The Worcestershire Regiment Cap Badge (circa 1960's)

This sale is for the Cap Badge as formerly worn by the other ranks of The Worcestershire Regiment.
Brand new and unissued staybrite/anodised Cap badge in Silver and Gold finish, approx. 50mm high, complete with its mounted slider, and made by J.R. Gaunt (Birmingham).

Guaranteed new and unissued, in mint condition.

 

Brief Regimental History

The Worcestershire Regiment dates back to 1694 when Colonel Thomas Farrington, an Officer of the Coldstream Guards raised a new Regiment in London. 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.

Introduction

The unit was formed in 1881 by amalgamating the 29th (Worcestershire) Regiment of Foot and the 36th (Herefordshire) Regiment of Foot, which had already been recruiting from a single Depot at Worcester since 1873.

The 29th became the new Regiment's 1st Battalion and was immediately deployed to India for 14 years. The 36th became its 2nd Battalion and spent the same period in Ireland, the Channel Islands, Malta, Bermuda and Canada.

Both Battalions then deployed to the Boer War in 1900, though by 1904 they were both back on separate Garrison Duties. In the meantime, the Regiment had raised two more Regular Battalions, which lasted until 1922. One of them, the 4th Battalion, was first posted to the West Indies to guard Boer prisoners of war.
 

  

Men of 'B' Company, 1st Battalion Worcesters exercise in South Africa 1901

During 1903 to 1905 the 4th Battalion were stationed in the West Indies, being responsible for guarding prisoners from the Boer War.
 

Cap Badge of The Worcestershire Regiment, c1904
 

In 1906-1907 they were stationed in Malta. From 1908-1913 they were stationed at Bareilly, India. In August 1911 troops from the Regiment shot dead 2 men during the Llanelli railway strike.

 

The Great War

 

Gheluvelt 31st October 1914
The meeting of the 2nd Worcestershire with the 1st South Wales Borderers in the grounds of the Chateau
(painting by J. P. Beadle)

In the First World War the Regiment saw action in the retreat from Mons, The Battle of the Marne and at Langemark, Aisne, Gheluvelt and Ypres in 1914. Nonne Bosschen, Festubert and Gallipoli in 1915, and Loos and the Somme in 1916. In 1917 it saw involvement in actions at Bagentin, Delville Wood, Le Transloy, Arras, Ypres Menin Road, Polygon Wood, and Passchendale. The Regiment then fought at Cambrai, Lys, Bailleul, Kemmel, Hindenburg Line, St. Quentin Canal and Selle in 1918.

 

Oil painting of a Scene from the Battle of Neuve Chapelle by Matania

In December 1918 they were used to suppress the Taranto Revolt, executing one of the rebels by firing squad.

They both fought on the Western Front in the First World War, along with Gallipoli and Macedonia. The Regiment contributed four Regular and 15 Reserve, Territorial and Service Battalions, whose members won nine Victoria Crosses during the conflict. In December 1918 the Regiment helped suppress the mutiny of West Indian soldiers at Taranto in Italy.

Post WW1

Service during the Irish Civil War of 1919 to 1921 followed and it spent the rest of the inter-war period on Garrison Duties in Malta, India and China. 

An Honour Guard from The Worcestershire Regiment being inspected by Sir John French on 17 June 1922, at the opening of Gheluvelt Park in Worcester, named after the Regiment's 1914 Battle Honour
 

World War II

British troops retreating to Dunkirk (27th May 1940)

Two of its Territorial Battalions were part of the initial British Expeditionary Force (BEF) rescued from Dunkirk in 1940, while the Regiment's two Regular Battalions served in several different theatres of the Second World War. 1st Battalion was initially deployed to Palestine, Abyssinia, Egypt and Libya, but was captured at Tobruk in June 1942. The Regiment's 11th Battalion was renamed 1st Battalion and went on to fight in North West Europe from D-Day onwards as part of 214 Brigade, the first British troops to fight in Germany itself. The 2nd Battalion was in Rawalpindi at the outbreak of war before being deployed to Burma from 1942 to 1945.

Battle for Hill 112 (1944)

Churchill Tanks on Hill 112

On the 10th July 1944 the attack on Hill 112 started and went on for nearly two weeks. Finally the 1st Battalion Worcestershire Regiment carried out a night attack (22nd/23rd July 1944) in which they suffered many casualties, including Major Peter Weston who was killed by Machine Gun fire at the top of Hill 112.
 

