The Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters Regiment (29th/45th Foot) (abbreviated as WFR) was an infantry regiment of the British Army, part of the Prince...
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The 4th (Volunteer) Battalion, The Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters (4 WFR/896 Sig Tp) was a former territorial infantry battalion that existed for...
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(Derbyshire) and the 3rd (Robin Hood) and 4th (Nottinghamshire) Volunteer battalions. Following the amalgamation, the 1st Battalion Sherwood Foresters saw action...
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amalgamated with the Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment) to form the Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters Regiment (29th/44th...
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Mercian Regiment (redirect from Mercian Regiment (Cheshire, Worcesters and Foresters, and Staffords))
Battalion, Cheshire Regiment, The 1st Battalion, Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters Regiment and the 1st Battalion, Staffordshire Regiment. The reserve...
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4th (Volunteer) Battalion, Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters. The 2nd Battalion was formed on 1 April 1975, mostly from the Light Infantry and Mercian...
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Territorial Army in 1988, the 4th (Volunteer) Battalion, Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters was formed at Kohima House, Redditch, and also had a platoon based...
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The 45th (Nottinghamshire) (Sherwood Foresters) Regiment of Foot was a British Army line infantry regiment, raised in 1741. The regiment saw action during...
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ISBN 1-85117-007-3. Capt F. Clive Grimwade, The War History of the 4th Battalion The London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) 1914–1919, London: Regimental...
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Army, The Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters Regiment was amalgamated into The Mercian Regiment, as its 2nd Battalion (Worcesters and Foresters), leaving...
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Cheshire Regiment (category Battalions of the British Army)
the Cheshire Regiment was merged with the Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters Regiment (29th/45th Foot) and the Staffordshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's)...
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Infantry of the British Army (category Infantry units and formations of the British Army)
Regiment and Loyal Regiment (North Lancashire) Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters Regiment (29th/45th Foot) – Worcestershire Regiment and Sherwood Foresters...
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was due to amalgamate with the Staffordshire Regiment and Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters Regiment, to form a new large regiment- The Mercian Regiment...
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Donald John Dean, 8th Battalion, The Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment Lt Col Bernard William Vann, 1/8th Bn, Sherwood Foresters Lt Col Augustus Charles...
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King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster) (redirect from 4th Regiment of Foot)
3rd and 4th Militia battalions were embodied and embarked for South Africa in February and January 1900 respectively. In 1908, the Volunteers and Militia...
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Royal Northumberland Fusiliers (redirect from Old and Bold Fifth)
brigaded with the 1st Royal Scots, and 1st Sherwood Foresters, under General Sir William Gatacre. The battalions fought in the following battles: Battle...
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the 36th (Herefordshire) Regiment of Foot to become the 1st Battalion, the Worcestershire Regiment in 1881. The regiment was formed on 16 February 1694...
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(V) Battalion, Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters Regiment, retaining its regimental identity. The Battalion was amalgamated with 5th Battalion, Royal...
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British Army order of precedence (section Household Cavalry, Royal Armoured Corps and Infantry orders of precedence)
Mercian Regiment (Cheshires, Worcesters & Foresters, and Staffords) 3rd Battalion, The Royal Welsh 2nd Battalion, The Royal Irish Regiment (27th (Inniskilling)...
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with A, B, C, E and HQ companies (all Royal Anglian cap badge) going to 3 Royal Anglian and D Company (Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters cap badge) going...
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King's Guard (section Women and the guard)
2018. In August 2007, the Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters Regiment were amalgamated with the 22nd (Cheshire) Regiment and the Staffordshire Regiment...
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Royal Scots (redirect from 77th Training Reserve Battalion)
Peebles-shire) Rifle Volunteer Corps – 4th volunteer battalion of the regiment 1st Linlithgowshire Rifle Volunteer Corps – 5th volunteer battalion of the regiment...
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had nine battalions raised in a similar fashion from the Ulster Volunteer Force. In all, 142 "service" battalions and 68 "reserve" battalions were formed...
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List of nicknames of British Army regiments (category Lists of British Army units and formations)
later 1st Battalion The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment The Wonkey Donkeys – Berkshire Yeomanry The Woofers – Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters Regiment...
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the WMR's successor, the 4th Battalion, Mercian Regiment. In 2006, C Company merged with D (Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters) Company to form a C company...
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Royal Warwickshire Regiment (category Military units and formations in Warwickshire)
Militia 4th (Militia) Battalion, based in Warwick, formerly the 2nd Warwick Militia Volunteer Infantry [Double-battalion] 1st & 2nd Battalions, 1st (Birmingham)...
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King's Own (3rd Staffordshire) Rifle Militia (redirect from 4th (Extra Reserve) Battalion, North Staffordshire Regiment)
dug-in machine gunners, so 4th North Staffs and 15th Sherwood Foresters were ordered to envelop the village from both sides. 4th North Staffs advanced towards...
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Regiment 88th Brigade: 4th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment 2nd Battalion, Hampshire Regiment 1st Battalion, Essex Regiment 5th Battalion, Royal Scots XV Brigade...
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Devonshire Regiment (redirect from 8th (Service) Battalion, Devonshire Regiment)
militia and rifle volunteer units of the county of Devon. It took part in the Tirah Campaign in 1897 and the Second Boer War in 1899. The 2nd Battalion fought...
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Outline of the British Army at the end of the Cold War (category Military units and formations of the British Army)
training) 3rd Battalion, Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters (V), Newark-on-Trent, (Home Defence) 3rd Battalion, Yorkshire Volunteers (V), Huddersfield...
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