The Mercian Regiment is an infantry regiment of the British Army, formed by the amalgamation of three existing regiments on 1 September 2007.
The regiment has three regular army battalions and one Territorial Army or reserve battalion, though this is set to decrease in the next decade to two battalions as the 3rd Battalion is disbanded. It is called the Mercian Regiment as it generally recruits from within the territory occupied by the former Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Mercia.
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