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| The Cheshire Regiment |  | 1689 - 2007
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| | | | | | Titles | | pre 1881 | post 1881 | | 22nd (The Cheshire) Regiment of Foot | The Cheshire Regiment | | | | Earliest recognised formation: | 1689, when it was raised as the Duke of Norfolk's Regiment. (becoming the 22nd Foot in 1751) | | | | Motto: | | | | | Regimental Journal: | The Oak Tree | | | | WWI: | Battle Honours; 75 | Victoria Crosses; 2 | Died; 8413 | | WWII: | Battle Honours; 45 | Victoria Crosses; nil | Died; ??? | | | | Amalgamated: | 2007, with the Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters Regiment and the Staffordshire Regiment to form 'The Mercian Regiment' (The Cheshire Regiment becoming the 1st battalion of the new regiment.) | | |
| | | | | | | Second Mahratta War 1803-05: Hindustan Campaign, Capture of the Fortress of Deig. | Army of India Medal 1799 - 1826 | | clasp: | | | number: | 8* | | | * Two companies present. |
| | | | | | | Conquest of the Scinde 1839-42. | Scinde Medals 1843 | | reverse: | Meeanee 1843 | Hyderbad 1843 | Meeanee and Hyderbad 1843 | | number: | ? | ? | ? | | | Battle Honours: Meeanee; Hyderbad; Scinde. |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Two battalions operational 1858 -1948 | | Became "The Cheshire Regiment" in 1881 (1st and 2nd Battalions) | Third Anglo-Burmese War 1885-1887 and subsequent operations both battalions present. | India General Service Medal 1854 | | clasp: | | | | battalion: | 1st | 2nd | 1st | | number: | ? | ? | ? | | | A few odd men are also entitled to the earlier clasp Burma 1885-7 |
| | | | | | | Anglo-Boer War 1899 - 1902 2nd Battalion (January 1900 - end of the war) plus volunteer companies. A company of the 2nd Btn. was deployed as mounted infantry. (M.I.) | Queen's South Africa Medal 1899-1902, with or without the King's South Africa Medal 1901 - 1902 | frequently encountered clasps: Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902; also: | | | | clasp; | | | | | | | | number; | ? | ? | ? | ? | | | | | | | | Officers | NCOs and Men | | KIA & DOW | Wounded | Missing / POW | KIA & DOW | Death from disease | Wounded | Missing / POW | | | | 1 | 1 | - | 5 | 54 | 53 | 48 | | | Battle Honour; South Africa 1900-02 |
| | | | | | | The Great War 1914 - 1918 (raised ... battalions; ...served overseas:- ) | Generally awarded the British War Medal & Victory Medal, men overseas prior to 1/1/1916 also a 1914 or 1914-15 Star. | | Battalion → | 1 | 2* | 1/4 | 1/5 | 1/6 | 1/7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | date of first overseas service.
(first theatre red x ) | 4/8
1914 | 17/1
1915 | 9/8
1915 | 15/2
1915 | 10/11
1914 | 9/8
1915 | ?/6
1915 | 19/7
1915 | 26/9
1915 | 26/9
1915 | 6/9
1915 | | France & Flanders | x | x | | x | x | | | x | x | x | x | | Gallipoli | | | x | | | x | x | | | | | | Egypt & Palestine | | | | | | | x | | | | | | Macedonia | | x | | | | | | | | | x | | Mesopotamia | | | | | | | x | | | | | | Italy | x | | | | | | | | | | | Star
possible ? | 1914 or 1914-15 | x | | | | x | | | | | | | | or 1914-15 only | | x | x | x | | x | x | x | x | x | x | | VC? surname/date | Jones
25/9/15 | | | | | | | Colvin
20/9/17 | | | | died
Extracted from : "Soldiers / Officers Died in the Great War" (consider approximate - in addition 107 officers are recorded with 'battalion not shown' or with battalions not shown here) | 1269 | 529 | 387 | 327 | 608 | 329 | 416 | 730 | 926 | 692 | 215 | | | * The second battalion was in India when war broke out and returned first to the UK | | Regular | Territorial Force | New Armies | Garrison. |
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| | | | | | The Great War 1914 - 1918 | continued......... | | Battalion → | 13 | 15 | 16 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 1st | 2nd | Labour Battalions
(all transferred to labour corps 4/1917) | Garrison | date of first overseas service.
