:
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1938:
1933:
1925:
1921:Royal cypher
1903:
1893:
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1822:
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1814:
1800:World War II
1797:
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1704:Rugeley Camp
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1229:Simon's Town
1220:
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1172:
1156:
1120:Lord Roberts
1107:1st Division
1103:20th Brigade
1096:
1080:Modder River
1069:
1062:
1054:Charles Fort
1042:Spike Island
1022:
1004:
992:Lord Methuen
980:
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697:
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665:1852 Reforms
619:Norman Cross
580:
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530:Much Wenlock
507:
501:and mounted
484:
475:
433:, Stafford,
415:Simon Fraser
365:
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285:
248:. Under the
214:
210:
209:, later the
206:
204:
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4545:Londonderry
4397:Radnorshire
4387:Oxfordshire
4372:Northampton
3831:, Vol III,
3655:, Vol III,
2487:, pp. 91β2.
1995:enlistment.
1612:Bouvancourt
1604:Hermonville
1547:Mont Kemmel
1512:Ploegsteert
1481:barbed wire
1454:Flesquières
1436:Second Army
1416:7th Brigade
1330:Forest Hall
1310:World War I
1299:World War I
1253:Clanwilliam
1200:Southampton
1184:Ventersburg
1084:Barkly West
984:60th Rifles
847:Hythe, Kent
716:Crimean War
631:Kew Palaces
623:Foot Guards
447:Warley Camp
427:Scarborough
408:Southampton
396:Basingstoke
262:World War I
246:Crimean War
146:World War I
135:Engagements
121:Garrison/HQ
79:(1801β1953)
66:(1707β1800)
53:(1662β1707)
4599:Categories
4447:North York
4342:Lancashire
4312:Flintshire
4188:Mid-Ulster
4122:Haddington
4056:Lancashire
4031:Carmarthen
3628:, Vol II,
3476:References
1860:Precedence
1752:Canterbury
1692:Colchester
1587:Guyencourt
1444:after the
1442:Third Army
1326:Sunderland
1188:blockhouse
1088:Dikgatlong
1058:Black Week
903:War Office
875:Brownhills
863:Sunderland
762:Cephalonia
734:Portsmouth
627:St James's
611:Colchester
603:Portsmouth
534:Dorchester
526:Shrewsbury
510:Devonshire
499:Volunteers
404:Whitchurch
372:Winchester
353:Lord Paget
288:Shire levy
276:Background
178:commanders
171:Commanders
4575:Westmeath
4565:Tipperary
4530:Fermanagh
4494:Edinburgh
4442:East York
4432:Wiltshire
4352:Middlesex
4317:Glamorgan
4252:Berkshire
4206:Engineers
4178:Tipperary
4107:Edinburgh
4086:Yorkshire
4046:Glamorgan
4012:Artillery
3739:H.G. Hart
3601:, Vol I,
3354:Edmonds,
3323:Edmonds,
3301:Edmonds,
3279:Edmonds,
3266:Edmonds,
3253:Edmonds,
3240:Edmonds,
2951:, p. 309.
2938:, p. 239.
2925:, p. 229.
2623:Bathurst.
2547:Army List
1982:Footnotes
1768:207th Bde
1744:200th Bde
1700:Harrogate
1646:116th Bde
1622:Reduction
1507:River Lys
1376:see below
1322:see below
1196:Lake Erie
1148:Bethlehem
1124:Transvaal
1111:Warrenton
1076:Kimberley
1072:Cape Town
932:18th Foot
915:Army List
891:Volunteer
867:Tynemouth
815:Aldershot
811:Melbourne
766:Mauritius
758:Argostoli
607:John Hope
597:, was at
443:Penkridge
423:Liverpool
388:Hampshire
368:Lichfield
326:in 1713.
129:Lichfield
4550:Longford
4477:Scotland
4463:Guernsey
4407:Somerset
4287:Cheshire
4233:Infantry
4095:Scotland
4071:Pembroke
4026:Cardigan
3756:Archived
3081:Spiers,
3059:Spiers,
2947:Spiers,
2934:Spiers,
2921:Spiers,
2882:, p. 32.
