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| 1758.04.21 | 64th Regiment
of Foot formed by redesignation of 2nd Battalion, 11th Regiment of Foot |
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| 1782.08.31 | 64th (2nd Staffordshire) Regiment of Foot | |
| 1881.07.01 | united with 98th (The Prince of Wales's) Regiment of Foot, to form The Prince of Wales's (North Staffordshire Regiment) | |
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History of the 64th Regiment | |
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An Historical Sketch of the 64th Regiment, by Major HG Purdon | |
| Regulars: | ||
| [1st Battalion] [1758-1881] | ||
| Depot and Reserves: | ||
? Depot Battalion
[1856-1871] 
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| 20th Brigade Depot at Lichfield [1873-1881] | ||
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St. Lucia 1803, Surinam, Reshire, Bushire, Koosh-Ab, Persia, Lucknow Note: see also successor for belatedly awarded battle honours. |
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Colours of the 64th Regiment of Foot ca. 1780, by David Snyder. | |
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| 1758.04.21 | Maj-Gen. Hon. John Barrington | |
| 1759.06.09 | F.M. George (Townshend), 1st Marquess Townshend | |
| 1759.12.20 | Gen. Hon. George Cary | |
| 1766.09.26 | Lt-Gen. John Pomeroy [also 123rd Foot] | |
| 1790.06.26 | Gen. John Leland [also 80th Foot] | |
| 1808.01.04 | Lt-Gen. William Anne Vilettes | |
| 1808.09.15 | Gen. Henry Wynyard | |
| 1816.04.01 | Lt-Gen. Sir William Henry Pringle, GCB [also 45th Foot, R Newf Fencibles] | |
| 1837.11.29 | Gen. Sir Richard Bourke, KCB | |
| 1855.08.13 | Gen. Sir James Freeth, KCB, KH | |
| 1867.01.20 | Lt-Gen. Henry Keane Bloomfield | |
| 1870.02.12 | Gen. Charles Algernon Lewis | |
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Victoria Crosses, by Mike Chapman (VC Reference). | |
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VCs in the Staffordshire Regimental Museum, by Iain Stewart. | |
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His Majesty's 64th Regiment of Foot [Virginia; American Revolution] | |
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64th (North Staffordshire) Regiment discussion group (Topica) | |
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Staffordshire Regiment Museum, Lichfield (Army Museums Ogilby Trust) | |
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Museum of the Staffordshire Regiment, Lichfield (Simonides listing) | |
| Full Histories: | ||
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Purdon, H.G. Memoirs of the services of the 64th Regiment (Second Staffordshire), 1758 to 1881. London : W.H. Allen, 1883. | |
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Purdon, H.G. An historical sketch of the 64th (Second Staffordshire) Regiment, and of the campaigns through which they passed. Preston : The Guardian Works, 1915. {full text} | |
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Cook, Hugh C. B. The North Staffordshire Regiment : (The Prince of Wales's) (The 64th/98th Regiment of Foot). London : Leo Cooper Ltd, 1971. (Famous regiments) ISBN: 0850520568 | |
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The Staffordshire Regiment. Hemel Hempstead : Nexus Special Interests, 1995. (Regiment ; 7) | |
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The Staffordshire Regiment (The Prince of Wales's), 1705-2005. Wallington : Grenadier Publishing, 2005. (Regiment ; 63) | |
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Orderly Books of the Crown Forces in America 1775-1784, compiled by John K. Robertson, Don Hagist, Todd Braisted, and Don Londahl-Smidt (RevWar'75) | |
