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58: 1606:, about 1 mile (1.6 km) back from the Green Line, but it knew nothing about the positions it was taking up. As the Germans worked their way forward in the early afternoon, 7th Bde was shifted left, where it had a better field of fire on a forward slope. 4th South Staffs formed the centre of the brigade's line in the partly-dug Green Line trenches. The brigade successfully held this line until about 17.30 when it was outflanked on the left. The two flank battalions fell back in diverging directions, creating a gap thinly held by 4th South Staffs supported by 1479:) on 21 March 1918. Two brigades and the divisional artillery were sent forward, leaving 7th Bde as Corps Reserve in the partially-prepared trenches of the 'Green Line'. They did not come into action until 23 March, after the front line formations of the corps had been virtually destroyed in two days of stubborn fighting. Although incomplete, the Green Line was well-sited, and its defenders had had two more days to work on it: they drove off six separate attacks on 23 March, some of which got within 30 yards (27 m) of the 1146:; E Company, 4th South Staffs, held No 7 Picquet and was engaged in a heavy exchange of fire but maintained its position with support from the HQ trenches behind until the Boer were driven off. On 2 July the battalion with its machine gun demonstrated on the ridge east of town while the mounted troops left Lindley and cleared the country toward Leeuw Kop. Next day Lindley was evacuated and the infantry moved to carry the Boer position at Leeuw Kop with artillery support. The column then followed the Boers towards 674:, enacted during a renewed period of international tension. As before, units were raised and administered on a county basis, and filled by voluntary enlistment (although conscription by means of the Militia Ballot might be used if the counties failed to meet their quotas). Training was for 56 days on enlistment, then for 21–28 days per year, during which the men received full army pay. Under the Act, Militia units could be embodied by Royal Proclamation for full-time home defence service in three circumstances: 1523:

the COs interpreted this to apply to their whole battalions, so they countermanded the retirement. Shortly after 17.30, Hill 63 and the Catacombs were surrounded and all three battalion commanders captured. Their remaining troops fought the 3 miles (4.8 km) back to a position west of Neuve Eglise, some parties passing through German lines to get there, but casualties were severe. Luckily, fresh troops had reached Neuve Eglise, and 7th Bde (less than a battalion in strength) spent the next day in reserve.

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Napoleonic War, when Staffordshire was 2nd. This list continued until 1833. In that year the King drew the lots for individual regiments: those raised before the peace of 1763 took the first 47 places, followed by the regiments raised between 1763 and 1783, with the Staffordshires at 66th. This resulting list remained in force with minor amendments until the end of the militia. In line with most other regiments the Staffordshires paid little attention to the additional number.

1630:. On 22 June the composite brigade was transferred to [50th (Northumbrian) Division which had also been reduced to a composite brigade, and the two (25th and 50th) formed 50th Composite Division, or 'Jackson's Force', from its commander, Maj-Gen H.C. Jackson. On 24 June Jackson's Force was ordered to go back into the line to relieve a French division on the night of 28/29 June. However, this was cancelled, and instead the force entrained to return to the British sector. 71: 1484:

orders to swing back from the Green Line to keep touch on the right. Although suffering heavy casualties the battalions managed to extricate themselves and take up the new positions; Bapaume had been evacuated. That evening they were ordered to withdraw behind friendly troops, and again suffered heavy casualties while disengaging. During the night the survivors rejoined 25th Division near Logeast Wood, and spent 25 March in reserve north of

89: 1549:, but an Anglo-French counter-attack was arranged for the following morning, for which 25th Division was assigned. The division had been reinforced by recruits from home, but was desperately short of officers and non-commissioned officers. The approach was made in the dark, amid heavy rain, and the supporting artillery fire was weak. Although 25th Division attacked promptly at 03.00, they were unable to keep up with the 1362: 45: 724:, the militia were called out for home defence. The 1st Staffordshires had assembled 1171 strong for annual training at Lichfield on 20 April, and the lord lieutenant was instructed to extend the training by an extra week. On 16 May the regiment was invited to volunteer for permanent service, and 645 volunteers were selected to be embodied. On 30 May they proceeded to 1618:. This line was attacked again next day, but most of the German army was pushing past on the left, where a hole had been torn in the Allied lines. There followed a long retreat, with the British troops of IX Corps forming the southern hinge of the great bulge forced into the French lines. The front began to stabilise on 31 May and the battle died away by 6 June. 1565:) and was offered 'exceptionally good targets'. Although the attack made some progress against the French, and 7th Bde was ordered to form a defensive flank, this was not necessary and the German attack was a disaster. The Lys offensive was over. 25th Division had suffered more casualties than any other British division in this offensive. 764:, from where it sent further detachments to Luxuri and Fort George. From the autumn of 1855 the regiment suffered badly from sickness: 25 men and three women and children died and at one period during the summer of 1856 a third of the regiment at Argostoli was in hospital. On 18 August 1856 three companies embarked for home on the 817:, where it camped for six weeks on Cove Common and afterwards was accommodated in huts in 'L' Lines, North Camp. It formed part of 1st Brigade and provided Guards of Honour and participated in march-pasts during Royal visits that summer. On 18 September the regiment moved to the Portsmouth area, with headquarters (HQ) at 1142:, leaving 20th Bde to garrison Lindley. 4th South Staffs covered the south-east and south of the town, where they were under constant sniping by the Boers, and shellfire from 16 June onwards, while supply columns had to fight their way in. On 26 June there was sharp firing, then the Boers attacked a number of the 1885:

However, when the militia were re-embodied in 1793, the order of precedence balloted for that year (when Staffordshire was 27th) remained in force throughout the French Revolutionary War: this covered all the regiments formed in the county. Another ballot for precedence took place at the start of the

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on 16 August. By now 39th Division consisted solely of TCs and was running training courses for newly arrived US Army divisions before they went into the line. On 1 November 1918 39th Division was ordered to begin demobilising the TCs, and the cadre of the 4th South Staffs completed demobilisation on

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from December 1875. This assigned regular and militia units to places in an order of battle of corps, divisions and brigades for the 'Active Army', even though these formations were entirely theoretical, with no staff or services assigned. The 1st, 2nd and 3rd Staffordshire Militia formed 2nd Brigade

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in the 1st Regiment, offered to raise a regiment for foreign service and soon obtained 300 recruits from the three Staffordshire regiments; however, the King objected and the plan was scrapped. The following year the militia quotas were reduced, the 2nd and 3rd Staffordshires were disbanded and their

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As the first phase of the German offensive died away, the battered 25th Division received reinforcement drafts to bring it back up to an average strength of 800 men per battalion. These were mainly 19-year-olds with 9 months' training. The division then entrained on 30–31 March to rejoin Second Army

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before withering under rifle, machine gun and artillery fire. After a quiet night, the German attacks were renewed against IV Corps' flanks on 24 March, and by the afternoon the right flank division had been pushed back. At 16.00, when the German attack against it had already begun, 7th Bde received

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The 4th Bn was also embodied at Whittington Barracks, under the command of Lt-Col E.A.E Bulwer, who had been the regular adjutant of the battalion during the Boer War and had retired from the South Staffs as a captain. He had subsequently joined the SR and had been in command of the battalion since

