Commanding Officers of the 2nd Battalion
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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).
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Below is a list of all the officers who have
commanded the 2nd Battalion Worcestershire Regiment from 1702 to 1948.
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MORE
DETAILS ABOUT EACH OFFICER MY BE OBTAINED BY CLICKING ON THE INDIVIDUAL
SURNAME
(names with links are highlighted in Blue - others will be added
later)
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Colonels |
Surname |
Forename/s |
First Commissioned
in to |
From |
To |
Charlemont |
William
Viscount |
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Jun.
1701 |
May
1706 |
Alnutt |
Thomas |
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May
1706 |
May
1708 |
Campbell (Earl
of Ilay) |
Archibald |
1st Foot Guards |
Mar.
1709 |
Oct.
1710 |
Desney |
Henry |
1st Foot Guards |
Oct.
1710 |
Jul.
1715 |
Egerton |
William |
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Jul.
1715 |
Jul.
1719 |
Hotham |
Charles |
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Jul.
1719 |
Dec.
1720 |
Pocock |
John |
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Dec.
1720 |
Apr.
1721 |
Lenoe |
Charles |
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Apr.
1721 |
May
1732 |
Moyle |
John |
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May
1732 |
Jun.
1737 |
Bland |
Humphrey |
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Jun.
1737 |
Jan.
1741 |
Fleming |
James |
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Jan.
1741 |
Mar.
1751 |
Manners |
Robert |
Coldstream
Guards |
Mar.
1751 |
Sep.
1765 |
Pierson |
Richard |
1st Foot Guards |
Sep.
1765 |
Nov.
1778 |
St. John |
Henry |
Coldstream
Guards |
Nov.
1778 |
Apr.
1818 |
Don |
George |
51st Foot |
Apr.
1818 |
Dec.
1829 |
Sheaffe |
Roger Hale |
Fifth fusiliers |
Dec.
1829 |
Jul.
1851 |
Fitz-Clarence |
Frederick |
Coldstream
Guards |
Jul.
1851 |
Oct.
1854 |
Scott |
William Henry |
Scots Fusilier
Guards |
Oct.
1854 |
Nov.
1868 |
Brooke |
Edward Basil |
Royal Artillery |
Nov.
1868 |
Dec.
1868 |
Cunynghame |
Arthur Augustus
Thurlow |
60th Rifles |
Dec.
1868 |
Feb.
1876 |
Staveley |
Charles William
Dunbar |
87th Foot
(Royal Irish Fusiliers) |
Feb.
1876 |
Jul.
1883 |
Parke |
William |
72nd Foot |
Jul.
1883 |
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Lieutenant-Colonels |
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Mackenzie |
Alexander |
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May
1797 |
Jan.
1798 |
Burne |
Robert |
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Jan.
1798 |
1809 |
Hart |
George |
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Aug.
1804 |
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Cochrane |
Basil |
7th Foot |
Oct.
1806 |
Oct.
1811 |
Davies |
Lewis |
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Jan.
1812 |
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Cross |
William |
62nd Foot |
May
1816 |
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Hewitt |
George Henry |
61st Foot |
Apr.
1824 |
Jun.
1827 |
Wyndham |
Charles |
10th Light
Dragoons |
June
1827 |
Jun.
1830 |
Nickle |
Robert |
60th Foot |
Jun.
1830 |
Aug.
1834 |
Maxwell |
Archibald
Montgomery |
Royal Artillery |
Aug.
1834 |
May
1845 |
Ashmore |
Charles |
88th Foot |
May
1845 |
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Trollope |
Charles |
17th Foot |
Nov.
1846 |
Apr.
1852 |
Hort |
John Josiah |
61st Foot |
Feb.
1856 |
Dec.
1866 |
MacMahon |
Patrick William |
81st Foot |
Dec.
1866 |
Apr.
1870 |
Hunter |
Fitzwilliam
Frederick |
47th Foot |
Apr.
1870 |
Dec.
