The Regimental Records of the British Army / A historical résumé chronologically arranged of titles, campaigns, honours, uniforms, facings, badges, nicknames, etc.

by John S. Farmer; John Stephen Farmer

The Prince of Wales's (North Staffordshire Regiment),

COMPRISING

1st Batt. (formerly) The 64th (2nd Staffordshire) Regiment of Foot.

2nd Batt. ( " ) The 98th (Prince of Wales's) Regiment of Foot; with Militia Batts.

3rd Batt. The 2nd King's Own Stafford Militia.

4th Batt. The 3rd King's Own Stafford Militia.

The Plume of the
Prince of Wales.

The Dragon of China. The Staffordshire Knot.

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TITLES.

1st Batt.

1740-48. The 64th (Irish) Regiment of Foot: disbanded.

1756-58. The 11th (2nd Batt.) Regiment of Foot: regimented in

1758-82. The 64th Regiment of Foot.

1782-1881. The 64th (2nd Staffordshire) Regiment of Foot.

2nd Batt.

1760-63. The 98th Regiment of Foot: disbanded.

1779-84. The 98th Regiment of Foot: disbanded.

1793-1802. The 98th (Highland) Regiment of Foot: renumbered the 91st.

1805-15. The 98th Regiment of Foot: renumbered and disbanded in 1818.

1805-18. The 99th (Prince of Wales's Tipperary) Regiment of Foot: renumbered The 98th in 1815, and afterwards disbanded.

1824-76. The 98th Regiment of Foot.

1876-81. The 98th (The Prince of Wales's) Regiment of Foot.

1881 (from). The Prince of Wales's (North Staffordshire Regiment).

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PRINCIPAL CAMPAIGNS, BATTLES, &c.

* "Honours" on the Colours, the figures showing the Battalion concerned.

1759. Guadaloupe.

1761. Belle Isle.

1762. Martinique.

1762. Havannah.

1776-81. America.

1775. Lexington.

1775. Bunker's Hill.

1776. Brooklyn.

1777. Brandywine.

1780. Charlestown.

1780-84. Carnatic.

1781. Entaw Springs.

1794. Guadaloupe.

1794. Martinique.

*1803. St. Lucia (1).

*1804. Surinam (1).

*1842. China (2).

*1848-49. Punjaub (2).

*1856-57. Persia (1).

*1856. Reshire (1).

*1856. Bushire (1).

*1857. Koosh-ab (1).

1857-58. Indian Mutiny.

1857. Cawnpore.

*1857. Lucknow (1).

*1896. Hafir.

1900. South Africa.

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Uniform.—Scarlet with White facings (when raised the 64th had Black, and the 98th White facings respectively).

Regimental and other Badges.—"The Prince of Wales's Plume" (in memory of the visit to Malta in 1875). "The Dragon," for "China" (1842). Also (since territorially organised) "The Staffordshire Knot."

Bibliography.—Memoirs of the Services of The 64th Regiment (2nd Staffordshire). 1758-1881. By H. G. Purdon, 64th Regiment. [Stafford: Halden. 1882.]

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