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Staffordshire Militia

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684:, 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: 1099:. The attack opened with the heaviest bombardment so far, which overwhelmed the front line troops; soon 25th Division in reserve remained as the only intact formation. For a while it held on, then was swept back in the retreat. Soon the division could only provide a composite brigade, with 4th South Staffs temporarily combined with 11th 1224:
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 permanent list was revised in 1855:
960:(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. All four Staffordshire militia battalions transferred to the SR, the 3rd battalions being designated 'Reserve' and the 4th battalions 'Extra Reserve'. 336:. Once Parliament had established full control it passed a new Militia Act on 2 December 1648 that replaced lords lieutenant with its own county commissioners (at the same time the term 'Trained Band' began to disappear in most counties). The first name on the list of commissioners for Staffordshire and the 1223:
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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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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training and equipping the militia became a priority. From 1583 counties were organised into groups for training purposes, with emphasis on the invasion-threatened 'maritime' counties. Staffordshire was in the second group of 'inland' counties organised from May 1585 onwards. When the counties levied
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in Sub-District No 20. The 1st Staffordshire Militia was attached to the first pair (38th/80th), the 2nd and 3rd Staffordshire Militia to the second pair (64th/98th). It was intended that each sub-district would have two regular and two militia battalions, and so the 1st Staffordshire Militia raised
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were formed by the former Staffordshire Militia battalions. In April 1915 the K4 service battalions were converted into reserve battalions to carry out the same role for the 1st–3rd New Army (K1–K3) battalions that the SR battalions were doing to the Regulars. In 1916 the K4 reserve battalions were
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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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The Peace of Amiens was short-lived, and the Staffordshire Militia was embodied again on 30 March 1803. A new 2nd Regiment was raised on 28 June, when Col Francis Eliot was appointed to command it. The 1st Regiment was ready for duty by 17 May and was immediately ordered to Windsor, where the King
569:, who was commissioned Lt-Col Commandant on 25 April 1798. However, the 2nd and 3rd were disbanded the following year when the militia quotas were reduced, and their remaining men were incorporated into the 1st. The Staffordshire Militia was disembodied on 26 April 1802 after the Treaty of Amiens. 556:
In a fresh attempt to have as many men as possible under arms for home defence in order to release regulars, 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. Staffordshire's quota was
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a series of Militia Acts from 1757 re-established 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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in December 1899, most of the regular army was sent to South Africa, followed by many militia reservists as reinforcements. Militia units were embodied to replace them for home defence and a number volunteered for active service or to garrison overseas stations. All four militia battalions of
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While the Militia were the mainstay of national defence during the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, they were supplemented from 1808 by the Local Militia, which were part-time and only to be used within their own districts. These were raised to counter the declining numbers of Volunteers.
289:, though many of the men who actually went were untrained hired substitutes. Staffordshire was ordered to send 300 men for the 1640 expedition. When the Staffordshire contingent returned to be discharged after the 1639 campaign, some of the men took the opportunity to destroy the hated 1147:, but due to a misunderstanding the 4th North Staffs was sent back across the river, and found itself isolated. It was not until 01.30 the following morning that it extricated itself from its dangerous position. The battalion then successfully defended its position on the Ancre. 869:
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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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
1174:. On 9 November 4 South Staffs was among the units that scrambled across the river by any means possible, and was pursuing eastwards when the Armistice came into force on 11 November. In January 1919 the division was used to quell disturbances among men awaiting 1084:('Plugstreet') Wood and was virtually destroyed, losing its commanding officer captured. It fought on as part of a composite battalion until the division was withdrawn. After receiving a few reinforcements, the battalion was involved in a counter-attack at the 778:
of permanent staff (about 30). Around a third of the recruits and many young officers went on to join the Regular Army. The Militia Reserve introduced in 1867 consisted of present and former militiamen who undertook to serve overseas in case of war.
504:, when Britain was threatened with invasion by the Americans' allies, France and Spain, that the Staffordshire Militia was reformed. It was embodied for full-time duty on 31 March 1778. The regiment was disembodied in 1783 after the end of the war. 524:), which the regular army increasingly saw as a prime source of recruits. They served in coast defences, manning garrisons, guarding prisoners of war, and for internal security, while their traditional local defence duties were taken over by the 507:
From 1784 to 1792 the militia were supposed to assemble for 28 days' annual training, even though to save money only two-thirds of the men were actually called out each year. However, the Staffordshire Militia only trained in two of those years.
