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| The Worcestershire Regiment |  | 1694 - 1970
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| | | | | | Titles | | pre 1881 | post 1881 | | 29th (Worcestershire) Regiment of Foot | 1st Battalion The Worcestershire Regiment | | 36th (Herefordshire) Regiment of Foot | 2nd Battalion The Worcestershire Regiment | | | | Earliest recognised formation: | 1694 for the 29th Foot which was initially raised as 'Farrington's Regiment', and 1701 for the 36th Foot, raised in Ireland as Charlemont's Regiment. | | | | Motto: | Firm | | | | Regimental Journal: | Firm, which superseded an earlier publication titled "The Green 'Un." | | | | WWI: | Battle Honours; 72 | Victoria Crosses; 8 | Died; 9460 | | WWII: | Battle Honours; 34 | Victoria Crosses; 0 | Died; 958 N | | | | Amalgamated: | 1970, with the Sherwood Foresters (The Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment) to become "The Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters Regiment" | | |
| | | | | | | Action against the French Navy: "Glorious First of June" 1794 29th Regiment , serving as marines. | Naval General Service Medal. 1793 - 1840 | | clasp: | | | vessel: | HMS Glory | HMS Alfred | HMS Thunderer | HMS Brunswick | | number: | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | | | Battle Honour: A naval crown super-scribed '1st June 1794' was permitted to be borne on the colours. |
| | | | | Peninsula War 1808 - 1814 | Military General Service Medal. 1793 - 1814 clasps: | | Total Medals | Max clasps | Roleia | Vimera | Corunna | Talavera | Busaco | Fuentes
d' Onor | Albuhera | Salamanca | Vittoria | Pyrenees | St. Sebastian | Nivelle | Nive | Orthes | Toulouse | | 29th Regiment | | 150 | 8 | 90 | 88 | - | 103 | 65 | - | 114 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | | 36th Regiment | | 212 | 10 | 33 | 87 | 72 | 6 | 1 | 2 | - | 113 | 2 | 112 | 10 | 68 | 55 | 69 | 121 | | | Battle Honours: Rolica, Vimera, Corunna, Talavera, Albuhera, Salamanca, Pyrenees, Nivelle, Nive, Orthes, Toulouse. |
| | | | | | | The First Sikh War 1845 -1846. 29th Regiment. | The Sutlej Medal 1845-46 | Battle
Date | Ferozeshuhur 21-22/12/1845 | 10/02/1846 | | numbers: | (784) | 612 (?) | | | A recipients first battle corresponds to the medal reverse type, followed by clasp(s) for subsequent battles. Medal reverses are in brackets. | Battle Honours: Ferozeshah, Sobraon. |
| | | | | | | The Second Sikh War 1848 -1849. 29th Regiment. | The Punjab Medal 1848-49 | | clasps: | ...none... | | | | numbers | ? | 948 | 824 | | | Battle Honours: Chilianwallah, Goojerat. |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | Became "The Worcestershire Regiment" in 1881 (1st and 2nd Battalions) | | 3rd and 4th Regular Battalions also existed 1900-1922 | | | Anglo-Boer War 1899 - 1902 1st Battalion (April 1900- end of war) 2nd Battalion (January 1900- end of war) The 4th Battalion arrived in 1902. Volunteer battalions also supplied companies. | Regulars: 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 common: | | | | | 1st Btn | | clasp; | | | numbers; | ? | | | | | Officers | NCOs and Men | | KIA & DOW | Wounded | Missing / POW | KIA & DOW | Death from disease | Wounded | Missing / POW | | 1st Battalion April 1900 - end of war | | - | 4 | - | 12 | 49 | 33 | 4 | | 2nd Battalion, January 1900- end of war | | 4 | 4 | 1 | 38 | 66 | 88 | 3 | | | Battle Honours: South Africa 1899-1902 |
| | | | | | | The Great War 1914 - 1918 (total of 22 battalions; 13 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 | 3 | 4** | 1/7 | 1/8 | 2/7 | 2/8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 14 | 17*** | date of first overseas service.