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The war having ended, the regiment was ordered in March 1783 to march to Staffordshire and it was disembodied at Lichfield after seven years' service. Later that year Lord Lewisham resigned the command and Lord Paget, now created Earl of Uxbridge, was re-appointed. Thereafter the militia should have

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line along the Winburg–Smaldeel railway. On 6 April a force of Boers attacked No 2 Railway Picquet, 6 miles (9.7 km) from Smaldeel, held by one non-commissioned officer and 15 men of the battalion. After 2 hours' heavy firing, the Boers were driven off, but later they were able to creep up and

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After Waterloo there was another long peace. Although officers continued to be commissioned into the militia and ballots were still held, the regiments were rarely assembled for training and the permanent staffs of sergeants and drummers were progressively reduced. The Militia of the United Kingdom

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in the mud and fog, and 7th Bde with 4th South Staffs in the leading wave encountered uncut wire. The French on the right were 30 minutes late in attacking and made no progress. 7th Brigade was now pinned down in front of the wire, under machine gun fire from its right rear where the French should

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were located; the CO of 4th South Staffs was visiting in search of information when the order arrived, so the three battalion commanders organised the retirement for 17.00. However, a fresh order arrived calling for outposts to remain in position as long as possible before fighting their way back;

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columns formed and reformed for specific tasks. The 4th South Staffs formed part of the 1500-strong garrison of Winburg, commanded by Col Charrington. Until October the Boers were continually round Winburg in varying strengths, skirmishing with mounted columns, damaging the railway and on occasion

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of 550 men. From Winburg detachments of the battalion went down by daily trains to Cape Town in charge of prisoners. While at Winburg the battalion received a draft of 115 reinforcements from home as well as – unusually – a detachment of 150 men from the regular 1st Bn, who served with the militia

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of the South Staffs. It trained for active service as part of 99th Brigade in 33rd Division. On 10 April 1915 the War Office decided to convert the K4 battalions into 2nd Reserve units, providing drafts for the K1–K3 battalions in the same way that the SR was doing for the Regular battalions. The

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rather than their county lords lieutenant. It was intended that each sub-district would have two regular and two militia battalions, and the 1st Staffordshire Militia raised a 2nd Battalion on 22 August 1874. This carried out its first annual training in May 1875 and thereafter the two battalions

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67th Division had spent the war so far preparing drafts of reinforcements for 1st Line TF units overseas. In April 1917 it had been ordered to prepare for service with the BEF, but the move never happened. In the end the Staffordshire SR battalions proceeded to France individually. The 4th South

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issued his call for volunteers in August 1914, the battalions of the 1st, 2nd and 3rd New Armies ('K1', 'K2' and 'K3' of 'Kitchener's Army') were quickly formed at the regimental depots. The SR battalions also swelled with new recruits and were soon well above their establishment strength. On 8

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a series of Militia Acts from 1757 reinvigorated county militia regiments, the men being conscripted by means of parish ballots (paid substitutes were permitted) to serve for three years. There was a property qualification for officers, who were commissioned by the lord lieutenant. The Midland

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Staffordshire's quota was fixed at 2095 men, and two new regiments were embodied at Lichfield in February 1798, so that the original regiment was numbered 1st. In 1799 there was a recruiting drive to get militiamen to volunteer for the Regulars. The colonel of the 2nd Staffordshire Militia,

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The Peace of Amiens was short-lived, and the Staffordshire Militia was embodied again on 30 March 1803. It was ready for duty by 17 May and was immediately ordered to Windsor, where the King rode at its head when it marched into Windsor Barracks. A new 2nd Regiment was raised, commanded by

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In an attempt to have as many men as possible under arms for home defence in order to release Regulars for overseas expeditions, the Government created the Supplementary Militia, a compulsory levy of men to be trained in their spare time, and to be incorporated in the Militia in emergency.

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The Staffordshire Militia returned to winter quarters at Lichfield at the beginning of 1800. It returned to royal duty at Windsor in June, and then spent the summer of 1801 at Weymouth when the Royal Family was in residence, before returning to Windsor in October. The war ended with the

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under cover of morning mist and overran or passed between the forward posts. 7th Brigade was forced back, though as the mist cleared the enemy suffered heavy casualties from rifle and artillery fire. Fighting died down about 11.00, by which time 7th Bde was lining the northern edge of

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yellow with red facings; the black percussionists employed by the regimental band wore turbans. When the regiment became the King's Own in 1805 it adopted the dark blue facings appropriate for a royal regiment. Its officers were also authorised to wear an image of the Round Tower of

941:. The Militia Reserves of 1st Bn 1st Staffordshire Militia were summoned and 104 reported, overwhelming the accommodation at Whittington Barracks where that year's recruits were undergoing preliminary training. These reservists served with the 38th (1st Staffordshire) Regiment in 1589:

the night before to be closer to the Green Line behind the frontline divisions. The attack opened with the heaviest bombardment so far, which overwhelmed Allied artillery positions, HQs and communications, and isolated the forward troops. By noon the frontline British divisions

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From 1862 the regiment carried out its training each year, usually preceded by preliminary training for that year's recruits. In 1870 all three Staffordshire Militia regiments took part in a field day on Stafford Common. The regiment had a 900 yards (820 m) rifle range at

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of 1888 proposed that the home defence army should consist of three corps, of which the first two would be regular, and the bulk of the third would be militia, while the rest of the militia and the volunteers would be assigned to fixed defences round London and the seaports.

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The battalion embarked for the UK on 2 July 1902 and was disembodied on 19 July, having lost 27 ORs killed in action or died of disease. The participants received the Queen's South Africa Medal with the clasps for 'Cape Colony', 'South Africa 1901' and 'South Africa 1902'.

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It is incorrect to describe the British Militia as 'irregular': throughout their history they were equipped and trained exactly like the line regiments of the regular army, and once embodied in time of war they were fulltime professional soldiers for the duration of their

574:, previously colonel of the 3rd Regiment, who was commissioned on 28 June. The 1st Staffordshire Militia accompanied the king to Weymouth in the summer of 1804, returning with him to Windsor in the autumn. In 1805 George III commanded that the regiment should become the 363:(when two-thirds of the quota had been achieved) on 7 February 1777, and it was embodied for full-time duty on 31 March 1778. It consisted of eight companies, including the grenadier and light companies, with a ninth, 'Volunteer Company', added during 1778. 1202:

on 11 August and next day marched through the crowded streets of Lichfield to Whittington Barracks to be disembodied.During more than 20 months' service the battalion had lost 41 men killed, died of wounds or sickness. The participants received the

1538:, were temporarily reorganised as '7th Composite Bde' of two battalions, forming virtually the only reserve in the area. The Germans failed to press their attacks on 17 April, and 25th Division was pulled out for rest and reorganisation next day. 497:), which the regular army increasingly saw as a prime source of recruits. They served in coast defences, to man garrisons, and guard prisoners of war, and for internal security, while their traditional local defence duties were taken over by the 1545:). Second Army had a number of tired divisions, including 25th, spread out behind the front line to increase the depth of the defence. Once again the Germans had morning fog in their favour and made rapid progress against French troops, taking 929:

of the regiment. Major Francis Chambers was promoted to the command, and when he retired in 1876, Lt-Col Pryce Harrison of the 2nd Bn was promoted to colonel and lt-col commandant, and Col Talbot's nephew, Maj Hervey Talbot, formerly of the

