Commanding Officers of the 1st Battalion
Raised in London during 1694 by Colonel Thomas Farrington (warrant was granted on the 16th February 1694). It was then the custom for Regiments to be named after their Colonels, and this new Regiment was named Farrington's Regiment of Foot. This method of naming regiments led to confusion, as regiments were re-named with each Colonel, and it was possible for more than one Colonel, and therefore more than one regiment, to have the same name. Until 1751, the Regiment had eight different Colonels, and therefore eight different names.
In 1751 regiments were given numbers, and the Regiment was numbered 29 (29th Regiment of Foot). In 1781, with the idea of helping recruiting, counties were allotted to regiments as recruiting areas, and the 29th became the 29th (Worcestershire) Regiment. The association of regiments with counties was received with enthusiasm, but that enthusiasm was damped when, in 1787, recruits raised for the Regiment in the county were sent to the 43rd Regiment.
The next step was in 1881, when single battalion regiments were grouped in pairs, one battalion serving at home and the other abroad. Under this scheme Herefordshire was linked with Worcestershire, and their two regiments combined to form The Worcestershire Regiment. The 29th (Worcestershire) Regiment thus became the 1st Battalion The Worcestershire Regiment on the 1st July 1881.
Finally, on the 8th February 1970 the Worcestershire Regiment was amalgamated with the 1st Battalion The Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment), to form 1st Battalion The Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters Regiment (29th/45th Foot).
Below is a list of all the officers who have commanded the 1st Battalion Worcestershire Regiment from 1694 to 1970.
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Surname |
Forename/s |
First Commissioned in to |
From |
To |
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Richardson |
Henry |
13th Dragoons |
- |
- |
Carleton |
Thomas |
20th Foot (Lancashire Fusiliers) |
1782 |
- |
FitzGerald |
Henry |
3rd Regt. of Horse (or Carabineers) |
Sep. 1788 |
Oct 1789 |
William Shaw |
7th Queen’s Dragoons |
Oct. 1789 |
- |
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Campbell |
Archibald |
29th Foot (Worcestershire) |
Dec. 1792 |
- |
Simpson |
James |
1st Foot Guards |
- |
- |
Dickson |
Hugh |
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1795 |
- |
Enys |
John |
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- |
- |
Lake |
George A. F. |
29th Foot (Worcestershire) |
Dec. 1807 |
Aug. 1808 |
White |
Daniel |
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1808 |
May 1811 |
Gregory Holman Bromley |
26th Foot (Cameronian) |
May 1811 |
1813 |
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Tucker |
John |
29th Foot (Worcestershire) |
Sept. 1815 |
1820 |
Buchan |
John |
1st Bn. Scotch Brigade |
Feb. 1822 |
Jun. 1826 |
Wrottesley |
Charles Alexander |
16 Light Dragoons |
1839 |
- |
Taylor |
Charles Cyril |
46th Foot (South Devonshire) |
- |
Feb. 1846 |
George John |
29th Foot (Worcestershire) |
Feb. 1846 |
Feb. 1855 |
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Smith |
Mathew |
16th Foot (Buckinghamshire) |
Feb. 1855 |
Sept 1855 |
Stewart |
John Hamilton |
Royal African Colonial Corps |
Sept 1855 |
1859 |
Edward Henry |
67th Foot (Hampshire) |
Jun. 1860 |
Mar. 1862 |
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Farrington |
Lindsay |
39th Foot (Dorestshire) |
Mar. 1862 |
- |
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- |
- |
Hales |
97th Foot (The Earl of Ulster's) |
Oct. 1871 |
Mar. 1878 |
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Howell |
29th Foot (Worcestershire) |
Mar. 1878 |
Mar. 1883 |
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Frederick Charles |
29th Foot (Worcestershire) |
Mar. 1883 |
Mar. 1887 |
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Edmund |
29th Foot (Worcestershire) |
Mar. 1887 |
Mar. 1891 |
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Edward James Henry |
29th Foot (Worcestershire) |
Mar. 1891 |
Mar. 1895 |
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William Senhouse |
Worcestershire Regiment |
Mar. 1895 |
Mar. 1899 |
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Orbell Henry |