(first theatre red x ) | 6/11
1914 | 14/8
1914 | 16/8
1914 | 25/4
1915 | 31/3
1915 | 31/3
1915 | 25/5
1916 | 25/5
1916 | 13/7
1915 | 19/7
1915 | 21/9
1915 | 21/6
1916 | 28/6
1918 | | France & Flanders | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | | x | x | x | x | | Gallipoli | | | | x | | | | | x | | | | | | Egypt & Palestine | | | | x | | | | | x | | | | | | Mesopotamia | | | | | | | | | x | | | | | | Macedonia | | | | | | | | | | | x | | | | Italy | | | | | x | x | | | | | | | | | North Persia | | | | | | | | | x | | | | | | South Russia | | | | | | | | | x | | x | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Star
possible ? | 1914 or 1914-15 | x | x | x | | | | | | | | | | | | or 1914-15 only | | | | x | x | x | | | x | x | x | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | died
Extracted from : "Soldiers / Officers Died in the Great War" (consider approximate - in addition 101 officers are recorded with 'battalion not shown' and at least another 120 with battalions not listed here ) | 1182 | 1285 | 1553 | 1584 | 493 | 434 | 157 | 374 | 707 | 794 | 232 | 235 | 3 | | | * 1st Battalion was in Egypt when war declared, sailed for the UK 30th September arriving 16th October 1914.
** 4th Battalion was in Burma when war declared and returned first to the UK.
*** Formed in France, 28th June 1918 from the the 17th (Garrison) Battalion, cadres of the 10th Battalion, and the 12th Yorkshire Regiment. | Territorial Force War Medal 1914 - 1919
243 officers and men of the Worcestershire Regiment also qualified for this medal. | | Regular | Territorial Force | New Armies | Garrison. |
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | WW2 1939 - 1945 four battalions served overseas: | | Battalion → | 1st | 2nd | 7th | 8th | | campaign ↓ | | | | | France and
Belgium 1940
(Dunkirk ) | | | x | x | | North Africa & Middle East | x
Captured at the fall of Tobruk 21/06/1942 | | | | | Burma | | x | x | | | Sicily / Italy | | | | | | N.W. Europe | x | | | | | | Notes. | | | Battalion reconstituted in the UK around a nucleus of men who had evaded capture at Tobruk & the disbanded 11th Battalion | Battalion in India 39-44
Burma Nov 44-end of war | Suffered significant losses in the 1940 campaign. | India; June '42 -March '44
Burma; March 44-end of war | | WW2 Stars common to the Battalion. (excluding 39-45 star )
Key: A = Africa, B = Burma, F&G = France and Germany | | | A, F&G. | B. | B. | - | | | | | | | Most also entitled to the 1939-45 War Medal and many the Defence Medal | | | |
| | | | | | | Re-establishment of order post WW2, South East Asia 1945 -46 2nd Battalion | General Service Medal 1918 - 62 | | | | | Clasp: | | | Number: | ? |
| | | | 1948: 1st and 2nd Battalions amalgamated into the 1st Battalion. | | | The Malaya Emergency: Operations against Communist insurgents. 1948-60 1st Battalion (1950-53) | General Service Medal 1918 - 62 | | | | | Clasp: | | | Number: | ? |
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Selected Links | The Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters Regiment (29th/45th Foot) | | | | | | | Selected Bibliography; The Worcestershire Regiment - 29th and 36th Regiments of Foot. | | | | Author/Compiler | Title | Publisher | | Major H. Everard. | History of Thos. Farrington's Regiment, subsequently designated The 29th (Worcestershire) Foot, 1694 to 1891.598 pp., | Worcester: Littlebury and Company, 1891. | | Richard Cannon | Historical Record of The Thirty-Sixth, or The Herefordshire Regiment of Foot; containing an Account of the Formation of the Regiment in 1701, and of its subsequent Services to 1852. 135 pp. | Adjutant-General's Office, Horse GuardsPublished by Parker, Furnivall, & Parker 1853 | | "Compiled from the Official Digest of Services of the Regiment." | Historical Records of The Thirty-Sixth. Re-issue in two parts, Historical Records of The Thirty-Sixth Regiment, from 1852 to 1881.135 & 123 pp | London: Mitchell & Co., 1883. | | Capt. H. Fitz-M. Stacke | The Worcestershire Regiment in the Great War.. Forming part of the Worcestershire County War Memorial. 667 pp. | Kidderminster: G. T. Cheshire & Sons Ltd., 1929 | | Lieut.-Col. Lord Birdwood. | The Worcestershire Regiment, 1922-1950. 302 pp. | Aldershot: Gale & Polden Ltd., 1952 | | R. Gale | The Worcestershire Regiment. (Famous Regiments Series) 122pp | London. Leo Cooper 1970 | | A.B. Parker (Capt) | A History of 1st Battalion The Worcestershire Regiment in Malaya 1950-53 41pp | Worcester; In the Firm 1954-56. | | 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. | - | | Message, Colin. | Naval General Service Medal 1793-1840 , Alphabetical Roll of Recipients. | Published by the Author 1996. | | | | | | | Additional bibliography same as Northumberland Fusiliers page | | | |
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