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Garrison. As well as its defence responsibilities, the battalion's role was to train and form drafts of reservists, special reservists, recruits and returning wounded for the two regular battalions of the South Staffs serving with the

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in December, most of the regular army was sent out, and further militia units were embodied, not only for home defence but also to serve in South Africa. The entire 4th Bn volunteered, and on 12 February 1900 it boarded the transport

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in 1899 the 4th Bn was one of the first militia units called out, even though the South Staffs did not at the time have a regular battalion serving in South Africa. It was embodied on 5 December and left the same evening for duty in

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Annual training for the two battalions continued, usually camping on Whittington Heath. When Col Hervey Talbot died on 11 September 1884, he was succeeded in command by Lt-Col R.J.E. Eustace of the 4th Bn, formerly lt-col in the

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In the early days militia regiments serving together drew lots for their relative precedence. From 1778 the counties were given an order of precedence determined by ballot each year; for Staffordshire the positions drawn were:

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The 3rd Bn was embodied on 3 May 1900, and after serving in the UK was disembodied on 4 December 1900. The battalion was embodied again on 6 May 1901, and volunteered for overseas service, effectively to replace the 4th Bn.

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attacking or shelling the defences of the town. On 28 February 1901 a column was formed at Winburg to move out towards Doornberg, to which 4th South Staffs supplied 160 men. This column was out until 18 March, occupying

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been assembled each year for their 28 days' training, but to save money only two-thirds of the men would be called out each year, and in the case of the Staffordshires training was only held twice between 1784 and 1792.

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where the brigade made a demonstration while another division forced the Vaal at Fourteen Streams on 4 May. Owing to a mistake in orders the 4th South Staffs were hurried back to Kimberley, before moving on 12 May to

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of 1881 took Cardwell's reforms further, with the linked regiments becoming two-battalion regiments and the militia formally joining them. On 1 July the 38th and 80th Foot became the 1st and 2nd Battalions of the

974:(the 'South Staffs') and the 1st and 2nd Bns of the King's Own (1st Staffordshire) Militia became the 3rd and 4th Battalions, still administered as a double-battalion regiment. Militia battalions now had a large 731:

In January 1855 the 1st Staffordshire was one of the militia regiments invited to volunteer for overseas service: 596 men did so, and the regiment was the first to be accepted. The service companies embarked at

1530:), covered by fog and without any preliminary bombardment. The division's frontline troops were driven back on 7th Bde, drawn up at 'Crucifix Corner', where the German onrush was halted. By 16 April, after 700:. The 1st Regiment had assembled for 21 day's training at Stafford in November 1852, still under the command of the Earl of Dartmouth, who died during the training period. He was immediately succeeded by 1710:

in Staffordshire. On 1 September 1916 the 2nd Reserve battalions were transferred to the Training Reserve (TR) and 10th (R) Bn was broken up among the other TR battalions of 2nd Reserve Bde at Rugeley.

1598:) had virtually disappeared, apart from scattered parties falling back to defend the Green Line; only 25th Division remained intact on this front. 7th Brigade was deployed along a line of redoubts from 1239:. In September Battalion HQ moved for s short time to Stellenbosch. At the end of December the battalion took over a new line of blockhouses extending over 100 miles (160 km) from the coast at 1287:(SR), a semi-professional force whose role was to provide reinforcement drafts for regular units serving overseas in wartime, rather like the earlier Militia Reserve. The two battalions became the 1157:

20th Brigade marched out in pursuit on 15 July, and next day 4th South Staffs came under shellfire while covering the supply convoy. On 17 July half the battalion escorted the empty convoy back to

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1353:. Thousands of reinforcements for these battalions would have passed through the 3rd Bn. It was finally disembodied on 15 August 1919, when its remaining personnel were posted to the 2nd Bn. 913:

Although often referred to as brigades, the sub-districts were purely administrative organisations, but in a continuation of the Cardwell Reforms a mobilisation scheme began to appear in the

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As a result of its heavy casualties 25th Division could only form a composite brigade by 20 June. No 1 Battalion of 25th Composite Bde was provided by the combined 4th South Staffs and 11th

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counties further from the threat of invasion were generally apathetic: Staffordshire was given a quota of 560 men to raise, but the county leaders failed to do so, and paid a fine instead.

1518:. The adjacent units were driven back during 11 April, and 7th Bde was ordered to retire. The order went to the 'Catacombs' in Hill 63, where the battalion HQs of 1st Wiltshires and 10th 1514:('Plugstreet') Wood. By next morning this position formed a dangerous salient; 4th South Staffs, very weak after the previous day's fighting, held the blunt apex of the salient with 1st 877:, about 6 miles (9.7 km) from its HQ at Lichfield. The Militia Reserve introduced in 1867 consisted of present and former militiamen who undertook to serve overseas in case of war. 4488: 4121: 1965: 689: 4614: 1090:

to Dronfield, arriving on 31 March, where they were joined by the rest of the battalion on 3 April. At Dronfield B and F Companies were quartered at Riverton Pumping Station on the

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with the clasps for 'South Africa 1901', 'Cape Colony' and 'Wittebergen' – the only militia unit to receive the latter clasp, awarded for operations round Bethlehem in July 1900.

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saw a new phase for the English militia: they were embodied for a whole generation, and became regiments of full-time professional soldiers (though restricted to service in the

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October 1914 each SR battalion was ordered to use the surplus to form a service battalion of the 4th New Army ('K4'). Accordingly, the 3rd (Reserve) Bn at Plymouth formed the

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in 1939, the only officer remaining listed for either battalion was the Honorary Colonel of the 3rd, Lt-Col Swinfen-Broun. The Militia was formally disbanded in April 1953.

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The SR resumed its old title of Militia in 1921 but like most militia battalions the 3rd and 4th South Staffs remained in abeyance after World War I. By the outbreak of

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in the north and went straight into the line while still absorbing the drafts. Unfortunately, the 25th had arrived where the second phase of the German offensive (the

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Only the permanent staff were inspected in the summer of 1857, but on 15 October the regiment was called out again to release regulars for service in suppressing the

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on 8 March with a strength of 23 officers and 602 other ranks (ORs); the machine gun section (1 officer and 8 ORs) followed by a later ship. The battalion reached

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was promoted colonel commandant of the 3rd and 4th Battalions in succession to Col Webb. However, on 1 August 1900 the two battalions became separate entities.

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to take on garrison duties. In November, 202 men volunteered to transfer to the regulars, and during the war the regiment supplied 1200 recruits in this way.

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Staffs was thus one of the few SR units (mainly 'Extra Reserve' battalions) actually to see overseas service in World War I. 4th South Staffs disembarked at

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By now the Boers in Orange Free State had broken up into small parties, and British forces spent many months pursuing them, especially the guerrillas led by

1641:(TCs) and sent back to the UK to train reinforcements. 4th South Staffs was also reduced to a TC on 11 July, the surplus personnel being drafted elsewhere. 4493: 606: 545: 561:

in March 1802 and all the militia were stood down. The Staffordshire Militia marched from Windsor to Stafford where it was disembodied on 26 April 1802.