 

Major P. T. Weston 

 

Battle for Tripsrath (1944)

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The morning of the 18 November 1844 saw the 1st Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment move across the Dutch-German border and commenced their attack on German soil to take the village of Tripsrath.With their parent unit 214 Brigade they were the first British troops to fight on German soil. Their job was to take the north-west side of Gelsenkirchen to cover the left flank and support the American forces.
 

Tripsrath Church severely damaged by Shell fire

The 2nd Battalion operated in the Burna Campaign 1944-45, and were involved in the recapture of Mandalay.

Post WW2 

 

Amalgamation 

After service in the First and Second World Wars, it was amalgamated into the Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters Regiment (29th/45th Foot) in 1970.

Key facts

 

Motto:

• 'Firm' (inherited from the 36th Regiment)

 

Nicknames:

• The Firms (after its motto)
• The Line Repairers (after the 2nd Battalion's counter attack at Gheluvelt on the Western Front on 31st October 1914)
• The Glorious Worcesters (also after Gheluvelt)
• The Old Firm (after its motto)
• The Incomparables
• The Lilywhites
• The Brummagem Guards (after its heavy recruiting in Birmingham)
• The Pozzy Wallahs (after a supposed predilection to removing other units' jam rations)

 

Titles to date:

• The Worcestershire Regiment
• The Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters Regiment (29th/45th Foot)
• 2nd Battalion, The Mercian Regiment (Worcesters and Foresters)

Military Awards

Members of the Regiment won nine Victoria Crosses, 70 Distinguished Service Orders (and 12 bars), 288 Military Crosses (and 36 bars), 225 Distinguished Conduct Medals (and 8 bars).

Men of the Worcestershire Regiment who have been awarded the Victoria Cross

The Victoria Cross (VC)

The V.C. was first introduced on the 29th January 1856 by Queen Victoria to honour acts of valour during the Crimean War.

The Victoria Cross (V.C.) is the highest military decoration awarded for valour "in the face of the enemy" to members of the armed forces of the United Kingdom and various Commonwealth countries, and previous British Empire territories.

It takes precedence over all other orders, decorations and medals. It may be awarded to a person of any rank in any service and to civilians under military command. In the United Kingdom, it is usually presented to the recipient or to their next of kin by the British monarch at an investiture held at Buckingham Palace.

Ever since its institution the Cross has been supplied by the well-known London jewellers, Messrs. Hancocks and Co., now of Burlington Gardens London W1. The Cross and suspender are first cast in gunmetal and then chased and finished by hand; from 1914 to 1950 a die-cast suspender was used. The metal is taken from guns captured from the Russians in the Crimean War although during and after the First World War it is fairly certain that metal from captured Chinese guns was also used for a short period.

The components of the decoration are then treated chemically to obtain the uniform dark brown finish, which is darker on some issues than on others. The Cross is 1.375 inches wide and, together with the suspender bar and link, weighs about 0.87 ounces troy, although chasing and finishing may cause slight variation in these figures. The design of the Cross is attributed to H.H. Armstead who at the time of its inception was working for Hancocks, the design then being approved by the Queen Victoria.

 

Lieutenant Eugene Paul Bennett V.C

Lieutenant Bennett was 24 year old when he won his VC during the Battle of The Transloy Ridges (Somme). During the attack he led 'C' Company of the 2nd Battalion Worcestershire Regiment. Heavy shelling and machine gun fire caused Lieutenant Bennett to fall wounded in sunken trench. He saw 'D' Company in trouble with their commanding officer and N.C.O. killed. Despite his wound Lieutenant Bennett cutting steps in the side of the trench with a spade he scrambled out, rushing to the front of the Battalion, spade in hand, he waved them on. For his bravery and fine leadership, which resulted in saving the Battalion and capturing the enemy line, Lieutenant Bennett was awarded the V.C. He was later promoted to Captain.

2nd Lieutenant James John Crowe V.C

Lieutenant Crowe was 41 year old when he won his VC during the stand against the German onslaught on the Lys Valley in 1918 at Neuve Eglise. At the time he was acting Captain and Adjutant with Battalion Headquarters of the 2nd Battalion worcestershire Regiment and they were hoding a position in the Town Hall at Neuve Eglise. Surrounded by the enemy he decided, with volunteers, to make a sortie and to clear a path for retirement. With a quick rush they occupied a cow shed close by; then, with two men, Lieutenant Crowe crawled round and rushed a machine gun post, capturing both guns. Lieutenant Crowe's party then provided cover allowing retirement of the rest of the men.