(first theatre red x ) | 25/9
1915 | 15/8
1915 | ?/1
1916 | ?/5
1916 | ?/5
1916 | ?/7
1916 | ?/10
1916 | ?/12
1916 | 21/5
1918 | ?/9
1915 | ?/3
1916 | | France & Flanders | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | | | | Gibraltar | | | | | | | | | | x | | | Egypt & Palestine | | | | | | | | | | | x | Star
possible ? | 1914 or 1914-15 | | | | | | | | | | | | | or 1914-15 only | x | x | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | died
Extracted from : "Soldiers / Officers Died in the Great War" (consider approximate, in addition 107 officers are recorded with 'battalion not shown' or battalions not shown here ) | 657 | 530 | 383 | 8 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 57 | 18 | 20 | | | Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19
195 officers and men of the Cheshire Regiment also qualified for this medal. | | | Battle Honours: Mons; Ypres 1914, 1915, 1917, 1918; Somme 1916, 1918; Arras 1917, 1918; Messines 1917, 1918; Bapaume 1918; Doiran 1917, 1918; Suvla; Gaza; Kut al Amara 1917. Le Cateau; Retreat from Mons; Marne 1914, 1918; Aisne 1914, 1918; La Bassée 1914; Armentières 1914; Nonne Bosschen; Gravenstafel; St Julien; Frezenberg; Bellewaarde; Loos; Albert 1916, 1918; Bazentin; Delville Wood; Pozières; Guillemont; Flers-Courcelette; Morval; Thiepval; Le Transloy; Ancre Heights; Ancre 1916; Vimy 1917; Scarpe 1917, 1918; Oppy; Pilckem; Langemarck 1917; Menin Road; Polygon Wood; Broodseinde; Poelcapelle; Passchendaele; Cambrai 1917, 1918; St Quentin; Rosières; Lys; Estaires; Hazebrouck; Bailleul; Kemmel; Scherpenberg; Soissonais-Ourcq; Hindenburg Line; Canal du Nord; Courtrai; Selle; Valenciennes; Sambre; France and Flanders 1914-18; Italy 1917-18; Struma; Macedonia 1915-18; Sari Bair; Landing at Suvla; Scimitar Hill; Gallipoli 1915; Egypt 1915-17; El Mughar; Jerusalem; Jericho; Tell'Asur; Palestine 1917-18; Tigris 1916; Baghdad; Mesopotamia 1916-18. |
| | | | | | | | | | | Regiment converted to machine gun battalions 1937 | | | WW2 1939 - 1945 6 battalions served overseas. | | Battalion → | 1st | 2nd | 4th | 6th | 7th | 30th | | campaign ↓ | | | | | | | France and
Belgium 1940.
(Dunkirk ) | | x | x | | x | | | North Africa & Middle East | x | x | | x | x | x | | Far East | | | | | | | | Sicily / Italy | | x | | x | x | x | | N.W. Europe | x | x | | | x | | | | Notes. | | | 30/9/39 Sudan-under command of GHQ Middle East Forces.
27/7/41-22/1/43 ;233rd Inf Bde*, Malta.
*(Previously titled Central Infantry Brigade and 3rd[Malta] Infantry Brigade)
6/4/45-NW Europe with 159 & 115 Inf. Bdes. | under command of GHQ BEF for the 1940 Campaign.
1/2/41 -30/6/45
with 50th Northumbrian Infantry Division
(D-Day Landers)
and
1/7/45 -31/8/45 (UK)
61st Inf. Div. | under command of GHQ BEF for the 1940 Campaign.
Successfully Evacuated
remained in the UK for the rest of the war. | 1/11/41-24/11/42
44th (Home Counties) Infantry Division12/1/43 -31/8/45
56th London Division | under command of GHQ BEF for the 1940 Campaign.
Evacuated.... Rest of the war with
5th Inf. Div: as the Divisional MG Btn.. (11/11/41-31/8/45) | 19/8/43 - 5/11/43
43rd Infantry Brigade
(23/9/43 -5/11/43 North Africa..)