1877 |
Carr |
Ralph Edward |
39th Foot |
Dec.
1877 |
Jul.
1881 |
Lloyd |
Richard Barclay |
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Jul.
1881 |
Dec.
1886 |
Watson |
Robert John |
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Dec.
1886 |
Oct.
1889 |
de Berniere |
Henry John de Berniere |
58th Foot |
Oct.
1889 |
Oct.
1893 |
Egerton |
John Francis |
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Oct.
1893 |
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Allen |
Francis Seymour |
Middlesex Rifle
Volunteers |
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Dec.
1899 |
Coningham |
Charles |
103rd Foot |
Dec.
1899 |
Feb.
1900 |
Hackett-Pain |
George William |
Queens Royal Regiment |
Feb.
1900 |
Feb.
1904 |
Ingouville-Williams |
Edward Charles |
The Buffs
(East Kent Regiment) |
Mar.
1904 |
Mar.
1908 |
Hovell |
Hugh de Berdt |
Worcestershire Regiment |
Mar.
1908 |
Mar.
1913 |
Westmacott |
Claude Berners |
Worcestershire
Regiment |
Mar.
1913 |
Sep. 1914 |
Hankey |
Edward Barnard |
Worcestershire
Regiment |
Sep. 1914 |
Dec. 1914 |
Grogan |
George William
St. George |
Worcestershire
Regiment |
Dec.
1914 |
Jan.
1915 |
Bowring |
Edward L. |
Temporary
took command |
Jan.
1915 |
Feb.
1915 |
Lambton |
George Charles |
Worcestershire Regiment |
Feb.
1915 |
May
1916 |
Stevens |
Leighton
Marlow |
Worcestershire Regiment |
May
1916 |
Jul.
1916 |
Pardoe |
Thomas
Kenyon |
Worcestershire Regiment |
Jul.
1916 |
Jul.
1917 |
Gogarty |
Henry
Edward |
Royal Scots
Fusiliers |
Jul.
1917 |
Nov.
1917 |
Dorman |
Leslie Claude |
Worcestershire Regiment |
Nov.
1917 |
Apr.
1918 |
Stoney |
Gerald
Johnston Lipyeatt |
Worcestershire Regiment |
Apr.
1918 |
Apr.
1918 |
Pardoe |
Thomas
Kenyon |
Worcestershire Regiment |
Apr.
1918 |
Jun.
1918 |
Stoney |
Gerald
Johnston Lipyeatt |
Worcestershire Regiment |
Jun.
1918 |
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Badham |
John F. |
Worcestershire Regiment |
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Apr.
1919 |
Carr |
Henry
Arbuthnot |
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1919 |
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Davidge |
Guy Mortimer Coleridge |
Worcestershire Regiment |
1921 |
Nov.
1925 |
Dunlop |
Frank Passy |
Worcestershire Regiment |
Nov.
1925 |
Oct.
1929 |
Clarke |
Bowcher Campbell Senhouse |
Worcestershire Regiment |
Nov.
1929 |
Nov.
1933 |
Pelly |
John Henry |
Worcestershire Regiment |
Nov.
1933 |
Nov.
1937 |
Deakin |
Charles |
Worcestershire Regiment |
Nov.
1937 |
Nov.
1940 |
Hargreaves |
Percy Wentworth |
Worcestershire Regiment |
Nov.
1940 |
May
1943 |
Wilkinson |
Bernard Cautley |
K.O.Y.L.I. |
May
1943 |
Nov.
1943 |
Symes |
Bryant
Gustavus |
Dorset
Regiment |
Nov.
1943 |
Oct.
1945 |
Mander-Jones |
Geoffrey |
York and Lancs |
Oct.
1945 |
Mar.
1946 |
Knight |
John Oldham |
Worcestershire Regiment |
May
1946 |
Sep.
1946 |
Ramsay |
Frank Stewart |
Worcestershire Regiment |
Nov.
1946 |
Sep.
1947 |
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