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Steve Brown, 'Home Guard: The Forces to Meet the Expected French Invasion/1 September 1805' at The Napoleon Series (archived at the Wayback Machine).

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of England. From 1662, and again after 1777, the regiment's primary role was in home defence and internal security. It was a favourite regiment of

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capture No 3 Picquet. Another picquet on cattle guard was captured on 22 June. All these prisoners and 'missing' were released in May and June.

4609: 1591: 1276: 1154:, two covering the left flank of the attack, and the remainder guarding the convoy and rear. The brigade remained in Bethlehem until 15 July. 4559: 4467: 3840: 3806: 3791: 3776: 3719: 3672: 3645: 3618: 1786:, returning to Clipstone in the autumn. After the war ended it was converted into a service battalion on 8 February 1919 and was sent to the 1677: 536:, Weymouth and Winchester. At Weymouth it was again inspected frequently by the king, who requested that it should carry out Royal duties at 638: 185: 4534: 1312:

on 4 August 1914 under the command of Lt-Col G. Jones Mytton, who had been CO since 8 March 1911. It then proceeded to its war station at

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When the 1st Regiment joined the South Staffordshires, it adopted the badges and uniform of that regiment, including its white facings.

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referred to the counter-attack as a 'useless waste of life', and quoted a battalion commander's comment on this 'discreditable affair'.

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have been, and about 09.00 was withdrawn to the Kemmelbeck stream, where it dug in. 7th Brigade was withdrawn the following night. The

1138:. Methuen's men earned the nickname of 'the Mobile Marvels' for their hard marching. At the end of May Methuen continued on to relieve 849:, and again provided guards of honour for Royal visits. On 29 May 1860 the regiment sent a detachment to Weymouth to guard convicts at 4055: 3981: 1943:

for its service during the Crimean War; this was later carried by both the 3rd and 4th Battalions. The 3rd and 4th were later awarded

1738:, still at Rugeley in 2nd Reserve Bde. The training staff retained their South Staffs badges. On 1 September 1917 it was redesignated 578:, and it was augmented by 200 men from the 2nd Regiment, which was disbanded. The newly royal regiment gained a second light company. 2123: 1951:

respectively. However, after Army Order 251 of 1910, Special Reserve units carried the same battle honours as their parent regiment.

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usually trained together. On 1 December 1875 the double-battalion regimen had a strength of 1341, only 9 short of its establishment.

351:, when Britain was threatened with invasion by the Americans' allies, France and Spain, that the Staffordshire Militia was reformed. 4101: 4045: 3928: 3894: 3879: 3855: 3821: 3731: 3712: 3664: 3637: 3610: 3560: 3545: 3530: 3515: 3500: 3159: 1747: 1395: 854: 3414: 406:. These kinds of movements followed a pattern for militia regiments at this time. During 1780 the Staffordshires were quartered at 314:, and was popularly seen as the 'Constitutional Force' in contrast to the 'Standing Army' that was tainted by association with the 1573:

25th Division was now sent to a 'quiet' sector of the French front to recover and to absorb young recruits. It was in reserve for

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After the Boer War, the future of the militia was called into question. There were moves to reform the Auxiliary Forces (Militia,

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on 16 March. On 24 March the other four companies under Maj Seckham left Kimberley with a column under Lord Methuen, marching via

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The title was used inconsistently in official documents: it was also referred to as 'The (King's Own) 1st Staffordshire Militia'.

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and joined the 10th in 2nd Reserve Bde, first at Harrogate, and then at Rugeley. On 1 September 1916 it transferred to the TR as

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was completed on Whittington Heath outside Lichfield in 1881 as a combined depot for the north and south Staffordshire brigades.

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working on the breakwaters, who were in a state of disorder. On 13 September the regiment moved from Portsmouth and Weymouth to

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it became part of the South Staffordshire Regiment and raised a second battalion. Both battalions saw active service during the

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ridge. Unfortunately, the division was once more placed exactly where the next phase of the German offensive would fall: the

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of permanent staff (about 30). Around a third of the recruits and many young officers went on to join the Regular Army.

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declared war on Britain on 1 February 1793. The Staffordshire Militia was still commanded by the Earl of Uxbridge. The

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on 30 August and reached home on 22 September. The regiment was disembodied on 1 October 1856. It was awarded the

429:, returning to Lichfield in October. In January 1782 the regiment was quartered across Staffordshire at Lichfield, 3207: 1177:(in the 'Great de Wet Hunt'). For the rest of the war, formal divisional and brigade organisations dissolved into 4192: 4075: 4060: 1787: 1582: 1574: 1502: 1468: 1252: 1041: 919: 490: 233: 160: 4446: 4276: 4162: 4070: 4040: 4025: 1816: 1542: 1498: 1445: 1110: 1075: 926: 356: 155: 92: 63: 3482: 2622: 1561:

25th Division was holding the line when the Germans made their final effort of the offensive on 29 April (the

1223:

at Southampton on 17 June 1901, and landed at Cape Town on 10 July, with 20 officers and 561 ORs under Lt-Col

1161:, then returned with a full convoy on 30 July. Commandant Prinsloo and some 4000 Boers had surrendered in the 382:, and the whole regiment was there in July. In August it was again quartered at Lichfield, before marching to 347:

Staffordshire remained a defaulter county liable for militia fines throughout the 1760s. It was not until the

1698:, where it trained drafts for the 7th, 8th and 9th (Service) Bns of the South Staffs. In May 1915 it move to 1194:

On 15 July the battalion was relieved and went by train to Cape Town. There it embarked aboard the transport

990:, near Liverpool, and in 1896 both battalions took part in the army manoeuvres at Aldershot, forming part of 374:

before returning to winter quarters in Lichfield in December. In January 1779 three of the companies went to

302:

appointed by the monarch. This is seen as the starting date for the organised county militia in England. The

4574: 4431: 4381: 4321: 4035: 4004: 3394: 1759: 1501:) was about to be launched. This attack came on 9 April and the division's front was attacked next day (the 1472: 1427: 901:

in Sub-District No 19 (County of Stafford) with a shared depot at Lichfield. The Militia now came under the

712:, who was confirmed in command as lt-col the following April, just before the annual training at Lichfield. 498: 269: 4569: 4483: 4462: 4436: 4391: 4356: 4281: 4271: 4266: 4050: 3679: 1658: 1123: 1098: 1053: 701: 634: 609:. The regiment was then on service at Windsor almost continuously until 1812. In 1813 it was stationed at 571: 225: 4539: 4411: 4331: 4219: 1960: 1852: 1224: 1147: 999: 486: 414: 403: 311: 281: 194: 1915:, with a crown above and a scroll inscribed 'KINGS OWN' below. The plate on the officers' 1812 pattern 953: 240:

protecting the king's residences, being rewarded with the title 'King's Own' in 1805. It served in the

1448:, Second Army was ordered to send reinforcements, and 25th Division set out by train on 2 December to 1150:. During the attack on Bethlehem, the 4th South Staffs were deployed with two companies escorting two 4346: 4291: 4246: 3594: 2828: 2796: 1627: 987: 907: 626: 614: 434: 430: 291: 124: 748:

on 15 April. They were stationed at Fort Neuf Barracks. In August the regiment sent a detachment to

4554: 4544: 4396: 4386: 4371: 4326: 4172: 1912: 1695: 1691: 1423: 1333: 1317: 1158: 1135: 1006: 858: 618: 610: 335: 1467:

25th Division was part of Third Army Reserve, stationed near Bapaume 10 miles (16 km) behind

4341: 4311: 1527: 1515: 1456: 1151: 938: 842: 814: 654: 533: 399: 391: 50: 781:

for this service. Lieutenant-Col Talbot remained as British Resident at Cephalonia until 1860.

