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Page
created 1 November 2002. Corrected and updated
03.04.2005
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United
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Note:This
is a battalion history of the Regular Army. See the main regimental
page for full lineage and other information.
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Colour Key
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Lineage
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War service
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Overseas service
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Home service
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1793.09.12 |
80th
Regiment of Foot
formed at Chatham from Staffordshire
Militia |
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1793 |
England:
Chatham |
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1794 |
Channel
Islands: Guernsey |
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1794 |
Flanders |
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1795.09 |
France:
Brittany |
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1796 |
Cape of
Good Hope |
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1797 |
Ceylon |
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1801.08 |
Egypt |
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1802.06 |
at sea |
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1802 |
India:
Calcutta |
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1802? |
Madras |
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1803 |
Mahratta
war |
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1805 |
Nairs of
Wynaud campaign |
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1805 |
India |
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1809.01 |
Travancore
rebellion |
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1809.02 |
India |
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1814 |
India |
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1818.03 |
at sea |
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1817 |
England |
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1821 |
Gibraltar |
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1822 |
Malta |
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1828 |
Ionian
Islands |
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1831 |
England |
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1832 |
Ireland |
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1834 |
England |
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1836 |
Australia
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convict
escorts |
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(dets
Van Deiman's Land, Norfolk Is. & New Zealand) |
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1845 |
at sea
(det wrecked on Little Andaman & marooned 50 days) |
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1845 |
India |
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1845 |
Sikh
war |
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1846 |
India:
Lahore |
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1852 |
Burma |
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1853 |
India |
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1854 |
Scotland |
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1855 |
England |
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1856 |
Cape Colony |
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1857 |
Ceylon |
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1857 |
India |
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1859 |
India |
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1865 |
Bhutan |
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1866 |
England |
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1869 |
Ireland |
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1876 |
Singapore |
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1876 |
Hong Kong |
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1875 |
Perak
(3 coys) |
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1877 |
Natal |
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1878 |
Kaffir
war |
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1879 |
Zulu
war |
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1880.04 |
at sea |
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1880 |
Ireland |
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1881.07.01 |
2nd
Battalion, The
South Staffordshire Regiment |
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1881 |
India: Tralee |
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1883 |
England:
Manchester |
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1886 |
Devonport
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1889 |
Ireland:
Dublin |
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1891 |
England |
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1893 |
Egypt |
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1895 |
India:
Madras |
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1895.12 |
Gold
Coast: Ashanti war (det) |
CompositeBn |
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1897 |
Burma:
Thaytemyo |
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1900 |
India:
Agra |
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1904 |
llahabad
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1907 |
South
Africa |
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1911 |
England:
Lichfield |
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1914 |
Aldershot |
6
Bde |
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1914.08 |
France and
Flanders |
2
Div |
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1919 |
Ireland:
Cork |
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1923 |
England:
Plymouth |
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1926 |
Shorncliffe
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1928 |
Malta
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1929 |
Palestine
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1930 |
Egypt
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1932.10 |
India:
Bangalore |
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1936.02 |
Cawnpore |
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1939 |
Landi
Kotal |
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1940.07 |
UK
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31
Inf Bde |
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1941.12 |
UK
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1942.06.23 |
converted
to airlanding role |
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1942.06 |
UK |
1 Abn Div |
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1942.11 |
Tunisia
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1943.07 |
Sicily |
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1943.09 |
Italy |
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1943.11 |
UK? |
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1944.09 |
NW
Europe |
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1945 |
Norway
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1946 |
Germany
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1948.07.26 |
disbanded
(technically "amalgamated" with 1st
Battalion) |
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