344:, who had commanded the Parliamentarian forces in the area during the First Civil War, but he declined to sit as one of the King's judges a few weeks later and retired from public life. In 1650 the Staffordshire Militia were commanded by Col 447:
re-established the English Militia under the control of the king's lords-lieutenant, the men to be selected by ballot. This was popularly seen as the 'Constitutional Force' to counterbalance a 'Standing Army' tainted by association with 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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rode at its head when it marched into Windsor Barracks. It accompanied him 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
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of 1666 the Militia were called out, with the cavalry of the inland counties, including the Staffordshire Militia Horse, moving up towards the East Coast. They were stood down on 6 August after the naval victory of the
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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, Yeomanry and Volunteers) to take their place in the six army corps proposed by the
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fixed at 2095 men, and two new regiments were formed from them by 1798, so that the original regiment was numbered 1st. The 2nd Regiment, of 10 companies, including grenadier and light companies, was commanded by
1139:, another Kitchener formation. The division was in GHQ Reserve when the Spring Offensive opened, and was sent south as reinforcements. The battalion went into action on 24 March in a counter-attack to clear 158:. This procedure was continued for border campaigns under later kings, with the shire levies of Staffordshire and other northern counties being called out in 1327 during the campaign that ended in the 925:
3rd Bn: 2 May to 15 October 1900 and 10 February to 23 September 1902; served in South Africa from 26 March 1902, guarding blockhouses and participating in 'drives' to round up Boer guerrillas
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History of the Great War: Order of Battle of Divisions, Part 2b: The 2nd-Line Territorial Force Divisions (57th–69th), with the Home-Service Divisions (71st–73rd) and 74th and 75th Divisions,
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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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The Staffordshire Militia consisted of five companies of foot (500 men) and two troops of horse (120 men) in 1697, but the militia was allowed to decline thereafter, especially after the
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Although the militia obligation was universal, it was clearly impractical to train and equip every able-bodied man, so after 1572 the practice was to select a proportion of men for the
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ridge sector of the French front to recover and to absorb young recruits. Unfortunately, it was once more placed exactly where the next phase of the German offensive would fall: the
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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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in 1939, the only officer remaining listed for any of the four battalions was the Honorary Colonel of the 3rd South Staffs. The Militia was formally disbanded in April 1953.
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fell back. Reinforced with raw 19-year-olds, the division was moved to the quieter Flanders front, where the Germans chose to launch the second phase of their offensive (the
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and the four Staffordshire battalions proceeded from Whittington Barracks to their war stations. For the 3rd (Reserve) Battalions of the South and North Staffs this was at
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War having broken out with Russia in 1854 and an expeditionary force sent to the Crimea, the militia were called out for home defence and service in overseas garrisons:
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regiments of Staffordshire served during times of international tension and all of Britain's major wars. They provided internal security and home defence but in the
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The SR resumed its old title of Militia in 1921 but like most militia battalions the Staffordshires remained in abeyance after World War I. By the outbreak of
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rather than their county lords lieutenant, and officers' commissions were signed by the Queen. Two pairs of regular battalions were assigned to Staffordshire:
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Under this statute 'Commissioners of Array' would levy the required number of men from each shire. The usual shire contingent was 1000 infantry commanded by a
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in 1588 led to the mobilisation of the trained bands. Staffordshire was assessed at 400 trained men, but actually furnished 100 trained and 200 untrained (or
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of 1881 completed the Cardwell process by converting the linked regular regiments into county regiments and incorporating the militia battalions into them:
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were stationed in the Mediterranean relieving regular troops from routine garrison duties. They also acted as a source of trained officers and men for the
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counties 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.