Private Frederick George Dancox V.C

Private Dancox was 38 year old when he won his VC during the Battle of Poelcappelle (Ypers, Belgium). He was with 4th Battalion Worcestershire Regiment . During the advance a enemy block-house opened fire mowing down Officers and men and hampered the operations. Private Dancox, who had been one of a party of moppers-up, worked his way under heavy shell frpire from shell-hole to shell-hole to the rear of a block-house, and, with a bomb in his hand, surised the German machine gunners inside. They surrendered, and Dancox, carrying the gun, which he fired throughout the day, marched his prisoners back. Sadly, Private Dancox was killed shortly afterwards in action, Near Masnieres, France on 30th November 1917.

Lieut.-Colonel George William St. George Grogan V.C

During the Battle of the Aisne (1918), the Germans made a surprise attack on a sector held by young drafts, and broke through. Colonel Grogan was commanding a mixed force (23rd infantry Brigade) of about eight hundred men of various regiments. As the enemy continued their pressure on the British, Colonel Grogan rode along the front of the line, cheering on his troops. "You can stop them if you want to," he cried; "the Boches are no bloody good." Shells, bombs and bullets were all round him; his horse was killed under him, but he found another mount and continued to inspire his men. Colonel Grogan's Victoria Cross was the reward for that inspired leadership under which tired, hungry and disheartened men became heroes.

2nd Lieutenant Herbert James V.C

Lieutenant James was 26 years old when he won his VC during the fighting with the Turks at Krithia in Gallipoli in 1915. He was the first of the Regiment so to be honoured with the Victoria Cross. He was involved in action while attached to the Royal Scots as liaison officer before returning to the 4th Battalion Worcestershire Regiment. During fierce fighting with the Turks, Lieutenant James kept the Turks at bay by bombing from each bend of a winding trench. Halfway back, where the trench was blocked by bodies, he found a wounded bomber, Private Parry, and here he piled sandbags on the top of the bodies, forming a barricade. Luckily, he found a sack of bombs, and, alternately firing from behind the barricade and rising to bomb the Turks behind the bend, he kept the enemy back until help arrived.

2nd Lieutenant Edgar Kinghorn Myles V.C

Lieutenant Myles of the 8th Bn The Welsh Regiment was attached to the 9th Battalion The Worcestershire Regiment and saw service with them at Gallipoli, in Egypt and Mesopotamia (in the Tigris Campaign)—He fought with the rearguard at the evacuation at Suvla Bay and Helles in 1915-16. He was awarded his Victoria Cross (at the age of 21) at Sanna-i-Yat, Mesopotamia, whilst the 9th Battalion were trying to relieve Kut, under the command of Lieut.-General Sir Stanley Maude, on 9th April 1916. His citation read:
"... for most conspicuous bravery. He went out alone on several occasions in front of our advance trenches, and, under heavy rifle fire and at great personal risk, assisted wounded men lying in the open......" 

Major (Acting Lieut. Colonel) Frank Crowther Roberts V.C

On the 23rd March 1918, the 1st Battalion Worcestershire Regiment, commanded by Lieutenant Colonel (Captain/temp. Major) Roberts, was spread out along the River Somme in a series of posts; all four Companies were in the line, with practically no reserve. That night, while inspecting his posts, Colonel Roberts found that the Germans had crossed the river and captured the village of Pargny (Somme). He decided on instant counter attack. Two flanking parties of ten men each worked along the outskirts of the village, and he led the rest up the main street with bayonets fixed. They were soon observed, and they charged at full tilt up the street, firing, stabbing and cheering as the enemy poured out of the houses. There was a fierce fight at the churchyard, but the rest of the Germans either surrendered or retreated to the bridge.

Lieutenant William Leefe Robinson V.C

Lieutenant Robinson was 21 year old when he won his VC. He was attached to 39 Squadron, Royal Flying Corps. On the night of 2nd/3rd September 1916 over Cuffley, Hertfordshire, Lieutenant Robinson sighted a German airship - one of 16 which had left bases in Germany on a mass raid over England. The Lieutenant made an attack at a height of 11,500ft approaching from below and, closing to within 500ft., raked the aircraft (a wooden-framed Schutte Lanz) with gunfire. As he was preparing for another attack, the airship burst into flames and crashed in a field. On one of his other missions he was shot down and became a POW in Germany. He died on the 31st December 1918 at Stanmore, Harrow from the effects of the influenza pandemic at that time.