1422:. This was a 'Kitchener' Division raised early in the war that had been heavily engaged at the 1118:

where Methuen's division was concentrating. Methuen was tasked with guarding the left flank of

4564: 4498: 4441: 4351: 4251: 4177: 4152: 4111: 3924: 3890: 3875: 3851: 3836: 3817: 3802: 3787: 3772: 3738: 3727: 3708: 3668: 3660: 3641: 3633: 3614: 3606: 3556: 3541: 3526: 3511: 3496: 1838: 1832: 1610:

and mortar crews. Pushing up the Bouffignereux valley the Germans entered Guyencourt and then

1519: 1476: 1399: 1379: 1174: 1143: 1127: 834: 818: 622: 375: 307: 150: 4406: 4137: 2501: 1638: 1578: 1550: 1240: 1166: 1165:, and 20th Bde now escorted them to Winburg on 9 August, with 4th South Staffs guarding the 1162: 975: 966: 886: 802: 671: 558: 540:

the following year. On 10 June 1798 it received its orders, and reached Windsor on 14 June.

517: 454: 323: 319: 253: 249: 4579: 4416: 4401: 4366: 4147: 3759: 3523:

History of the Great War: Order of Battle of Divisions, Part 3a: New Army Divisions (9–26)

1779: 1730:

in Jersey in October 1914. It was not allotted to a formation. On 10 April 1915 it became

1485: 1387: 1284: 1280: 1024: 995: 890: 830: 794: 749: 709: 594: 586: 418: 360: 299: 257: 237: 229: 140: 96: 88: 1902:

common to all regiments of the county. The drummers wore uniforms in 'reversed colours',

1390:

coast. Here it formed part of a composite infantry brigade with 4th (Extra Reserve) Bn,

1228: 3909: 768:

and arrived at Lichfield on 16 September. The main body of the regiment embarked on the

4426: 4421: 4301: 3902:

The English Militia in the Eighteenth Century: The Story of a Political Issue 1660–1802

1908: 1828: 1531: 1453: 720:

War having broken out with Russia in March 1854 and an expeditionary force sent to the

705: 688:

Under this Act, two new militia regiments of were raised in Staffordshire in 1853, the

642: 598: 537: 315: 189: 76: 3964: 4598: 4519: 4296: 1935: 1899: 1895: 1783: 1707: 1599: 1480: 1248: 1033: 958: 790: 773: 494: 295: 290:

was long established in England and its legal basis was updated by two acts of 1557 (

241: 221: 2112: 937:

The Army Reserves were called out on 3 April 1878 during the crisis that led to the

532:

to put down a riot in November. In 1797 it was successively quartered at Liverpool,

272:. After a shadowy postwar existence the battalions were formally disbanded in 1953. 4336: 3946: 1920: 1799: 1585:. The attack on 27 May was not a surprise, and 7th Bde had been pushed forward to 1430:

earlier in the summer. When 4th South Staffs joined, the division was still in the

1232: 850: 593:

for a projected invasion, the regiment, with 1300 men in 10 companies under Lt-Col

529: 3960:

Land Forces of Britain, the Empire and Commonwealth – Regiments.org (archive site)

3327:, Vol III, pp. 5, 12, 31, 35, 46–50, 63–8, 73, 77–9, 107, 120–1, 126–30, 145, 157. 3540:, London: HM Stationery Office, 1939/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, 2007, 3525:, London: HM Stationery Office, 1938/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, 2007, 3495:, London: HM Stationery Office, 1935/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, 2007, 1911:

on their accoutrements. The post-1805 officers' belt plate had the knot within a

934:, took command of 2nd Bn. He in turn later became commandant of both battalions. 3657:

May–July: The German Diversion Offensives and the First Allied Counter-Offensive

1855:, former CO, appointed 5 April 1905, reappointed to Special Reserve 14 June 1908 1611: 1603: 1511: 1361: 1329: 1309: 1279:. However, little of Brodrick's scheme was carried out. Under the more sweeping 1199: 1183: 1083: 1037: 846: 721: 446: 407: 395: 261: 245: 145: 3835:, London: HM Stationery Office, 1948/Uckfield: Naval and Military Press, 2009, 3510:

London: HM Stationery Office, 1937/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, 2007,

3862:

H.G. Parkyn, 'English Militia Regiments 1757–1935: Their Badges and Buttons',

3572:

E. Brumby, 'Plan of the Encampment on Waterdown Forest near Tunbridge Wells',

1894:

The 1777 uniform of the Staffordshire Militia was red with light lemon yellow

1751: 1653: 1586: 1546: 1337: 1325: 1187: 1091: 1057: 902: 893:

battalions – for the King's Own (1st Staffordshire) Militia this was with the

874: 862: 761: 733: 630: 602: 525: 521: 509: 371: 287: 516:, where it was taught the latest drill. In 1794 and 1795 it was quartered in 3973: 1775: 1699: 1506: 1452:. By the time it arrived, Third Army had pulled back to a shorter line (the 1402:(TF) battalions that had seen sent to join the BEF. 4th South Staffs joined 1316:. While there it formed the 10th (Reserve) Bn to provide reinforcements for 1071: 931: 866: 757: 473:

on 12 March 1779 and took over as colonel when Lord Paget resigned in 1781.

442: 422: 387: 367: 359:

on 22 April 1776, the regiment received its first issue of weapons from the

128: 1637:

on 7 July. By then, the rest of 25th Division had been reduced to training

678:'Whenever a state of war exists between Her Majesty and any foreign power'. 1271:

and Volunteers) to take their place in the six army corps proposed by the

3861: 3848:

Lord Methuen and the British Army: Failure and Redemption in South Africa

3786:, London: Samson Books, 1978/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, 2001, 2858: 1411: 1313: 1268: 1244: 1139: 1131: 1063: 806: 798: 646: 590: 582: 513: 502: 462: 458: 379: 106: 3571: 3449: 2336: 1526:

The next attack against 25th Division came in at 05.00 on 13 April (the

1186:

and suffering a few casualties missing. Later the battalion guarded the

653:

in 1815, the regiment was re-embodied while the army was serving in the

3889:, Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1992/Sandpiper Books, 1999, 3659:, London: Macmillan, 1939/Imperial War Museum and Battery Press, 1994, 3632:, London: Macmillan, 1937/Imperial War Museum and Battery Press, 1995, 3605:, London: Macmillan, 1935/Imperial War Museum and Battery Press, 1995, 1703: 1541:

After a lull, the Germans resumed their Lys offensive on 25 April (the

1449: 1374:. While there it formed 11th (Reserve) Bn for Kitchener's Army units ( 1049: 1029: 822: 438: 383: 3923:, London: Lund, Humphries, 1939/Uckfield: Naval & Military, 1999, 3829:

History of the Great War: Military Operations, France and Belgium 1917

3653:

History of the Great War: Military Operations, France and Belgium 1918

3626:

History of the Great War: Military Operations, France and Belgium 1918

3599:

History of the Great War: Military Operations, France and Belgium 1918

889:

of 1872, militia regiments were brigaded with their local regular and

1607: 1383: 1371: 1115: 942: 826: 3941: 3485:

The Auxiliary Forces List: Staffordshire-Warwickshire-Worcestershire

998:, brigaded with 1st Bn South Staffs in 'Northern Army'. In 1899 Col 925:

On 26 April 1873, Col Talbot resigned the command and was appointed

1308:

The 3rd Bn was embodied at Whittington Barracks on the outbreak of

3769:

Soldiers: Army Lives and Loyalties from Redcoats to Dusty Warriors

1916: 1634: 1431: 1360: 952: 741: 725: 658: 524:

who holidayed there. On 22 September 1796 the regiment marched to

450: 410:

and Winchester. In the summer they formed part of a brigade under

3951: 1097:

It had been intended to employ militia units in garrisons and on

1755: 1045: 885:

Under the 'Localisation of the Forces' scheme introduced by the

650: 3977: 3916:

Reprint: London: Forgotten Books, 2015, ISBN 978-1-332-61671-8.

3799:

Britain Against Napoleon: The Organization of Victory 1793–1815

3751:

An Epitomized History of the Militia (The Constitutional Force)

3724:

Scarlet into Khaki: The British Army on the Eve of the Boer War

922:. The brigade would have mustered at Liverpool in time of war. 528:

where it was quartered for the winter, sending a detachment to

1488:. Most battalions of the division were down to half strength. 1134:

by a surprise night attack on 19 May, then marched to relieve

1094:, and C and D Companies at Macfarlanes's Farm on the railway. 1005:

Although Cardwell's army corps scheme had been abandoned, the

957:

Cap badge of the South Staffordshire Regiment, including the

793:. It was embodied at Lichfield on 3 November and was sent to 1835:, former CO, appointed 26 April 1873, died 23 September 1898 1471:

in the Flesquières Salient, when the Germans launched their

1293:

4th (Extra Reserve) Battalions, South Staffordshire Regiment

1934:

The King's Own (1st Staffordshire) Militia was awarded the

809:. On 10 August 1858 the regiment embarked on the troopship 752:, then n 24 August the main body embarked on the transport 681:'In all cases of invasion or upon imminent danger thereof'. 1078:

on 11 March, then HQ with A, B, C and G Companies went to

1067:

at Queenstown under the command of Lt-Col F. Charrington.

3814:

Battle Honours of the British and Indian Armies 1695–1914

1440:

When the Germans launched a heavy counter-attack against

994:'s Division. In 1898 they took part in the manoeuvres on 3908:

Wylly, C. H.; Charrington, F.; Bulwer, E. A. E. (1902).

1170:

battalion until the end of its service in South Africa.

453:, then from November it was quartered for the winter in 3257:, Vol II, pp. 113, 139, 204–11, 235, 240–4, 272–3, 292. 322:. However, the militia declined in the years after the 264:. Later, one of the battalions served in combat on the 2680: 2678: 2124:

Militia of the Worcester Campaign 1651 at BCW Project.

1336:, where it stayed for the remainder of the war in the 3726:, London: Sampson Low, 1899/London: Greenhill, 1988, 1966:

King's Own (2nd Staffordshire) Light Infantry Militia

1227:. It was first placed in charge of Boer prisoners at 690:

King's Own (2nd Staffordshire) Light Infantry Militia

3574:

Journal of the Society for Army Historicxal Research

3244:, Vol I, pp. 131, 224, 227, 252, 310, 385–6, 434–41. 1211:

3rd (1st King's Own Staffordshire Militia) Battalion

1210: 1019:

4th (1st King's Own Staffordshire Militia) Battalion

1018: 949:

3rd and 4th Battalions, South Staffordshire Regiment

553:

remaining men incorporated into the 1st at Windsor.

286:

The universal obligation to military service in the

4512: 4476: 4455: 4239: 4232: 4212: 4205: 4130: 4094: 4018: 4011: 3864:

Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research

310:. The Militia was re-established in 1662 after the 175: 170: 134: 120: 112: 102: 83: 38: 30: 20: 3630:March–April: Continuation of the German Offensives 2797:Keep at Whittington Barracks, at Historic England. 1758:. There, on 24 October, it was transferred to the 740:under the command of Lt-Col Talbot and arrived at 4625:Military units and formations established in 1777 1534:fell, the two brigades of 25th Division, 7th and 260:, and trained thousands of reinforcements during 3603:The German March Offensive and its Preliminaries 899:80th Regiment of Foot (Staffordshire Volunteers) 318:that had supported the military dictatorship of 2700: 2698: 2696: 2694: 4615:Military units and formations in Staffordshire 3707:, Vol I, Wakefield: Microform Academic, 1984, 2497: 2495: 2493: 294:cc. 2 and 3), which placed selected men, the ' 3989: 3705:Lineage Book of British Land Forces 1660–1978 3667:/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, 2009, 3640:/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, 2009, 3613:/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, 2009, 3588:The Development of the British Army 1899–1914 3555:, London: Frederick Muller, 1968/Star, 1981, 2668: 2666: 2570: 2568: 2566: 2564: 2258: 2256: 2254: 2252: 2250: 2248: 2246: 2244: 2242: 2240: 2238: 2236: 2165: 2163: 2161: 1295:, on 14 June and 2 August 1908 respectively. 696:; the original regiment was redesignated the 508:In 1793 the Staffordshire Militia marched to 417:in a training camp at Waterdown Forest, near 370:, but during the summer of 1778 it camped at 8: 3700:, Vol III, 2nd Edn, London: Macmillan, 1911. 2777:2nd Bn, 1st Staffs Militia at Regiments.org. 2234: 2232: 2230: 2228: 2226: 2224: 2222: 2220: 2218: 2216: 2134:Fortescue, Vol II, pp. 288, 299, 301–2, 521. 1971:King's Own (3rd Staffordshire) Rifle Militia 1378:). In September 1916 the battalion moved to 694:King's Own (3rd Staffordshire) Rifle Militia 684:'In all cases of rebellion or insurrection'. 485:The militia was already being embodied when 425:for the winter. In May 1781 they marched to 3904:, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1965. 3866:, Vol 15, No 60 (Winter 1936), pp. 216–248. 2618: 2616: 2614: 2612: 2610: 2608: 2606: 2604: 661:and was finally disembodied in April 1816. 621:, but was ordered to London to relieve the 366:The new regiment was at first quartered in 334:Under threat of French invasion during the 4620:Military units and formations in Lichfield 4236: 4209: 4015: 3996: 3982: 3974: 3801:, London: Allen Lane, 2013/Penguin, 2014, 3743:The New Annual Army List, and Militia List 3686:, Vol I, 2nd Edn, London: Macmillan, 1910. 3581:Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage, 3445: 3443: 3203: 3201: 3199: 3197: 3195: 3193: 3183: 3181: 3179: 3177: 3175: 3173: 3171: 3169: 3167: 3155: 3153: 3151: 3141: 3139: 3137: 2890: 2888: 2806: 2804: 2364: 2362: 2303: 2301: 2299: 2297: 1790:, where it was disbanded on 7 April 1919. 1414:on 10 October and three days later joined 1070:4th Battalion South Staffs disembarked at 2854: 2852: 2850: 2848: 2772: 2770: 2768: 2766: 2764: 2461: 2459: 2457: 2295: 2293: 2291: 2289: 2287: 2285: 2283: 2281: 2279: 2277: 2151: 2149: 1726:Similarly, 4th (Extra Reserve) Bn formed 1370:13 December 1910. Its war station was on 1283:of 1908, the Militia was replaced by the 1101:. However, the battalion was assigned to 895:38th (1st Staffordshire) Regiment of Foot 564: 386:in September, leaving detachments across 3270:, Vol II, pp. 310–1, 332, 345, 353, 365. 3125: 3123: 3121: 3119: 3117: 3115: 3113: 3103: 3101: 3099: 3097: 3095: 3093: 3091: 2542: 2540: 2538: 2536: 2534: 2532: 2209:Staffordshire Militia at School of Mars. 2204: 1719:Not to be confused with 11th Battalion, 1669:Not to be confused with 10th Battalion, 633:. On the death of the Earl of Uxbridge, 3576:, Vol 80, No 323 (Autumn 2002), p. 256. 2754: 2752: 2750: 2748: 2746: 2744: 2742: 2740: 2530: 2528: 2526: 2524: 2522: 2520: 2518: 2516: 2514: 2512: 2202: 2200: 2198: 2196: 2194: 2192: 2190: 2188: 2186: 2184: 2016: 1987: 1923:with a crown above and the knot below. 1459:) and the German attack had been held. 945:until they were stood down on 20 July. 613:, with a detachment guarding the great 268:, being virtually destroyed during the 3753:, London:United Service Gazette, 1905. 3283:, Vol II, pp. 409–10, 424, 432–4, 439. 2090: 2088: 2086: 2084: 2082: 2080: 2078: 2076: 1644:The TC of the 4th South Staffs joined 1109:. On 3 May half the battalion went to 698:King's Own (1st Staffordshire) Militia 207:King's Own (1st Staffordshire) Militia 21:King's Own (1st Staffordshire) Militia 17: 3395:Training Reserve at Long, Long Trail. 2074: 2072: 2070: 2068: 2066: 2064: 2062: 2060: 2058: 2056: 1219:The 3rd South Staffs embarked on the 7: 2308:1st Staffs Militia at Regiments.org. 1690:and the following month it moved to 1633:25th Composite Bde was broken up at 1426:in 1916 and the early stages of the 1231:with two companies on detachment at 1819:of the regiment or its battalions: 1324:). In May 1915 the 3rd Bn moved to 306:saw some active service during the 3693:, Vol II, London: Macmillan, 1899. 3415:69th Division at Long, Long Trail. 3208:25th Division at Long, Long Trail. 3160:67th Division at Long, Long Trail. 841:. Parties attended courses at the 14: 3887:The Late Victorian Army 1868–1902 3130:South Staffs at Long, Long Trail. 2113:Staffordshire TBs at BCW Project. 1396:67th (2nd Home Counties) Division 1328:, and by November 1916 it was at 520:, where it came to the notice of 2377:Knight, pp. 78–9, 111, 255, 411. 2023:Fortescue, Vol I, pp. 5, 12, 16. 1742:, and on 24 September it joined 1365:Formation sign of 25th Division. 581:During the summer of 1805, when 576:King's Own Staffordshire Militia 565:King's Own Staffordshire Militia 87: 69: 56: 43: 3921:The Fiftieth Division 1914–1919 3651:Brig-Gen Sir James E. Edmonds, 3624:Brig-Gen Sir James E. Edmonds, 3385:James, Appendices II & III. 1766:. In February 1918 it moved to 1577:, which was deployed along the 1404:201st (2/1st Middlesex) Brigade 3872:The Army and Society 1815–1914 2987:Miller, pp. 186–3 & fn 94. 2356:Fortescue, Vol III, pp. 530–1. 2169:Western, Appendices A & B. 1839:Charles, 8th Earl of Aylesford 1829:Sir Wellington Chetwynd-Talbot 1198:for home. They disembarked at 601:Barracks, forming part of the 190:Sir Wellington Chetwynd-Talbot 1: 4610:Militia of the United Kingdom 3771:, London: HarperPress, 2011, 3698:A History of the British Army 3691:A History of the British Army 3684:A History of the British Army 3487:, Leamington: Bathurst, 1876. 1723:, formed during World War II. 1673:, formed during World War II. 1357:4th (Extra Reserve) Battalion 1052:, where one company occupied 220:was an auxiliary regiment in 3850:, London: Frank Cass, 1999, 3816:, London: Leo Cooper, 1970, 3722:(Col Peter S. Walton, ed.), 2050:Fortescue, Vol I, pp. 195–6. 