1975: 1107:. After the battle, the rest of 25th Division went back to the UK to be reconstructed with recruits. 4th South Staffs remained in France as a training 233:. Staffordshire offered to train 300 out of 1500 able men. The government progressively stepped up the organisation and training: in 1580 the Earls of 2376: 1272: 808: 800: 702: 698:
Under this Act, two new regiments of King's Own Staffordshire Militia were raised in 1853. Thereafter the county's militia was organised as follows:
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strengthened the military capability of the country and in 1539 he called out a 'Great Muster' across the country, when armed men in the various
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in 1677, he ordered that there should not only be an annual muster of the whole county force in May, but that each captain of a company or
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against attack and then participating in the attack on Leeuw Kop. Later guarded convoys and blockhouses before returning home on 11 August
277:, and his officers reviewed the TBs in several counties, when the Staffordshire contingent comprised 400 foot (with 248 muskets and 152 ' 245:
were assigned a group of shires (including Staffordshire) to oversee and reinforce the work of the county commissioners for horses. When
3166: 1052:(TF). The division was being prepared for active service, but this was cancelled, and the two Staffordshire battalions were sent to the 894:
3rd Bn: 3 May to 4 December 1900 and 6 May 1901 to 19 July 1902; served in South Africa from 10 July 1901 to 2 July 1902, guarding Boer
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attempted to reform them into a national force or 'Perfect Militia' answering to the king rather than local control. In 1638 the King's
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Garrison. Until June 1917 their training and defence role was the same as the 3rd Battalions'; however at that point they were sent to
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independently. They were thus among the few SR units (mainly 'Extra Reserve' battalions) actually to see overseas service in the war.
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King's Own (1st Staffordshire) Militia: embodied from May 1854 to October 1856; volunteered for overseas service and stationed in the
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4th Bn: 24 January 1900 to 11 June 1902; served in South Africa from 29 March 1900 to 13 JUne 1902, guarding prisoners and defending
561:, previously a captain in the 1st Regiment, who was commissioned on 5 April 1797. The 3rd Regiment, of 6 companies, was commanded by 246: 3531: 3475: 3330: 3315: 3300: 3273: 3211: 3151: 3132: 3113: 3091: 3030: 3006: 2979: 2952: 2922: 2893: 2878: 2863: 2848: 2619: 1045: 465: 341: 1694: 540:
who holidayed there. It served at Weymouth again in 1797, after which the king requested that it should carry out Royal duties at
740:(then a British protectorate) from April 1855 to August 1856, losing a number of men and families dead from sickness; awarded the 3959: 3495: 2118: 667: 469: 221:, who were mustered for regular training. The government aimed for 10 days' training a year, with a two-day 'general muster' at 3546: 1619: 1128: 395: 2129: 996:
In October 1914 each SR battalion was ordered to use their surplus recruits to form a service battalion of their regiment for
402:. At the time the regiment comprised 490 foot in six companies under the command of Col Crompton, and a troop of 67 horsemen. 4034: 3746: 3510: 3418: 2140: 1136: 1112: 1065: 250:
troops for overseas expeditions they usually conscripted the unemployed and criminals rather than the Trained Bandsmen. The
214:(JPs). The entry into force of these Acts in 1558 is seen as the starting date for the organised county militia in England. 3397:
This Re-illuminated School of Mars: Auxiliary forces and other aspects of Albion under Arms in the Great War against France
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A List of the Officers of the Militia, the Gentlemen & Yeomanry Cavalry, and Volunteer Infantry of the United Kingdom
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battalions in a regimental district sharing a permanent depot at a suitable county town. The militia now came under the
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Historical Records of the 1st King's Own Stafford Militia, now 3rd & 4th Battalions South Staffordshire Regiment
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History of the Great War: Order of Battle of Divisions, Part 3b: New Army Divisions (30–41) and 63rd (R.N.) Division
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of England. From their formal organisation as Trained Bands in 1572 and their reorganisation in 1662 and 1777, the
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on 21 March 1918. They held off several attacks but suffered heavy casualties while extricating themselves as
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Staffordshire remained a defaulter county liable for militia fines throughout the 1760s. It was not until the
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In line with most other militia regiments the Staffordshires paid little attention to the additional number.