Private Thomas George Turrall V.C

Private Turrall was 30 years old when he won his VC whilst serving with the 10th Battalion Worcestershire Regiment at the storming of La Boisselle, France. During this night attack the Battalion suffered heavy losses and all the senior officers were killed or wounded. A small party led by Lieutenant Jennings, pushed forward through the village, bombing, taking prisoners and picking up stragglers. Private Turrall, one of the Battalion bombers, joined the party; a hidden machine gun opened fire, and Private Turrall flung himself flat, escaping injury. All the rest of the party was killed, except Lieutenant Jennings, whose leg was shattered. Turrall dragged him to a shell hole, bandaging his leg with one of his puttees. At night he managed to make his way back to the trenches, carrying the wounded officer. The officer died within two hours, but not before giving an account.

 

Worcestershire Regimental Museum

 

Battle Honours

The Colours

The Colours of the marching Regiments of the British Army can trace their origin back beyond the date at which the Regular Army was first formed. Ensigns and flags of one kind or another had, of course, been used as rallying points in battle since the very dawn of history, and during the Middle Ages the armed forces of European chivalry displayed great numbers of standards, banners, bannerets and banneroles above their battle array; but those emblems were for the most part the personal insignia of the different feudal lords, followed and rallied to by his own personal followers. At the end of the Middle Ages the feudal levies were replaced all over Europe by formed bodies of professional soldiers trained in the use of the then novel firearms—those clumsy but effective arquebusses and musketoons which had sounded the knell of armour-plated Knights—and the complicated heraldic bearings of of the proud old chivalry of Europe gave place to emblems bearing simple arrangements of Colours chosen by the soldiers as the symbols of their Companies;

 

  

Colours of the 1st Battalion Worcestershire Regiment (1913-1960)

(Presented to the 1st Battalion at Mustapha Barracks, Alexandria in 1913) 

for the new professional soldiers of the Sixteenth Century were essentially, even as our soldiers are to-day, free men engaging themselves willingly for pay, for adventure, or for honour alone, in place of the old feudal compulsion; and their company colours were then, as our Colours are to-day, the sign of their corporate association, the property of the unit as a whole. A visible symbol of this meaning of our Colours is the opening phase of the ancient ceremony of Trooping the Colour, when the Colour is in the hands of representatives of the rank-and-file and is entrusted by them to their officer.

For nearly a century after the general introduction of firearms (i.e. until about 1620) the new weapons remained so clumsy and slow-firing that large bodies of troops were difficult to manoeuvre; and consequently the individual company of about 100 men was the largest tactical unit, each company having its own Company Colour. Even when improvements in firearms and in drill led to the companies being first grouped and then definitely united under the "regiment" (or "rule") of individual Colonels, the strong sentiment of Company "esprit-de-corps" led to Company Colours being retained for many years; and right up to the time of Marlborough's Wars each battalion displayed a whole cluster of Colours—one for each of its ten Companies.

This multiplicity of Colours came to cause inconvenience on the battlefield, and in all armies Colours were gradually reduced in numbers, first to three and then to two per battalion. National flags were also coming into general use and recognition. Armies were ceasing to be collections of mercenary soldiers of fortune, and were gaining their present status as recognised representatives of the power of their country. For a time the old individuality of the independent regiments and their allegiance to their personal leader was expressed by an infinite variety of design in the regimental Colours, but eventually the national government asserted control, and definite regulations for Colours were laid down.

In our own Army this change took place in 1747. Previous to that date there had been definite regulations as to the Colours of the Regiments of Foot Guards, but none as to the Colours of Line Regiments, which had been entirely at the discretion of their Colonel. Such few details as still survive as to the Colours of this period show that there was then an extreme variety of design.

Unfortunately there seem to be no details available as to the design of the Colours carried by either Battalion of Worcestershire Regiment during this period. It was customary for the Colours to be of the same hue as the facings of the soldier's uniform, but this custom was not rigidly observed. The Colours were provided by the Colonel of the Regiment, in the same way as the clothing and other accoutrements—a system which was to continue for many years—and until about 1745 the various regiments were designated solely by their Colonel's names. As time went on, however, the consequent continual changes of nomenclature became inconvenient, the regiments began to acquire definite individuality of their own, and it was decided to allot them permanent designations by giving each regiment a distinctive number.