1976:South Staffordshire Regiment 1721:South Staffordshire Regiment 1671:South Staffordshire Regiment 1657:6 November, just before the 1392:North Staffordshire Regiment 972:South Staffordshire Regiment 657:. It served at Stafford and 546:Lord Granville Leveson-Gower 445:. In June it was ordered to 349:War of American Independence 343:American War of Independence 217:South Staffordshire Regiment 25:South Staffordshire Regiment 3050:Dunlop, pp. 131–40, 158-62. 2032:Hay, pp. 11–17, 25–6, 60–1. 1505:). The Germans crossed the 1343:British Expeditionary Force 1320:units of the South Staffs ( 378:; in February five went to 312:Restoration of the Monarchy 304:Staffordshire Trained Bands 4641: 3874:, London: Longmans, 1980, 3745:(various dates from 1840). 3222:, Vol III, pp. 221, 255–6. 2912:Dunlop, p. 16; Appendix A. 1718: 1702:, and then in November to 1668: 1563:Battle of the Scherpenberg 1273:Secretary of State for War 1205:Queen's South Africa Medal 813:to move from Edinburgh to 279: 4005:British Militia Regiments 3947:Historic England listings 3942:British Civil War Project 3784:British Regiments 1914–18 3376:Becke, Pt 3b, Appendix I. 3367:Becke, Pt 3b, pp. 97–100. 3305:, Vol II, pp. 448–9, 493. 3187:Becke, Pt 3a, pp. 135–42. 2672:Grierson, 84–5, 113, 120. 1788:British Army of the Rhine 1583:Third Battle of the Aisne 1398:, replacing two 3rd Line 1056:. After the disasters of 491:French Revolutionary Wars 3914:. Lichfield: A.C. Lomax. 3749:Col George Jackson Hay, 3720:James Moncrieff Grierson 3590:, London: Methuen, 1938. 3583:100th Edn, London, 1953. 3145:Becke, Pt 2b, pp. 75–82. 1815:The following served as 1782:. By May 1918 it was at 1740:277th (Infantry) Bn, TR' 1715:11th (Reserve) Battalion 1688:10th (Reserve) Battalion 1665:10th (Reserve) Battalion 1237:Sir Lowry's Pass Village 1044:, one to Fort Camden at 481:French Revolutionary War 355:was commissioned as its 298:', under the command of 232:, and spent much of the 64:Kingdom of Great Britain 4504:Forfar & Kincardine 4117:Forfar & Kincardine 3405:Becke, Pt 2b, pp. 91–8. 1806:Heritage and ceremonial 1760:West Yorkshire Regiment 1736:9th Training Reserve Bn 1543:Second Battle of Kemmel 1304:3rd (Reserve) Battalion 1023:On the outbreak of the 805:, with a detachment at 605:Garrison under Maj-Gen 270:German Spring Offensive 2271:Western, pp. 196, 204. 2262:Frederick, pp. 309–11. 2178:Western, pp. 125, 251. 1823:3rd and 4th Battalions 1659:Armistice with Germany 1366: 1122:' advance through the 1099:lines of communication 1040:two companies went to 962: 785:India Mutiny and after 572:Francis Perceval Eliot 292:4 & 5 Ph. & M. 4605:Staffordshire Militia 3833:The Battle of Cambrai 3469:Leslie, pp. xiii, 52. 3314:Blaxland, pp. 136–40. 2903:Wylly, pp. 54–73, 80. 1961:Staffordshire Militia 1890:Uniforms and insignia 1878:19th on 28 April 1781 1853:Michael Swinfen-Broun 1428:Third Battle of Ypres 1364: 1225:Michael Swinfen-Broun 1048:and the remainder to 1000:Michael Swinfen-Broun 956: 512:and was quartered in 421:. They then moved to 330:Staffordshire Militia 282:Staffordshire Militia 244:garrisons during the 195:Michael Swinfen-Broun 186:4th Earl of Dartmouth 3954:The Long, Long Trail 3827:Capt Wilfred Miles, 3696:Sir John Fortescue, 3689:Sir John Fortescue, 3586:Col John K. Dunlop, 3336:Becke, Pt 2a, p. 95. 2819:Wylly, pp. 51–2, 56. 2103:Hay, pp. 89, 99–104. 1949:South Africa 1900–01 1945:South Africa 1901–02 1628:Lancashire Fusiliers 908:Whittington Barracks 861:, four companies at 615:Prisoner-of-war camp 487:Revolutionary France 431:Newcastle-under-Lyme 234:French Revolutionary 182:1st Earl of Uxbridge 125:Whittington Barracks 3965:Richard A. Warren, 3846:Stephen M. Miller, 3758:11 May 2021 at the 3014:Miller, pp. 200–10. 2949:Late Victorian Army 2880:Late Victorian Army 2732:Late Victorian Army 2706:Late Victorian Army 2686:Late Victorian Army 2474:Grierson, pp. 27–8. 2404:Western, pp. 220–3. 2155:Holmes, pp. 94–100. 1872:31st on 12 May 1779 1869:40th on 1 June 1778 1764:52nd (Graduated) Bn 1696:2nd Reserve Brigade 1596:50th (Northumbrian) 1424:Battle of the Somme 1334:Newcastle upon Tyne 1126:. Marching through 1007:Stanhope Memorandum 859:Newcastle upon Tyne 821:and detachments at 670:was revived by the 161:Battle of the Aisne 23:3rd & 4th Bns, 3885:Edward M. Spiers, 3870:Edward M. Spiers, 3703:J.B.M. Frederick, 3551:Gregory Blaxland, 3358:, Vol III, p. 169. 3345:Wyrall, pp. 350–3. 3083:Army & Society 3072:Dunlop, pp. 270–2. 3061:Army & Society 2810:Wylly, pp. 47, 73. 2719:Army & Society 2660:Dunlop, pp. 42–52. 2485:Army & Society 1881:10th on 7 May 1782 1875:23rd on 6 May 1780 1528:Battle of Bailleul 1516:Wiltshire Regiment 1503:Battle of Messines 1367: 1046:Queenstown Harbour 1036:and on arrival at 963: 939:Congress of Berlin 843:School of Musketry 839:Cambridge Barracks 708:, formerly of the 471:Lieutenant-Colonel 412:Lieutenant-General 51:Kingdom of England 4592: 4591: 4588: 4587: 4484:Argyll & Bute 4240:England and Wales 4228: 4227: 4213:England and Wales 4201: 4200: 4102:Argyll & Bute 4019:England and Wales 3841:978-1-84574-724-4 3807:978-0-14-103894-0 3792:978-1-84342-197-9 3782:Brig E.A. James, 3777:978-0-00-722570-5 3673:978-1-84574-727-5 3646:978-1-84574-726-8 3619:978-1-84574-725-1 3292:Blaxland, p. 132. 3063:, pp. 243–2, 254. 2787:Wylly, pp. 49–53. 2642:Wylly, pp. 37–42. 2633:Wylly, pp. 27–37. 2465:Dunlop, pp. 42–5. 2041:Holmes, pp. 90–1. 1811:Honorary Colonels 1732:11th (Reserve) Bn 1728:11th (Service) Bn 1683:10th (Service) Bn 1520:Cheshire Regiment 1499:Battle of the Lys 1492:Battle of the Lys 1477:Operation Michael 1463:Operation Michael 1446:Battle of Cambrai 1400:Territorial Force 1380:Marske-by-the-Sea 1175:Christiaan de Wet 1128:Orange Free State 1032:. 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Leslie, 3811: 3808: 3804: 3800: 3796: 3793: 3789: 3785: 3781: 3778: 3774: 3770: 3766: 3763: 3761: 3757: 3754: 3752: 3747: 3744: 3740: 3736: 3733: 3732:0-947898-81-6 3729: 3725: 3721: 3717: 3714: 3713:1-85117-007-3 3710: 3706: 3702: 3699: 3695: 3692: 3688: 3685: 3681: 3677: 3674: 3670: 3666: 3665:0-89839-211-X 3662: 3658: 3654: 3650: 3647: 3643: 3639: 3638:1-870423-94-1 3635: 3631: 3627: 3623: 3620: 3616: 3612: 3611:0-89839-219-5 3608: 3604: 3600: 3596: 3593:Brig-Gen Sir 3592: 3589: 3585: 3582: 3579: 3577: 3575: 3570: 3568: 3565: 3562: 3561:0-352-30833-8 3558: 3554: 3550: 3547: 3546:1-84734-741-X 3543: 3539: 3535: 3532: 3531:1-84734-741-X 3528: 3524: 3520: 3517: 3516:1-84734-739-8 3513: 3509: 3505: 3502: 3501:1-84734-739-8 3498: 3494: 3490: 3488: 3486: 3481: 3480: 3475: 3466: 3463: 3460:Wylly, p. 15. 3457: 3454: 3451: 3446: 3444: 3440: 3436: 3431: 3428: 3425:James, p. 58. 3422: 3419: 3416: 3411: 3408: 3402: 3399: 3396: 3391: 3388: 3382: 3379: 3373: 3370: 3364: 3361: 3357: 3351: 3348: 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