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cc. 2 and 3) covering musters and the maintenance of horses and armour. The county militia was now under the
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joined Harrison and Lambert with the main army and the Staffordshire Militia were engaged at the subsequent
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King's Own (3rd Staffordshire) Rifle Militia became 4th Bn, Prince of Wales's (North Staffordshire Regiment
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With the passing of the threat of invasion, the trained bands declined in the early 17th Century. Later,
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and for his Scottish campaign of 1300, when 216 Staffordshire men in two companies were present at the
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King's Own (2nd Staffordshire) Light Infantry Militia: embodied from 28 September 1857 to 31 July 1860
150:. Edward I regularly summoned the men of the nearest shires, including Staffordshire, to fight in his 3776: 3721: 3676: 3372: 3199: 2936: 1100: 817: 752:
King's Own (2nd Staffordshire) Light Infantry Militia: embodied from 19 December 1854 to 16 June 1856
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The Staffordshire Militia were called out following the death of Cromwell in 1659 to help deal with
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when the threat of invasion receded. Training for the militia was usually perfunctory, so when the
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Staffordshire regiments served a tour of duty in South Africa. Their embodiments were as follows:
332:) the Staffordshire Militia (two troops of Horse and a regiment of Foot) provided the garrison of 3771: 3741: 603: 255: 487:, but generally the militia disappeared thereafter. Under threat of French invasion during the 3994: 3928: 3871: 3781: 3681: 3607: 3582: 3541: 3355: 3326: 3311: 3296: 3269: 3222: 3207: 3189: 3174: 3147: 3128: 3109: 3087: 3026: 3002: 2983: 2975: 2956: 2948: 2918: 2889: 2874: 2859: 2844: 1252: 1049: 1029: 337: 310: 207: 108: 3836: 3567: 1140: 1108: 1092: 840: 788: 775: 759:
Part of the militia was called out again to release regulars for service in suppressing the
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King's Own (3rd Staffordshire) Rifle Militia: embodied from 19 December 1854 to 26 May 1856
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History of the Great War: Order of Battle of Divisions, Part 3a: New Army Divisions (9–26)
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Control of the trained bands was one of the major points of dispute between Charles I and
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Militia of the Worcester Campaign 1651 at BCW Project (archived at the Wayback Machine).
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King's Own (1st Staffordshire) Militia: embodied from 3 November 1857 to 30 November 1860
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when the town was besieged in February 1643. The threat to Stafford was raised after the
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in 1713. There was a half-hearted attempt to raise a force in Staffordshire during the
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in 1651, the Cheshire and Staffordshire Militia (Horse and Foot) joined Major-Generals
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Garrison for the rest of the war. In September 1916 the 4th Battalions both moved to
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a 2nd Battalion on 22 August 1874. All these battalions eventually shared a depot at
760: 741: 663:, commissioned 1 March 1809, previously Capt-Commandant, Betley and Audley Volunteers 627: 521: 218: 124: 35: 3766: 3257: 1191: 645: 294: 91: 51: 3001:, London: HM Stationery Office, 1947/Imperial War Museum and Battery Press, 1993, 2873:, London: HM Stationery Office, 1939/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, 2007, 2858:, London: HM Stationery Office, 1938/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, 2007, 1182:. The battalion itself went home in April and was disembodied on 28 April 1919. 1144: 1081: 974: 952:. However, little of Brodrick's scheme was carried out. Under the more sweeping 602:
in 1815, the regiment was re-embodied while the regular army was serving in the
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London: HM Stationery Office, 1937/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, 2007,
532:. The Staffordshire Militia was embodied in 1793 and spent 1794–5 quartered in 3280:
H.G. Parkyn, 'English Militia Regiments 1757–1935: Their Badges and Buttons',
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1. 'Whenever a state of war exists between Her Majesty and any foreign power'.
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commanding the Staffordshire Militia arrested Maj-Gen Harrison as one of the
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All the King's Armies: A Military History of the English Civil War 164–1651
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got under way further south, the Germans on this front began to withdraw.
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in 1802 the regiment spent most its time on duty at Windsor and Weymouth.
258:) with 28 lancers, 50 light horsemen and 26 armed with 'petronelles' (the 3279: 3188:, London: Samson Books, 1978/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, 2001, 2917:, London: Sifton Praed, 1926/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, 2003, 2815: 1033: 990: 978: 712: 595: 529: 318: 259: 3012: 2830: 2801: 1764: 375:'s cavalry in trying to halt the invaders. At the skirmish known as the 54:. By the later 19th Century there were four battalions, assigned to the 3325:, Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1992/Sandpiper Books, 1999, 2974:, London: Macmillan, 1937/Imperial War Museum and Battery Press, 1995, 2947:, London: Macmillan, 1935/Imperial War Museum and Battery Press, 1995, 906: 590:
almost continuously until it was disembodied in 1814 at the end of the
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History of the Great War: Military Operations, France and Belgium 1918
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History of the Great War: Military Operations, France and Belgium 1918
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History of the Great War: Military Operations, France and Belgium 1918
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King's Own (2nd Staffordshire) Light Infantry Militia: became 3rd Bn,
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the militia received pay when called out, and operated alongside the
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and 30 light horse. The TBs were called out in 1639 and 1640 for the
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called out the Staffordshire levies in 1333, when they served at the
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that the Official Historian described as a 'useless waste of life'.
