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The first establishment of the British Regular Army dates from 1661, and one of the first Regiments in it was the Coldstream Guards. About thirty years after, during the progress of the French war, several new Regiments were raised, one of them in London in 1694 by Colonel Thomas Farrington, an officer of the Coldstream Guards. | |||||||
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was then the custom for Regiments to be named after their Colonels, and
this new Regiment was named Farrington's Regiment of Foot. This method of
naming regiments led to confusion, as regiments were re-named with each
Colonel, and it was possible for more than one Colonel, and therefore more
than one regiment, to have the same name. Until 1751, the Regiment had
eight different Colonels, and therefore eight different names. In 1751 regiments were given numbers, and the Regiment was numbered 29. In 1781, with the idea of helping recruiting, counties were allotted to regiments as recruiting areas, and the 29th became the 29th (Worcestershire) Regiment. The association of regiments with counties was received with enthusiasm, but that enthusiasm was damped when, in 1787, recruits raised for the Regiment in the county were sent to the 43rd Regiment. The
county spirit received a further setback for a similar reason six years
later. It revived, however, as the result of the splendid work of the
Regiment in the Peninsular War, and came to full vigour after the Sikh
Wars, when a regimental memorial was set up in Worcester Cathedral. The
next step was in 1881, when single battalion regiments were grouped in
pairs, one battalion serving at home and the other abroad. Under this
scheme Herefordshire was linked with Worcestershire, and their two
regiments combined to form The Worcestershire Regiment. The 29th
(Worcestershire) Regiment thus became the 1st Battalion The Worcestershire
Regiment on the 1st July 1881. |
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Major
Everard of 1st Battalion c. 1880 |
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1st
Battalion Worcestershire Regiment on parade in Dublin 1907 |
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Timeline of movements of the 29th (Worcestershire) Regiment 1694 England (Regiment raised by Colonel Farrington) 1695 England 1696 England (Recruiting in Yorkshire) 1697 England 1698 England (Desbanded at Stamford) 1702 Ireland (Reconstructed - Carrickferus) 1703 Ireland: Dublin - Kilkenny 1704 Holland 1705 Flanders (Campaigning under Marlborough) 1706 Flanders: Ramillies (Siege of Ostend) 1707 Spain (Drafted out) 1708 England & Flanders (Expedition against coast of France) 1709 England (Recruiting at Edinburgh and Berwick) 1710 England: Yorkshire 1711 Gibraltar 1714 Ireland: Cork 1715 Ireland: Carrickfergus 1716 Ireland: Limerick 1717 Ireland: Dublin 1718 Ireland: Kilkenny 1719 Ireland: Kinsale - Dublin - Galway 1720 Ireland: Dublin 1721 Ireland: Dublin 1722 Ireland 1726 Ireland: Limerick 1727 Gibraltar (stationed there from 1727 to 1745) 1746 North America: Louisburg (stationed there from 1746 to 1748) 1749 North America: Founding of Halifax 1750 Ireland: Cork 1751 Ireland: Limerick 1752 Ireland: Cork (1752 and 1753) 1754 Ireland: Aklow - Wicklow - Cellbridge 1755 Ireland: Waterford (1755 and 1756) 1757 Ireland: Wicklow - Aklow - Wexford 1758 Ireland: Kilkenny - Dublin 1759 Ireland: Clonmel - Cashel - Athy 1760 Ireland: Limerick 1761 Ireland: Limerick 1762 Ireland: Londonderry - Belfast 1763 Ireland: Dublin (1763 and 1764) 1765 North America: Halifax (Nova Scotia) - stationed there till 1767 1768 North America: Boston 1769 North America: Boston 1770 North America: "Boston Massacre" New Jersey 1771 North America: Florida (1771 and 1772) 1773 England: Dover 1774 England: Chatham (1774 and 1775) 1776 North America: Quebec - Montreal 1777 North America: Det. at Saratoga (Flank Companies) 1778 North America: Isle aux Noix 1779 North America: St John's (1779 to 1781) 1782 North America: Montreal (29th Foot becomes the Worcestershire Regiment) 1783 North America: Montreal (1783 and 1784) 