29th Foot (Worcestershire) |
Mar. 1899 |
Mar. 1903 |
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John Hassard Stewart |
Worcestershire Regiment |
Apr. 1903 |
Mar. 1907 |
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Hugh de Berdt |
Worcestershire Regiment |
Mar. 1907 |
Jul. 1908 |
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Walter Dermott |
Worcestershire Regiment |
Jul. 1908 |
Mar. 1912 |
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Arthur Edward |
Norfolk Regiment |
Mar. 1912 |
Dec. 1914 |
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Ernest Charles Forbes |
Worcestershire Regiment |
Dec. 1914 |
Mar. 1915 |
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George William St. George |
Worcestershire Regiment |
Mar. 1915 |
Mar. 1917 |
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Guy Mortimer Coleridge |
Worcestershire Regiment |
Mar. 1917 |
May 1918 |
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Frank Crowther |
Worcestershire Regiment |
Jun. 1918 |
Aug. 1919 |
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Herbert Albrecht |
Prince of Wale's Own (Yorks. Regt.) |
Aug. 1919 |
Aug. 1923 |
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Leighton Marlow |
Worcestershire Regiment |
Aug. 1923 |
1927 |
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William Frederick Oliver |
Militia of East Surrey Regt |
1927 |
Aug. 1931 |
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John Frederick |
Worcestershire Regiment |
Aug. 1931 |
1935 |
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Samuel Alwyne |
East Surrey Regiment |
1935 |
Aug. 1939 |
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Edward Lafone Graham |
Worcestershire Regiment |
Aug. 1939 |
Mar. 1941 |
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William Rixon |
Black Watch (Royal Highland Regt.) |
Mar. 1941 |
Sep. 1941 |
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John Oldham |
Worcestershire Regiment |
Apr. 1941 |
1942 |
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William Reginald |
King's Shropshire Light Infantry |
Jan. 1943 |
Sep. 1943 |
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Robert Bramston |
Worcestershire Regiment |
Sep. 1943 |
Jan. 1944 |
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Antony Roy |
Royal Warwickshire Regiment |
Jan. 1944 |
Aug. 1944 |
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Robert Edward |
Nothamptonshire Regiment |
Aug. 1944 |
Nov. 1944 |
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Arthur William Neville Langston |
K.O.Y.L.I. |
Nov. 1944 |
Feb. 1945 |
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Maxwell Richard Julian |
Royal Scottish Fusiliers |
Feb. 1945 |
Jul. 1945 |
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Charles Pearce Germon |
Worcestershire Regiment |
Jul. 1945 |
Jun. 1946 |
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Robert Edgar Lavington |
Worcestershire Regiment |
Jul. 1946 |
Jan. 1949 |
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Argyle Henry |
Worcestershire Regiment |
Mar. 1949 |
Sep. 1951 |
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Philip Herbert |
Worcestershire Regiment |
Sep. 1951 |
Nov. 1954 |
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Charles Peter |
Foot Guards |
Nov. 1953 |
Nov. 1956 |
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Thomas Frederick |
Worcestershire Regiment |
Nov. 1956 |
May-59 |
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John William Brownlow |
Worcestershire Regiment |
May-59 |
Jul. 1961 |
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Peter Geoffrey B. |
Worcestershire Regiment |
Jul. 1961 |
Jul. 1964 |
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Edward Laurence |
Black Watch (Royal Highland Regt.) |
Jul. 1964 |
Jun. 1966 |
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Alwyne Maudsley |
Worcestershire Regiment |
Jun. 1966 |
May 1969 |
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Richard George Ashley |
Worcestershire Regiment |
May 1969 |
Jan. 1972 |
Notes:
Captain J. H. M. Arden temporary commanded from 13th to 22nd Mar. 1915
Major (A/Lt.-Col.) F. C. Roberts, V.C., D.S.O., temporary commanded during March 1918.
Major J. F. B. Cartland (later killed) temporary commanded on 27th May 1918 while Col. Davidge was sick.