Under Allied Force HQ Command Italy 10/4/1944 ??? | WW2 Stars common to the Battalion. (excluding 39-45 star )
Key: A = Africa, P = Pacific, B = Burma, I = Italy, F&G = France and Germany | | | A, F&G. | A, I, F&G. | | A, I | A, I, F&G. | I | | | | | | | | | | | Most also entitled to the 1939-45 War Medal and many the Defence Medal | | | Battle Honours: St Omer-La Bassée; Normandy Landing; Capture of Tobruk; El Alamein; Mareth; Sicily 1943; Salerno; Rome; Gothic Line; Malta 1941-2. Dyle; Withdrawal to Escaut; Wormhoudt; Cassel; Dunkirk 1940; Mont Pinçon; St Pierre La Vieille; Gheel; Nederrijn; Aam; Aller; North-West Europe 1940, 1944-5; Sidi Barrani; Gazala; Mersa Matruh; Defence of Alamein Line; Deir el Shein; Wadi Zeuss East; Wadi Zigzaou; Akarit; Wadi Akarit East; Enfidaville; North Africa 1940-3; Landing in Sicily; Primosole Bridge; Simeto Bridgehead; Sangro; Santa Lucia; Battipaglia; Volturno Crossing; Monte Maro; Teano; Monte Camino; Garigliano Crossing; Minturno; Damiano; Anzio; Coriano; Gemmano Ridge; Savignano; Senio Floodbank; Rimini Line; Ceriano Ridge; Valli di Comacchio; Italy 1943-5. |
| | | | Regulars reduced to a single battalion 1948 (the 1st) | | | The Malaya Emergency: Operations against Communist insurgents. 1948-60 1st Battalion (1958-60) | General Service Medal 1918 - 62 | | clasp: | | | number: | ? | | |
| | | | | | | Northern Ireland "The Troubles" 1969- 1st Battalion (numerous tours 1970-2005) | General Service Medal 1962- | | clasp: | | | number: | ? | |
| | | | | | | Gulf War to liberate Kuwait 1990-1991 detachment, 1st Battalion (Bandsmen* deployed with 32 Field Hospital RAMC) | Gulf Medal 1990-91 | | clasp: | ....none.... | | 16th Jan to 28th Feb 1991 |
| | numbers: | 2 | 27 | * together with the bandsmen of the Gordon Highlanders |
| | | | | | | Iraq War, or Second Gulf War 2003 and Aftermath 1st Battalion: Operation Telic 4 (2004) 1st Mechanised Brigade. The hybrid territorial unit "The King's and Cheshire Regiment" also served Operation Telic 8 (2006), 20th Armoured Brigade. | Iraq Medal 2003- | | clasp: | ....none.... | | number: | ? | | |
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Selected Links | The Regimental Museum. (Located in )  | | | | | | | Selected Bibliography; | | | | Author | Title | Publisher | | Compiled by Richard Cannon, Esq | Historical Record of The Twenty-Second, or The Cheshire Regiment of Foot; containing an Account of the Formation of the Regiment in 1689, and of its subsequent Services to 1849. 64 pp. | Adjutant-General's Office, Horse Guards. London: Parker, Furnivall, & Parker, 1849 | | John Cleave | The Jungle War. With the First Battalion the Cheshire Regiment in Malaya. . 31 pp. | Chester: The Chester Chronicle and Associated Newspapers, Ltd., 1958 | | Lt.-Col. Harrison Johnston. | Extracts from an Officer's Diary, 1914-18, being the Story of the 15th and 16th Service Battalions The Cheshire Regiment (originally Bantams). 156 pp. | Manchester: Geo. Falkner & Sons, 1919 | | By Major-Gen. W. H. Anderson | The History of the Twenty-Second Cheshire Regiment, 1689-1849. 164 pp | London: Hugh Rees 1920 | | Arthur Crookenden, Colonel of the Regiment. | The History of the Cheshire Regiment in the Great War. 358 pp. | Chester: printed by W. H. Evans, Sons & Co., Ltd., 1938 | | Arthur Crookenden, some time Colonel. | Twenty-Second Footsteps, 1849-1914; an account of life in the 22nd (Cheshire) Regiment in those years. 102 pp | Chester: W. H. Evans, Sons & Co. Ltd., printer, 1956 | | Arthur Crookenden sometime Colonel of the Regiment. | The History of the Cheshire Regiment in the Second World War. 371 pp. | Chester: W. H. Evans, Sons & Co. Ltd., 1949 | | | The First Hundred Years; the story of 4th Battalion The Cheshire Regiment, 1859-1959. 64 pp. | Chester: printed by W. H. Evans Sons & Co. Ltd., 1959 | | Lieut.-Col. W. A. V. Churton. | The War Record of the 1/5th (Earl of Chester's) Battalion The Cheshire Regiment, August, 1914-June 1919. 130 pp. | Chester: Phillipson & Golder, 1920. | | Charles Smith with the assistance of the Members of the 6th Cheshire Old Comrades Association. | War History of the 6th Battalion The Cheshire Regiment (T.F.) Compiled from the War Diaries of the Battalion. 68 pp. | [Stockport]: Published by the 6th Cheshire Old Comrades Association, 1932. | | Edited by Lt.-Col. C. S. Durtnell | Do You Remember? The Adventures of 7th Bn. The 22nd (Cheshire) Regiment during the World War, 1939-45. 71 pp. | Privately printed [1947] | | | | | | | | | | Additional Bibliography for this Page. | | | | Author/Compiler | Title | Publisher | | Officers of the Regiment. | Unpublished rolls in the care of the National Archives; WO 100/ etc. | - | | | Additional bibliography same as Northumberland Fusiliers page | | | | | | | | | | | |
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