Commanding Officers of the 2nd Battalion
On the outbreak of the War of the Spanish Succession in 1702, Lord Charlemont raised in Ulster a regiment which became Charlemont's Regiment of Foot. During the next forty-nine years this regiment had eleven different Colonels, and consequently eleven varying names.
In 1751, when numbered regiments were introduced, Charlemont's was numbered 36, and in 1781 it became the 36th (Herefordshire).
In 1881, on the amalgamation of the 29th (Worcestershire) and the 36th (Herefordshire) Regiments, the latter became the 2nd Battalion Regiment The Worcestershire Regiment.
On the 17th December 1948 the 2nd Battalion was disbanded (technically "amalgamated" with 1st Battalion).
Below is a list of all the officers who have commanded the 2nd Battalion Worcestershire Regiment from 1702 to 1948.
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COLONELS |
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Surname |
Forename/s |
First Commissioned in to |
From |
To |
William Viscount |
- |
Jun. 1701 |
May 1706 |
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Thomas |
- |
May 1706 |
May 1708 |
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Archibald |
1st Foot Guards |
Mar. 1709 |
Oct. 1710 |
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Henry |
1st Foot Guards |
Oct. 1710 |
Jul. 1715 |
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William |
- |
Jul. 1715 |
Jul. 1719 |
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Charles |
- |
Jul. 1719 |
Dec. 1720 |
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John |
- |
Dec. 1720 |
Apr. 1721 |
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Charles |
- |
Apr. 1721 |
May 1732 |
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John |
- |
May 1732 |
Jun. 1737 |
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Humphrey |
- |
Jun. 1737 |
Jan. 1741 |
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James |
- |
Jan. 1741 |
Mar. 1751 |
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Robert |
Coldstream Guards |
Mar. 1751 |
Sep. 1765 |
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Richard |
1st Foot Guards |
Sep. 1765 |
Nov. 1778 |
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Henry |
Coldstream Guards |
Nov. 1778 |
Apr. 1818 |
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George |
51st Foot |
Apr. 1818 |
Dec. 1829 |
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Roger Hale |
Fifth fusiliers |
Dec. 1829 |
Jul. 1851 |
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Frederick |
Coldstream Guards |
Jul. 1851 |
Oct. 1854 |
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William Henry |
Scots Fusilier Guards |
Oct. 1854 |
Nov. 1868 |
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Edward Basil |
Royal Artillery |
Nov. 1868 |
Dec. 1868 |
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Arthur Augustus Thurlow |
60th Rifles |
Dec. 1868 |
Feb. 1876 |
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Charles William Dunbar |
87th Foot (Royal Irish Fusiliers) |
Feb. 1876 |
Jul. 1883 |
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William |
72nd Foot |
Jul. 1883 |
- |
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LIEUTENANT-COLONELS |
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Surname |
Forename/s |
First Commissioned in to |
From |
To |
Mackenzie |
Alexander |
- |
May 1797 |
Jan. 1798 |
Robert |
- |
Jan. 1798 |
1809 |
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Hart |
George |
- |
Aug. 1804 |
- |
Basil |
7th Foot |
Oct. 1806 |
Oct. 1811 |
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Davies |
Lewis |
- |
Jan. 1812 |
- |
William |
62nd Foot |
May 1816 |
- |
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George Henry |
61st Foot |
Apr. 1824 |
Jun. 1827 |
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Charles |
10th Light Dragoons |
June 1827 |
Jun. 1830 |
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Robert |
60th Foot |
Jun. 1830 |
Aug. 1834 |
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Archibald Montgomery |
Royal Artillery |
Aug. 1834 |
May 1845 |
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Charles |
88th Foot |
May 1845 |
- |
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Charles |
17th Foot |
Nov. 1846 |
Apr. 1852 |
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John Josiah |
61st Foot |
Feb. 1856 |
Dec. 1866 |
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Patrick William |
81st Foot |
Dec. 1866 |
Apr. 1870 |
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Fitzwilliam Frederick |
47th Foot |
Apr. 1870 |
Dec. 1877 |
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Ralph Edward |
39th Foot |
Dec. 1877 |
Jul. 1881 |
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Lloyd |
Richard Barclay |
- |
Jul. 1881 |
Dec. 1886 |
Watson |
Robert John |
- |
Dec. 1886 |
Oct. 1889 |
de Berniere |
Henry John de Berniere |
58th Foot |
Oct. 1889 |
Oct. 1893 |
John Francis |
36th Foot |
Oct. 1893 |
Dec. 1896 |
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Francis Seymour |
Middlesex Rifle Volunteers |
Dec. 1896 |
Dec. 1899 |
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Charles |
103rd Foot (Royal Bombay Fusiliers) |
Dec. 1899 |
Feb. 1900 |
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George William |
Queens Royal Regiment |
Feb. 1900 |
Feb. 1904 |
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Edward Charles |
The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) |
Mar. 1904 |
Mar. 1908 |
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Hugh de Berdt |
Worcestershire Regiment |
Mar. 1908 |
Mar. 1913 |
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Claude Berners |
Worcestershire Regiment |
Mar. 1913 |
Sep. 1914 |
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Edward Barnard |
Worcestershire Regiment |
Sep. 1914 |
Dec. 1914 |
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George William St. George |
Worcestershire Regiment |
Dec. 1914 |
Jan. 1915 |
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Edward Langley |
Sherwood Foresters (Derbyshire Regt.) |
Jan. 1915 |
Feb. 1915 |
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George Charles |
Worcestershire Regiment |
Feb. 1915 |
May 1916 |
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Leighton Marlow |
Worcestershire Regiment |
May 1916 |
Jul. 1916 |
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Thomas Kenyon |
Worcestershire Regiment |
Jul. 1916 |
Jul. 1917 |
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Henry Edward |
Royal Scots Fusiliers |
Jul. 1917 |
Nov. 1917 |
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Leslie Claude |
Worcestershire Regiment |
Nov. 1917 |
Apr. 1918 |
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Gerald Johnston Lipyeatt |
Worcestershire Regiment |
Apr. 1918 |
Apr. 1918 |
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Thomas Kenyon |
Worcestershire Regiment |
Apr. 1918 |
Jun. 1918 |
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Gerald Johnston Lipyeatt |
Worcestershire Regiment |
Jun. 1918 |
Jun. 1919 |
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Henry Arbuthnot |
Worcestershire Regiment |
Jun. 1919 |
1921 |
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Guy Mortimer Coleridge |
Worcestershire Regiment |
1921 |
Nov. 1925 |
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Frank Passy |
Worcestershire Regiment |
Nov. 1925 |
Oct. 1929 |
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Bowcher Campbell Senhouse |
Worcestershire Regiment |
Nov. 1929 |
Nov. 1933 |
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John Henry |
Worcestershire Regiment |
Nov. 1933 |
Nov. 1937 |
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Charles |
Worcestershire Regiment |
Nov. 1937 |
Nov. 1940 |
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Percy Wentworth |
Worcestershire Regiment |
Nov. 1940 |
May 1943 |
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Bernard Cautley |
K.O.Y.L.I. |
May 1943 |
Nov. 1943 |
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Bryant Gustavus |
Dorset Regiment |
Nov. 1943 |
Oct. 1945 |
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Geoffrey |
York and Lancs |
Oct. 1945 |
Mar. 1946 |
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John Oldham |
Worcestershire Regiment |
May 1946 |
Sep. 1946 |
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Frank Stewart |
Worcestershire Regiment |
Nov. 1946 |
Sep. 1947 |
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