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The Bishops' Wars: Charles I's campaigns against Scotland 1638–1640
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G.W.E. Farrow, 'The Raising of the Staffordshire Militia in 1659',
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Staffordshire TBs at BCW Project (archived at the Wayback Machine).
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Soldiers: Army Lives and Loyalties from Redcoats to Dusty Warriors
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Under the 'Localisation of the Forces' scheme introduced by the
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The legal basis of the militia was updated by two Acts of 1557 (
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Britain Against Napoleon: The Organization of Victory 1793–1815
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An Epitomized History of the Militia (The Constitutional Force)
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Scarlet into Khaki: The British Army on the Eve of the Boer War
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King's Own (1st Staffordshire) Militia became 3rd and 4th Bns,
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British Civil Wars, Commonwealth & Protectorate, 1638–1660
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Brig-Gen Sir James E. Edmonds & Lt-Col R. Maxwell-Hyslop,
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Although Cardwell's army corps scheme had been abandoned, the
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2. 'In all cases of invasion or upon imminent danger thereof'.
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should hold local musters as often as he conveniently could.
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35th Division spent the summer engaged in trench warfare at
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to control the country. During the Scottish invasion in the
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Brereton at BCW Project (archived at the Wayback Machine).
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transferred from their regiments to the Training Reserve.
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of 1872, Militia regiments were brigaded with Regular and
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W.Y. Baldry, 'Order of Precedence of Militia Regiments',
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Fissell, pp. 4, 10–6, 43–4, 174–8, 198, 208, 212, 246-63.
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The SR was mobilised on 4 August 1914 at the outbreak of
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William Comberford were part of the Royalist garrison of
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Wood. On 26 March the division was withdrawn across the
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King's Own (2nd Staffordshire) Light Infantry Militia
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4th Bn: 5 December 1899 to 12 August 1901; served in
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King's Own (2nd Staffordshire) Light Infantry Militia
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that had supported Cromwell's military dictatorship.
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Capt C.H. Wylly, Col Charrington and Capt Bulwer,
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26th September–11th November, The Advance to Victory
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Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research