These new regimental numbers came gradually into use in the middle of the Eighteenth Century, and the change was crystallised by regulations issued in 1747, which laid down definite orders as to the Colours to be carried by each regiment. There were to be two Colours: the "King's Colour" and the "Regimental Colour" — the former "the Great Union" (or "Union Jack"), the latter to be "of the hue of the facings, with the Union in the upper canton." In the centre of each Colour was to be the number of the Regiment in gold Roman figures within a wreath of roses and thistles on one stalk.

The exact size of these Colours was also regulated — 6 foot deep on the staff and 6 foot 6 inches flying — practically four times the size of Colours of the present day. These huge Colours of old days were, however, proportionately lighter for their size, bearing very little embroidery and being without the heavy golden fringe which now decorates the emblems. 

From that date onwards the general pattern and appearance of the Colours of Worcestershire marching Regiments remained unchanged for about a hundred years — all through the campaigns and expeditions of the Eighteenth Century and the great war which followed on the French Revolution. The form of the embroidery of the central device was elaborated towards the end of the Eighteenth Century, a decoration in the form of an ornamental shield being placed round the Regimental number.

In 1782 county titles were allotted to the majority of Line Regiments and presently these titles were placed on the Colours, at first on a scroll beneath the central device and later on a circle surrounding the Regimental number. This latter practice began after Waterloo, and was definitely laid down in the regulations of 1844. Thenceforward the centre of the Colour was crimson, bearing the Regimental number in gold within a crimson circle bearing the Regimental title in gold letters.

 

 

Colours of the 1st Battalion Worcestershire Regiment (Presented on 16th June 1841)
(These Colours were carried in the Sikh War in 1849 - the Queens Colour pierced and torn by Sword, Lance and bullet - at the battle of Chillianwallah in 1849 the centre of the Queens Colour was shot out) 

 

In 1801 came the legislative union of Great Britain and Ireland, and the "Union Jack" received the added cross of St. Patrick. This meant alterations both to the "Great Union" of the King's Colour and also to the small "Union" in the "upper canton" of the Regimental Colour. In addition the "Union wreath" on the Colours received an addition of shamrocks embroidered among its roses and thistles.

The practice of embroidering battle-honours on the Colours had not been general before the Peninsular War, although certain Regiments had been granted special permission to embroider honorary devices on their emblems; but during that war the custom became general, and thenceforward honours have been added to the Colours for each new campaign. Until 1881 very few regiments displayed battle-honours for wars before the French Revolution. In that year, however, a War Office Committee was given the task of deciding what battle-honours should be granted for the earlier campaigns of the Army's history. The selection made by that Committee was not very satisfactory, and in 1909 another Committee was appointed to do more justice to the hard fighting of the regiment in early wars; but that Committee ceased to function in August 1914, with its task yet uncompleted, and consequently many possible battle-honours were still missing from the Colours of the old regiments of the Line.

Up till 1845 the honours, distinctions, and badges of each regiment were borne on both the King's and the Regimental Colour; but in that year, presumably for economy, orders were issued that in future these Regimental distinctions should be borne only on the Regimental Colour, the King's Colour thenceforward being plain except for the number and title of the Regiment. 

In the Crimean War of 1854-55 the British Regiments went into action still carrying the huge Colours of the old regulation size, which had not been changed since 1747:- 6 foot on the pole and 6 foot 6 inches flying; but it was found that the increasing accuracy of firearms made the honourable duty of the ensigns not only dangerous but positively suicidal. The French, who fought alongside us, carried smaller Colours, and, after the war was over, regulations were issued in 1857 reducing the size of the Colours to 5 foot 6 by 6 foot. Further reductions in size followed — in 1859 to 3 foot 6 inches by 4 foot, and in 1862 to 3 foot by 3 foot 9 inches, at which size Colours have remained until the present day. Another innovation copied from Continental practice was the introduction in 1859 of gold fringes to the Colours; previously in the British Army fringes had only been borne on the standards and guidons of the Cavalry.