1785 North America: Quebec Province 1786 North America: Quebec 1787 England: Worcester 1788 England: Scarborough 1789 England: Tynemouth and Dover 1790 England: Dover 1791 England: Guard duty at Windsor 1792 England: Windsor 1793 England: Hilsea (Detachment as Marines with Channel Fleet) 1794 England: Plymouth "GLORIOUS 1st OF JUNE" 1795 West Indies: Campaigning in Grenada 1796 England: Detachments re-united at Weymouth 1797 England: Bideford - Falmouth - Truro 1798 Ireland: Wexford - Tuam - Kilkenny (Irish Rebellion) 1799 Holland: The Helder - Bergen (Campaign under Duke of York) 1800 Channel Islands: Guernsey (1800 and 1801) 1801 England: Exeter - Plymouth 1802 North America: Halifax, Nova Scotia (1802 to 1807) 1808 Peninsula: ROLICA - VIMIERA 1809 Peninsula: Passage of Douro. TALAVERA 1810 Peninsula: Torres Vedras 1811 Peninsula: ALBUHERA 1812 England: Windsor 1813 Spain: Cadiz 1814 Gibraltar 1814 North America: Halifax (American War) 1815 Flanders & France: Ghent - Paris 1816 France: Chocques (Pas-de-Calais) - (1816 to 1818) 1819 Ireland: Armagh 1820 Ireland: Armagh - Dublin 1821 England: Macclesfield - Chester 1822 Ireland: Dublin - Mullingar 1823 Ireland: Mullingar - Limerick - Tralee 1824 Ireland: Tralee - Kinsale 1825 Ireland: Kinsale - Waterford 1826 Mauritius: Port Louis (1826 to 1828) 1829 Mauritius: Mahébourg 1830 Mauritius: Port Louis (1830 and 1831) 1832 Mauritius: Mahébourg 1833 Mauritius: Port Louis (1833 and 1834) 1835 Mauritius: Flacq - Port Louis 1836 Mauritius: Mahébourg 1837 Mauritius: Port Louis 1838 England: Plymouth 1839 England: Bristol - Woolwich 1840 Scotland: Edinburgh 1841 Scotland & Ireland: Glasgow - Belfast 1842 India: Chinsura (1842 to 1844) 1845 India: Mirath - FEROZESHAH 1846 India: Kasauli - SOBRAON 1847 India: Kasauli 1848 India: Kasauli "Army of the Punjab" 1849 India: CHILLIANWALLAH - GOOJERAT - Vazirabad 1850 India: Mirath (1850 and 1851) 1852 India: Dinapore (1852 and 1853) 1854 Burma: Moulmein - Thayetmyo 1855 Burma: Thayetmyo (1855 to 1857) 1858 India: Bengal (Closing stages in suppressing of Mutiny) 1859 England: Preston 1860 England: Aldershot (1860 and 1861) 1862 Scotland: Glasgow 1863 Ireland: Curragh - Dublin 1864 Ireland: Curragh - Newry 1865 Mediterranean: Malta (1865 and 1866) 1867 Canada: Hamilton 1868 Canada: Toronto 1869 Canada: Quebec 1870 West Indies: Jamaica - Leeward Isles 1871 West Indies: Barbadoes 1872 West Indies: Barbadoes (Riots at Bridgetown) 1873 Ireland: Templemore 1874 Ireland: Curragh - Dublin 1875 Channel Islands: Jersey 1876 England: Chatham 1877 England: Aldershot (1877 and 1878) 1879 India: Mhow (1879 and 1880) 1881 India: Mhow - (July) 1st Battalion, The Worcestershire Regiment established 1881 India: Bombay 1882 India: Nasirabad (1882 and 1883) 1884 India: Karachi (1884 to 1886) 1887 India: Quetta (1887 to 1889) 1890 India: Poona (1890 to 1892) 1893 India: Poona - Kemptee 1894 India: Kemptee 1895 Burma and Aden: Rangoon 1896 Aden 1897 England: Devonport (1897 and 1898) 1899 England: Plymouth 1899 Guernsey CHECK? 1900 (April) South Africa: Boer War (operations in Orange Free State - Ladybrand) 1901 South Africa (1901 and 1902) 1903 Ireland: Templemore (1903 to 1906) 1907 Ireland: Dublin 1908 England: Bordon Camp (1908 to 1910) 1911 England: Isle of Wight, Parkhurst (1911 and 1912) 1913 Egypt: Alexandria - Cairo (1913 and 1914) 1914 (October 16th) Arrived back in England (Liverpool) Joined the 24th Brigade (8th Division). 1914 (October) On the 18th October the 24th Brigade transferred from the 8th Division to the 23rd Division. 1914 (November) France and Flanders (23rd Division) 1915 (October) France and Flanders (23rd Division) - Neuve Chapelle - Aubers Ridge 1916 (July 15th) France and Flanders (8th Division) - the 24th Brigade transferred back to the 8th Division. 