Below is some genealogy information on the 22nd Regiment, Cheshire and the Mercian regiment of the British army that may help searches for military ancestors.

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Description: Formed in 1689 to fight against the counter-invasion led by the deposed James II as the Duke of Norfolk's Regiment of Foot. They fought for King William III at the battle of the Boyne. They saw action during the War of the Austrian Succession. In 1751 they were renamed the 22nd Foot. They saw action during the American War of Independence. In 1782 they were renamed The 22nd (Cheshire) Regiment of Foot, later being known as the Cheshire Regiment. During the First World War they fought across the Western, Middle Eastern, Turkish and Greek fronts at battles such as Mons, Le Cateau, the first battle of Ypres, the second battle of Ypres, the Somme (1916), Arras, the Somme (1918), Passchedaele, Gallipoli, Horseshoe Hill, Machukovo and Doiran. During the Second World War they fought across the Western , African, Middle Eastern and Far Eastern fronts taking part in the Dunkirk evacuations, Normandy landings, El Alamein and the invasion of Italy. In 2007 they were amalgamated with the Staffordshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's) and the Worcestershire Regiment and the Sherwood Foresters, forming the Mercian Regiment. Their nickname is the Lightening Conductors, the Red Knights or The Two Twos.

Military actions:

• WWI: Mons
• WWI: Le Cateau
• WWI: 1st battle of Ypres
• WWI: 2nd battle of Ypres
• WWI: Somme (1916)
• WWI: Arras
• WWI: 1st battle of the Somme (1918)
• WWI: 3rd battle of Ypres
• WWI: Gallipoli
• WWI: Horseshoe Hill
• WWI: Machukovo
• WWI: Doiran
• WWII: Dunkirk evacuations
• WWWII: Normandy landings
• WWWII: El Alamein
• WWII: Invasion of Italy

Websites:

• History of the 22nd, Cheshire and the Mercian regiments.

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