Another change which was made at the same time was in regard to the head of the staff of the Colours. Originally the Colours of the marching regiments had been displayed on a plain pike — the simple shaft of wood topped by a spearhead which was the favourite weapon for hand-to-hand fighting in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries before the invention of bayonets, and whose simple design gave rise to the phrase "as plain as a pikestaff." So the original staff of British regimental Colours was topped by a business like steel spearhead with which the Ensign could at the last resort defend himself and his charge from capture.

 

Colours of the 1st Battalion Worcestershire Regiment (1872)
(The battle scrolls for the Sikh Wars were added to the Colours) 

 

But in practice the huge unwieldy Colour must have made its pike singularly difficult to handle as a weapon, and towards the end of the Eighteenth Century the practice seems to have crept in of substituting for the spearhead a decorative top to the Colour, still of spear-shape, but pierced and ornamented and (presently) of gilt metal. Then we encountered the French armies of Napoleon with their battle-flags topped with eagles; and several of the British regiments began (unofficially) to follow suit. One or two of the regiments which had been granted the Sphinx badge for service in Egypt placed solid silver sphinxes on the top of their Colour poles, and the old 29th had made a pair of solid gilt Lions which, as recorded by Colonel Everard, were screwed on to the top of the poles on all occasions of ceremony in place of the regulation "spear-head." This was, however, quite unofficial, and the "spearhead" shape remained regulation until 1868, when the Royal Crest — the Lion and Crown — which is now regulation for all Standards and Colours, was formally introduced.
In 1881 there took place the general reorganization of the British Infantry, by which the old numbers were swept away and the old numbered Line regiments were combined in pairs to form new County regiments. The change was violently unpopular, not least because it entailed many changes in the old and hallowed designs of Regimental Colours.

That latter distinction had been sparingly accorded, and very few regiments had displayed badges in the centre of their Colours before 1881. The reason for this originally was undoubtedly probably merely utilitarian. The waving Colours were the quickest and easiest way to recognise and identify a regiment amid the smoke of battle, and a general or aide-de-camp could most easily see the identity of the unit if its number was prominently displayed in the centre of the Colour. Consequently the original regulations of 1747 only authorised such badges to be displayed as were already familiar by a generation of use, and which consequently were even more easily recognizable than the then new regimental numbers. Only a few favoured regiments had been allowed to place badges in the centre of their Colours between 1747 and 1881, and a general feeling had grown up that to have a badge in the centre of the Colour was a high honour. It is true that, as the existing fragment of that Colour shows, Worcestershire Regiment "Royal Lion" badge had been borne in the centre of the Colours of the 29th during the Peninsular War; but unfortunately no record survives of the original grant of that distinction, and afterwards the badge was not included in the new Colours issued to the 29th in 1812 to replace those shot to pieces in the Peninsular War. As no effort was made during the intervening years to claim the Lion badge, in 1881 the Colours of the Regiment, like those of most other English regiments of the Line, were allowed to have nothing but the Battalion number in the centre of the design.

 

The Lion Badge from the centre of the Colours carried at Albuhera in 1811 

 

That unimaginative regulation was unfortunate, because other changes at that time tended to emphasise the concentric nature of the Colour's design. The small "Union" hitherto embroidered in the upper corner of the Regimental Colour was omitted from new Colors issued after 1881, and also by a happy inspiration the authorities introduced a circular Laurel Wreath intothedesign to bear thescrolls of the battle-honours, which in all cases been considerably augumented by the amalgamation of the honours of two old regiments (29th and 36th Foot) into one. 

 

The Colours of the 1st Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment presented by General Sir Richard N. Gale,GCB, KBE, DSO, MC (at Worcester on the 16th July 1960)

 

The Worcestershire Regiment
Cap Badge of the Worcestershire Regiment
Active	1881 – 1970
Country	United Kingdom
Branch	British Army
Type	Infantry
Role	Line Infantry
Size	1–4 Regular Battalions 2 Militia and Special Reserve Battalions 1–4 Territorial and Volunteer Battalions Up to 14 Hostilities-only Battalions
Garrison/HQ	Worcester
Motto	Firm
March	Quick: Royal Windsor, The Poacher Slow: Duchess of Kent
Anniversaries	Glorious First of June, 1 June Battle of Gheluvelt, 31 Oct
Commanders
Last Commanding Officer	Lt-Col. Richard George Ashley Leman
Last Colonel of the Regiment	Col. Thomas Jim Bowen, MC

 

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