1917 France & Flanders: Bouchavesnes - Ypres 1918 France & Flanders: Pargny - Rosieres - The Aisne - Ath 1919 England & India: Cadre to Dover 1919 India: Nasirabad (1919 to 1922) 1922 India: Lucknow 1923 India: Meerut (1923 to 1925) 1926 (December) Allahabad (1926 to 1929) 1929 (October) China: Shanghai (1929 and 1930) 1931 England: Plymouth (8th Infantry Brigade) - (1931 to 1934) 1935 England: Aldershot (5th Brigade, 2nd Division) - (1935 to 1938) 1938 (May) England: London (Tower of London) 1938 (September) Palestine 1939 Sudan (29th Infantry Brigade) 1940 (October) Egypt/Libya (29th Indian Infantry Brigade) 1941 Eritrea: Gogni - Barentu - Keren 1941 Abyssinia: Amba Alagi 1942 North Africa (June) On the 22nd June 1942 captured by the Germans at Tobruk (Point 187) 1943 (January) England: On 1st January 1943 at Harrow, reconstituted in UK be re-designation of 11th Battalion 1943 (August) England: Wansted 1943 (September) England: Maresfield (joined the 214 Infantry Brigade in 43rd Wessex Infantry Division) 1943 (November) England: Hythe 1944 (February) England: Worthing 1944 England: Hythe 1944 (April to June) England: Heathfield Park 1944 (15th June) England: Main Party to Newhaven for embarkation (M.T. Party went to Tilbury for embarkation) 1944 (June 22nd) Normandy landing, France. 1944 (June 26th to 28th) Cheux, France. 1944 (June 29th to July 24th) Mouen and Baron, France. 1944 (August 8th) Mount Pinçon, France. 1944 (August 16th to 23rd) Berjou, France 1944 (August) Vernon, France. 1944 (September 16th, 17th and 18th) Lummen, Belgium. 1944 (September 23rd, 24th, 25th and 26th) Elst, The Netherlands. 1944 (November 13th to 18th) Brunssum, The Netherlands. 1944 (November 18th to 23rd) Tripsrath and Rischden, Germany. 1944 (November 24th to 27th) Schinveld, The Netherlands. 1944 (December 7th to 17th) Brunssum, The Netherlands. 1944 (December 19th to 27th) Bilsen, Belgium. 1944 (December 28th to January 11th) Bunde, The Netherlands. 1945 (January 31st to 4th February) Beerse, Belgium. 1945 (February 4th to 9th) The Netherlands. 1945 (February 9th onwards) Germany: Kranenburg - Nutterden - Materborn - South of Cleve 1945 (February 13th onwards) Germany: Goch escarpment - Imigshof - Cleve 1945 (March) Germany: Vynen - Haag - Wardt 1945 (12th to 26th March) The Netherlands: Afferden 1945 (27th March onwards) Germany: Marienbaum - croosed the Rhine - Esserden - Anholt 1945 (April) Germany: Ruurlo - Deipenheim - Goor - Noordijk - Boekelo - Nordhorn - Bawinkel - Haselunne 1945 (13th April onwards) Germany: Herzelake - Cloppenburg - Ahlhorn - Steinloge - Unzen - Bremen 1945 (May) Germany: Westertimke - Rosenthal - Neetze 1945 (October) Germany: Goslar (joined the 5th Division as a unit of 13th Independent Infantry Brigade) 1946 (March) Germany: Gandersheim 1946 (September) Italy: Trieste (13th Independent Infantry Brigade now attached to 1st Armoured Division) 1947 (January) Yugoslavia: Pola 1947 (May) Italy: Trieste 1947 (May) Germany: Lüneburg (rejoined the 5th Division as a unit of 13th Independent Infantry Brigade) 1948 (January) Germany: Berlin 1948 (December) On the 17th December 1948 amalgamated with 2nd Battalion without change of title 1949 (May) Germany: Göttingen (31st Lorried Infantry Brigade, 7th Armoured Division) 1950 England: Chester 1950 (May) England: sailed from Liverpool to Singapore 1950 (July) Malaya (Sungei Patani - Segamat) 1951 Malaya (Segamat - Kluang) 1952 Malaya (Penang - Ipoh) 1953 Malaya (Ipoh) 1953 (July) England: Bulford 1955 Germany: Iserlohn 1957 West Indies: Caribbean (Jamacia - British Guiana - British Honduras) 1958 West Indies: Caribbean (Jamacia - British Guiana - British Honduras - Nassau - Bahamas) 1959 West Indies: Caribbean (Jamacia - British Guiana - British Honduras - Nassau - Bahamas) 1960 (March) England: Worcester 1961 England: Worcester 1961 (Nov.-Dec.) British Honduras (Hurricane "Hattie" relief operation) 1962 (January) England: Worcester 1962 Germany: Minden 1963 Germany: Minden 1964 England: Lydd (Jungle Training Exercise in Dominica B.W.I. in November and December) 1965 Gibraltar (One Company at Tobruk) 1967 England: Bulford 1969 (March) United Nations (Cyprus) 1969 (November) England: Bulford 1970 On the 8th February 1970 amalgamated with 1st Bn, The Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment), to form 1st Bn, The Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters Regiment (29th/45th Foot) |
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