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Description: Formed in 1881 from an amalgamation on the 29th (Worcestershire) Regiment of Foot and the 36th (Herefordshire) Regiment of Foot. They saw action in the Boer Wars, fighting at Paardenburg. During the First World War they fought across the Western and Turkish fronts at battles such as Mons, Le Cateau, Marne, Aisne, Messines, the 1st battle of Ypres, Neuve Chapelle, Aubers Bridge, Festubert, Loos, the Somme (1916), the Hindenburg Line, Arras, Cambrai, the 1st battle of the Somme (1918), Lys, the 2nd battle of the Somme (1918), Selle, Passchendale and Gallipoli. During the Second World War they fought across the Western front. In 1970 they were amalgamated with the Sherwood Foresters, forming The Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters Regiment (29th/45th Foot). In 2007 they were amalgamated with the Staffordshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's) and the Cheshire regiment, forming the Mercian Regiment. Their nickname is The Ever-Sworded, The Old and Bold, The Saucy Greens, The Star of the Line, The Vein Openers or The Woofers.

Military actions:

• Boer war: Paardenburg
• WWI: Mons
• WWI: Le Cateau
• WWI: Marne
• WWI: Aisne
• WWI: Messines
• WWI: 1st battle of Ypres
• WWI: Neuve Chapelle
• WWI: Aubers Bridge
• WWI: Festubert
• WWI: Loos
• WWI: Somme (1916)
• WWI: Hindenburg Line
• WWI: Arras
• WWI: Cambrai
• WWI: 1st battle of the Somme (1918)
• WWI: Lys
• WWI: 2nd battle of the Somme (1918)
• WWI: Selle
• WWI: 3rd battle of Ypres
• WWI: Gallipoli

Personnel:

1/1st Battalion.

1914

• Samuel Reginald Wood. Private. Died 21 September 1914. Theatre: Home

4th Battalion.

1915

• Martin Welch. Private. Died 6th August 1915. Theatre: Balkans.

1916

• Hugh Frederick Charles Colman. 2nd Lieutenant. 23 September 1916. Theatre: France & Flanders.
• Lewis Gennard. Private. Died 18 October 1916. Theatre: France & Flanders.

Websites:

• Timeline of the 29th & 36th, Worcestershire, Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters and the Mercian regiments.
• Wikipedia: Worcestershire regiment

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