Worcestershire Regiment Timeline 1661 to 1970

The table below shows some of the main events throughout the history of the Worcestershire Regiment from its formation to its amalagmation with the Sherwood Foresters Regiment in 1970.

1661	Foundation of the British Regular Army.
1694	First parade of Farrington's Regiment at Norwich, 1st June.
1702	Lord Charlemont raised his regiment in Ulster.
1706	Ramilies - First battle honour of the Regiment.
1746	29th attacked by Red Indians. "The Ever-sworded 29th"
1747	Rearguard action at Lauffeld. Possible origin of Regimental motto "FIRM".
1751	The two Regiments numbered 29th Foot and 36th Foot.
1770	The Boston Massacre.
1773	Earliest known use of motto FIRM by 36th Regiment.
1777	Earliest known use of Star badge by 29th Regiment.
1781	County titles introduced - 29th (Worcestershire) Regiment and 36th (Herefordshire) Regiment.
1784	29th (Worcestershire) Regiment authorised to retain the Star badge on their pouches.
1791	Royal Windsor presented to 29th (Worcestershire) Regiment.
1794	The Glorious First of June.
1797	Earliest known use of the Royal Lion badge by the 29th Regiment.
1808	Rolica - 29th Foot and 9th Foot capture heights from the French.
1811	Albuhera - Ensigns Vance and Furnace save the Colours.
1839	Fusilier title offered to 29th Regiment.
1848	Sobraon - 29th Foot and 10th Foot meet in captured trenches (Sikh Wars).
1877	Valise Star assimilated to that of the Coldstream Guards.
1881	29th and 36th amalgamated into the Worcestershire Regiment.
1900	South African War - 3rd and 4th Battalions raised.
1909	The Naval Crown awarded to the Regiment.
1914	War declared August 4th.
1914	Gheluvelt, October 30th.
1915	The 1st Battalion at Neuve Chapelle. The first V.C-Lieutenant James in Gallipoli.
1916	Private Turrall wins the V.C. at La Boiselle. Lieutenant Bennett wins the V.C. on the Somme.
1917	Private Dancox wins the V.C. at Poelcapelle.
1918	Major Roberts wins the V.C. at Pargny. Captain Crowe wins the V.C. at Neuve Eglise. Colonel Grogan wins the V.C. at the Aisne. Armistice Day- 11th November.
1922	4th Battalion disbanded.
1923	3rd Battalion disbanded.
1930	New Colours presented to the 2nd Battalion at Plymouth.
1938	1st Battalion moved to London to take over custody of the Tower of London.
1939	The new Militia raised. 1st Battalion in Palestine. 2nd Battalion on foreign tour in Punjaub. War declared-3rd September.
1940	7th and 8th Battalions evacuated from Dunkirk. 11th and 12th Battalions raised.
1941	1st Battalion took part in the campaigns in Eritrea and Abyssinia.
1942	1st Battalion in the Western Desert. Tobruk.
1943	1st January, 11th Battalion disbanded and posted to 1st Battalion cadre. 12th Battalion became 179 Field Regiment R.A.
1944	1st Battalion landed in North-West Europe. 2nd and 7th. Battalions invaded Burma.
1945	March 19th, Capture of Mandalay; 2nd Battalion. 1st Battalion in Germany. 8th, 9th and 10th Battalions entered into "suspended animation."
1946	1st Battalion moved from B.A.O.R. to Trieste in C.M.F. 7th Battalion in India.
1947	1st Battalion move to Pola in Yugoslavia. 2nd Battalion entered into "suspended animation" on 26th March. 7th Battalion becomes the Territorial Army division of the Regiment. 1st Battalion move back to Germany in May.
1950	1st Battalion in Malaya.
1957	1st Battalion in Belize, British Honduras following political coup in Guatemala.
1970	Worcestershire Regiment and The Sherwood Foresters Regiment amalgamated.