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615:Staffordshire had five regiments of local militia: 394:in neighbouring Cheshire. They were not present at 2972:March–April: Continuation of the German Offensives 2915:The History of the 35th Division in the Great War 2910:, 2nd Edn, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1966. 2888:, Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1991, 2754:, Vol I, pp. 253, 366–8, 413, 473–4, 489, 509–16. 1127:In October 1917 4th North Staffs was attached to 666:Central Regiment at Lichfield, Lt-Col Commandant 178:. In 1335, 247 Staffordshire archers (57 of them 2945:The German March Offensive and its Preliminaries 1024:area in November 1916 and remained there in the 856:Prince of Wales's (North Staffordshire Regiment) 805:80th Regiment of Foot (Staffordshire Volunteers) 3246:, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1901 (1968 reprint). 3025:, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1994, 1930: 1928: 1020:Both 3rd Battalions moved from Plymouth to the 694:3. 'In all cases of rebellion or insurrection'. 441:The King's Sole Right over the Militia Act 1661 4050:Military units and formations in Staffordshire 3262:A History of the Art of War in the Middle Ages 3239:, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1931. 3086:, Vol I, Wakefield: Microform Academic, 1984, 2200: 2198: 2196: 2194: 2192: 2190: 2188: 2186: 2184: 2182: 1926: 1924: 1922: 1920: 1918: 1916: 1914: 1912: 1910: 1908: 182:) served under two ductores and 10 vintenars. 18:Southern Regiment, Staffordshire Local Militia 3419: 3345:The English Militia in the Eighteenth Century 3084:Lineage Book of British Land Forces 1660–1978 2982:/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, 2009, 2955:/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, 2009, 2930:The Development of the British Army 1899–1914 1869: 1867: 1865: 1421:Nicholson, pp. 117, 130; Appendix VI, p. 252. 813:98th (The Prince of Wales's) Regiment of Foot 138:, divided into companies of 100 commanded by 8: 3121:History of the Commonwealth and Protectorate 3102:History of the Commonwealth and Protectorate 3057:, Vol III, 2nd Edn, London: Macmillan, 1911. 2903:, London: Routledge & Keegan Paul, 1967. 1838:Fortescue, Vol II, pp. 288, 299, 301–2, 521. 1722: 1720: 1283:King's Own (3rd Staffordshire) Rifle Militia 1123:4th (Extra Reserve) Bn, North Staffordshires 1060:4th (Extra Reserve) Bn, South Staffordshires 718:King's Own (3rd Staffordshire) Rifle Militia 634:, commissioned 1 March 1809, retired major, 606:. It was finally disembodied in April 1816. 281:' or pikemen with armour), together with 73 146:, and subdivided into platoons of 20 led by 115:(1138). The force was reorganised under the 3347:, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1965. 3284:, Vol 15, No 60 (Winter 1936), pp. 216–248. 3206:, London" Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1988, 3017:, Vol 58, No 236 (Winter 1980), pp. 247–52. 2699: 2697: 2641: 2639: 2629: 2627: 2606: 2604: 2574: 2572: 2570: 2568: 2558: 2556: 2554: 2552: 2540: 2538: 2536: 2534: 2532: 2522: 2520: 2518: 2516: 2514: 2377:2nd Bn 1st Staffs Militia at Regiments.org. 2119:Wrottesley at History of Parliament Online. 1599: 1597: 387:that destroyed the Scottish Royalist army. 3666: 3639: 3445: 3426: 3412: 3404: 3221:, London: Allen Lane, 2013/Penguin, 2014, 3043:, Vol I, 2nd Edn, London: Macmillan, 1910. 2811: 2809: 2797: 2795: 1971: 1969: 1091:25th Division was now sent to the 'quiet' 328:During the Royalist uprising of 1648 (the 190:of Staffordshire ranged from 300 to 1100. 2372: 2370: 2368: 2366: 2364: 2282: 2280: 2278: 2276: 2274: 2272: 2270: 2242: 2240: 2238: 2236: 2234: 2232: 2230: 2228: 2150: 2148: 2141:Chetwynd at History of Parliament Online. 1967: 1965: 1963: 1961: 1959: 1957: 1955: 1953: 1951: 1949: 1855: 1853: 1669: 1667: 1665: 1663: 956:of 1908, the Militia was replaced by the 809:64th (2nd Staffordshire) Regiment of Foot 801:38th (1st Staffordshire) Regiment of Foot 572: 3268:, London: Methuen, 1924/Greenhill 1991, 3253:, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1965. 2886:The Amateur Military Tradition 1558–1945 2835:, Vol 15, No 57 (Spring 1936), pp. 5–16. 2130:Boughey at History of Parliament Online. 1901:Staffordshire Militia at School of Mars. 1681: 1679: 1462: 1460: 1458: 1456: 820:, outside Lichfield, completed in 1881. 