2878:Spiers,
2730:Spiers,
2717:Spiers,
2704:Spiers,
2684:Spiers,
2483:Spiers,
1955:See also
1919:had the
1784:Thoresby
1575:IX Corps
1532:Bailleul
1469:IV Corps
1412:Le Havre
1314:Plymouth
1269:Yeomanry
1245:Calvinia
1221:Bavarian
1144:picquets
1140:Heilbron
1132:Hoopstad
920:VI Corps
897:and the
851:Portland
835:Clarence
831:Anglesey
807:Greenlaw
799:Stirling
704:the Hon
692:and the
647:Napoleon
591:Boulogne
583:Napoleon
514:Plymouth
503:Yeomanry
463:Wendover
459:Amersham
380:Stafford
250:Cardwell
107:Infantry
4580:Wicklow
4540:Leitrim
4525:Donegal
4513:Ireland
4417:Suffolk
4402:Rutland
4367:Norfolk
4193:Wicklow
4153:Donegal
4131:Ireland
4076:Suffolk
4061:Norfolk
3737:Lt-Col
3718:Lt-Col
3450:Baldry.
3435:Burke's
3218:Miles,
2859:Parkyn.
2598:, 1855.
2575:Burke's
2337:Brumby.
1917:shakoes
1896:facings
1851:Lt-Col
1794:Postwar
1654:Γtaples
1608:sappers
1457:Salient
1450:Bapaume
1386:on the
1349:and in
1159:Winburg
1136:Lindley
1050:Kinsale
1030:Ireland
823:Gosport
754:Indiana
744:in the
645:. When
599:Portsea
550:captain
439:Rugeley
400:Overton
392:Andover
384:Bristol
357:Colonel
224:in the
176:Notable
93:Militia
39:Country
4570:Tyrone
4468:Jersey
4427:Sussex
4422:Surrey
4347:London
4307:Durham
4302:Dorset
4183:Tyrone
4163:Galway
4158:Dublin
4143:Armagh
4138:Antrim
4081:Sussex
4041:Durham
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2441:Brown.
1913:garter
1676:After
1639:cadres
1384:Redcar
1372:Jersey
1179:ad hoc
1116:Boshof
988:Altcar
943:Dublin
827:Tipner
750:Ithaca
736:on SS
722:Crimea
84:Branch
74:
61:
48:
31:Active
4555:Meath
4520:Clare
4297:Devon
4148:Clare
4036:Devon
2596:Harts
2012:Notes
1635:Huppy
1432:Ypres
1382:near
1351:Italy
1291:and
976:cadre
795:Perth
742:Corfu
738:Hansa
726:Dover
702:Major
659:Derby
635:Major
589:' at
451:Essex
435:Stone
4499:Fife
4337:Kent
4112:Fife
4051:Kent
3925:ISBN
3891:ISBN
3876:ISBN
3852:ISBN
3837:ISBN
3818:ISBN
3803:ISBN
3788:ISBN
3773:ISBN
3728:ISBN
3709:ISBN
3678:Sir
3669:ISBN
3661:ISBN
3642:ISBN
3634:ISBN
3615:ISBN
3607:ISBN
3557:ISBN
3542:ISBN
3527:ISBN
3512:ISBN
3497:ISBN
3356:1918
3325:1918
3303:1918
3281:1918
3268:1918
3255:1918
3242:1918
3220:1917
1947:and
1756:Kent
1594:and
1536:75th
1338:Tyne
1243:via
1235:and
1092:Vaal
1086:and
1038:Cork
965:The
837:and
801:and
756:for
651:Elba
637:the
629:and
461:and
441:and
402:and
252:and
236:and
213:and
205:The
193:Col
113:Size
103:Role
1833:KCB
1778:in
1774:at
1770:in
1762:as
1750:at
1746:in
1706:on
1694:in
1652:at
1648:in
1602:to
1592:8th
1418:in
1247:to
845:at
760:on
625:at
617:at
449:in
390:at
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