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THE MERCIAN REGIMENTAL HISTORY

The history of the Regiment is not just the dusty and dry documents within its Archives, nor the deeds and actions of those who have served in our antecedent regiments since the 17th Century. It is being made here and now in the 21st Century in troubled spots all over the World by soldiers from the Counties and Shires between the three great rivers of Severn, Mersey and Trent.

The Regimental Museums of our antecedent regiments are the Keepers of that history and all soldiers and potential recruits should, if they cannot visit their local museum, take the time to read the brief histories on this website by following the links on the left, so they can understand the valuable legacy left to them by the steadfastness and robustness of their forebears.

All soldiers should also be aware that their deeds and actions of today in conflicts such as Iraq and Afghanistan form the framework of the ongoing history of the Mercian Regiment.
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A Pikeman of the Cheshire Regiment circa 1689 A Drummer of the 29th Regiment in the uniform of 1694 A Private of the 45th Regiment in the uniform of 1741 An officer of the Cheshire Regiment in the uniform of 1745 A selection of uniforms of the Sherwood Foresters 1768 to 1930 A soldier of the 38th Regiment in the uniform of 1768 A Private soldier of the 95th Regiment in the uniform of 1854 An officer of the Robin Hood Rifle Volunteer Regiment circa 1868 An officer of the Sherwood Foresters in the uniform worn circa 1914 Uniform as worn by the Staffordshire Regiment in WW1 Soldiers of the Sherwood Foresters in Tunisia 1943 Uniforms as worn in 1964 Uniform as worn in Northern Ireland in the 1970s The uniform as worn today in the 21st Century
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