2400: 2398: 2388: 2386: 2384: 2260: 2258: 2256: 2254: 2218: 2216: 2214: 2212: 2210: 2108:Staffs Local Militia at School of Mars. 1896: 1894: 1892: 1890: 1888: 1454: 1452: 1450: 1448: 1446: 1444: 1442: 1440: 1438: 1436: 1324: 1304: 1103:as one of its battalions, sent to help 3162:, London:United Service Gazette, 1905. 2682:, Vol II, pp. 409–10, 424, 432–4, 439. 1615: 1613: 1611: 1609: 1273:King's Own (1st Staffordshire) Militia 1080:). 4th South Staffs held a salient at 1064:In October 1917 this battalion joined 703:King's Own (1st Staffordshire) Militia 435:King's Own (1st Staffordshire) Militia 3237:The Constitutional History of England 832:. The brigade would have mustered at 7: 2287:3rd Staffs Militia at regiments.org. 2247:2nd Staffs Militia at Regiments.org. 1976:1st Staffs Militia at Regiments.org. 1234:King's Own (3rd Staffordshire): 78th 1231:King's Own (2nd Staffordshire): 58th 1228:King's Own (1st Staffordshire): 66th 774:Militia battalions now had a large 34:was an auxiliary military force in 3050:, Vol II, London: Macmillan, 1899. 2713:35th Division at Long, Long Trail. 2646:25th Division at Long, Long Trail. 2620:67th Division at Long, Long Trail. 2089:Fortescue, Vol VII, pp. 34–5, 334. 25: 3323:The Late Victorian Army 1868–1902 2901:The Elizabethan Militia 1558–1638 2579:North Staffs at Long, Long Trail. 2545:South Staffs at Long, Long Trail. 1046:67th (2nd Home Counties) Division 720:, raised 5 April 1853, based at 536:, where it came to the notice of 3377:– The BCW Project (archive site) 3295:, Staplehurst: Spelmount, 1998, 2013:Knight, pp. 78–9, 111, 255, 411. 1542:Boynton, pp. 13–7, 81, 91–2, 96. 711:raised 5 January 1853, based at 632:Sir John Wrottesley, 9th Baronet 580:King's Own Staffordshire Militia 573:King's Own Staffordshire Militia 470:Lord Lieutenant of Staffordshire 27:English auxiliary military force 2966:Brig-Gen Sir James E. Edmonds, 2598:James, Appendices II & III. 1714:Gardiner, Vol II, pp. 13, 35–6. 262:was an early cavalry firearm). 3308:The Army and Society 1815–1914 2785:Edmonds & Maxwell-Hyslop, 1995:Fortescue, Vol III, pp. 530–1. 1873:Western, Appendices A & B. 567:Staffordshire Yeomanry Cavalry 1: 4045:Militia of the United Kingdom 3173:, London: HarperPress, 2011, 3073:A History of the British Army 3062:A History of the British Army 3055:A History of the British Army 3048:A History of the British Army 3041:A History of the British Army 2080:Fortescue, Vol VI, pp. 180–1. 922:North Staffordshire Regiment 891:South Staffordshire Regiment 783:Cardwell and Childers reforms 661:Sir John Boughey, 2nd Baronet 60:North Staffordshire Regiments 3382:History of Parliament Online 3142:(Col Peter S. Walton, ed.), 1775:Fortescue, Vol I, pp. 294–5. 1293:North Staffordshire Regiment 1288:South Staffordshire Regiment 1129:56th (1/1st London) Division 1105:50th (Northumbrian) Division 849:South Staffordshire Regiment 559:Lord Granville Leveson-Gower 502:War of American Independence 496:American War of Independence 2473:Dunlop, pp. 131–40, 158-62. 1746:Gardiner, Vol II, pp. 40–6. 1154:, then it was moved to the 670:, commissioned 9 April 1810 407:Restoration of the Monarchy 400:Battle of Winnington Bridge 377:Battle of Warrington Bridge 194:Staffordshire Trained Bands 4066: 3310:, London: Longmans, 1980, 3244:The Welsh Wars of Edward I 3079:, London: Macmillan, 1912. 3068:, London: Macmillan, 1910. 2416:Dunlop, p. 16; Appendix A. 946:Secretary of State for War 913:in South Africa defending 432: 3435:British Militia Regiments 3204:The Civil Wars of England 3186:British Regiments 1914–18 2691:Becke, Pt 3b, pp. 97–100. 2633:Becke, Pt 3a, pp. 135–42. 2589:Becke, Pt 3b, Appendix I. 2319:Grierson, 84–5, 113, 120. 1755:Reid, p. 247 & fn 22. 1533:Maitland, pp. 234–5, 278. 1515:Fortescue, Vol I, p. 125. 1097:Third Battle of the Aisne 659:1810), Lt-Col Commandant 518:French Revolutionary Wars 107:. It continued under the 3251:Edward III and the Scots 3158:Col George Jackson Hay, 3140:James Moncrieff Grierson 2932:, London: Methuen, 1938. 2610:Becke, Pt 2b, pp. 75–82. 1705:Gardiner, Vol I, p. 267. 1331:Fortescue, Vol I, p. 12. 