South Staffordshire Regiment
The South Staffordshire Regiment was an infantry regiment of the British Army formed in 1881 by the amalgamation of the 38th (1st Staffordshire) Regiment of Foot and the 80th (Staffordshire Volunteers) Regiment of Foot. In 1959 the regiment was amlagamated with the North Staffordshire Regiment to form the Staffordshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's). The lineage of the South Staffords is continued by the Mercian Regiment.
Read more about South Staffordshire Regiment: Formation and Antecedents, 1881 - 1914, First World War 1914 - 1918, 1918 - 1939, Second World War 1939 - 1945, 1945 - 1959
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