1263:Militia (United Kingdom) 1166:began to follow up (the 1000:('K4'). In this way the 998:Kitchener's 4th New Army 989:and the North Staffs on 728:Crimea and Indian Mutiny 565:, formerly major of the 512:French Revolutionary War 330:Second English Civil War 247:war broke out with Spain 3934:Forfar & Kincardine 3547:Forfar & Kincardine 2723:Blaxland, pp. 72–3, 113 2703:Becke, Pt 3b, pp. 51–9. 2438:Dunlop, pp. 77–9, 91–3. 1376:Maitland, pp. 162, 276. 1258:Militia (Great Britain) 1086:Second Battle of Kemmel 878:After the disasters of 807:in Sub-District No 19; 485:Jacobite Rising of 1715 439:After the Restoration, 365:Third English Civil War 160:Battle of Stanhope Park 117:Assizes of Arms of 1181 103:under command of their 90:was descended from the 3021:Mark Charles Fissell, 2732:Davson, Appendix VIII. 2071:Wylly, pp. 14–7, 23–4. 1943:Western, pp. 196, 204. 1882:Western, pp. 125, 251. 1551:Cruickshank, pp. 24–5. 1394:Morris, pp. 92–7, 301. 1385:Oman, pp. 110, 359–60. 1160:Hundred Days Offensive 1117:Armistice with Germany 985:, the South Staffs on 932:against a heavy attack 563:Francis Perceval Eliot 462:St. James's Day Battle 457:Second Anglo-Dutch War 419:Regicides of Charles I 323:Battle of Hopton Heath 271:Sergeant major general 243:Sir Christopher Hatton 200:4 & 5 Ph. & M. 176:Battle of Halidon Hill 113:Battle of the Standard 4035:Staffordshire Militia 3060:Sir John Fortescue, 2767:, Vol II, pp. 54, 96. 2332:, pp. 97, 102, 126–7. 1216:19th on 28 April 1781 1168:Fifth Battle of Ypres 1131:(TF) for training in 651:Southern Regiment at 640:Northern Regiment at 552:Supplementary Militia 429:Staffordshire Militia 212:Justices of the Peace 156:Siege of Caerlaverock 129:Statute of Winchester 32:Staffordshire Militia 3389:The Long, Long Trail 3071:Sir John Fortescue, 3053:Sir John Fortescue, 3046:Sir John Fortescue, 2928:Col John K. Dunlop, 2913:Lt-Col H.M. Davson, 2741:Davson, pp. 199–217. 1639:Cruickshank, p. 326. 1488:Boynton, Chapter II. 1340:Fissell, pp. 178–80. 1101:Lancashire Fusiliers 1014:11th North Staffords 1006:11th South Staffords 882:at the start of the 818:Whittington Barracks 722:Newcastle-under-Lyme 644:, Lt-Col Commandant 642:Newcastle-under-Lyme 630:, Lt-Col Commandant 626:Western Regiment at 619:Eastern Regiment at 425:shortly afterwards. 342:Sir William Brereton 3395:Richard A. Warren, 3249:Ranald Nicholson, ' 2776:Davson, pp. 246–96. 2462:Late Victorian Army 2356:Late Victorian Army 2330:Late Victorian Army 2163:Grierson, pp. 27–8. 2040:Western, pp. 220–3. 1859:Holmes, pp. 94–100. 1630:Fissell, pp. 275–7. 1560:Fissell, pp. 187–9. 1506:Fissell, pp. 184–5. 1497:Cruickshank, p. 17. 1210:31st on 12 May 1779 1207:40th on 1 June 1778 1022:Newcastle upon Tyne 867:Stanhope Memorandum 680:was revived by the 385:Battle of Worcester 4040:Militia of England 3321:Edward M. Spiers, 3306:Edward M. Spiers, 3082:J.B.M. Frederick, 3037:Sir John Fortescue 2906:C.G. Cruickshank, 2884:Ian F.W. Beckett, 2506:Army & Society 2495:Dunlop, pp. 270–2. 2484:Army & Society 2343:Army & Society 2310:Dunlop, pp. 42–52. 2204:Frederick, p. 312. 2174:Army & Society 1934:Frederick, p. 309. 1726:Rogers, pp. 302–3. 1349:Grierson, pp. 6–7. 1219:10th on 7 May 1782 1213:23rd on 6 May 1780 208:Deputy Lieutenants 206:, assisted by the 70:training units in 66:and all served as 4022: 4021: 4018: 4017: 3914:Argyll & Bute 3670:England and Wales 3658: 3657: 3643:England and Wales 3631: 3630: 3532:Argyll & Bute 3449:England and Wales 3360:978-1-332-61671-8 3227:978-0-14-103894-0 3194:978-1-84342-197-9 3184:Brig E.A. 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Index

Southern Regiment, Staffordshire Local Militia
Staffordshire
West Midlands
Militia
Crimean War
Regular Army
South
North Staffordshire Regiments
Second Boer War
Special Reserve
World War I
Western Front
English militia
Anglo-Saxon
Fyrd
shires
Sheriff
Norman kings
Battle of the Standard
Assizes of Arms of 1181
1252
King Edward I
Statute of Winchester
Welsh Wars
Siege of Caerlaverock
Battle of Stanhope Park
English longbow
Edward III
Siege of Berwick
Battle of Halidon Hill

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