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  Record of the main historical events, with the names of officers involved, of the 1st Kings Own Stafford Militia, which at the time of writing these records in 1902 had become the 3rd and 4th Battalion of the South Staffordshire Regiment. Kindly loaned to the project by Wolverhampton Archives and Local Studies.   Search this book



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  Record of the main historical events, with the names of officers involved, of the Kings Own Stafford Rifles (3rd Kings Own Stafford Militia), which at the time of writing these records in 1903 had become the 4th Battalion of the North Staffordshire Regiment. Kindly loaned to the project by Wolverhampton Archives and Local Studies.   Search this book



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  First World War history written to commemorate a battalion which was disbanded immediately afterwards. ' THE armistice on November 11th, 1918, came on us so unexpectedly, that we had never contemplated so early a dispersal of the battalion. Only when we saw one member after another leaving us for the last time, did we realize how needful it was to have some permanent memorial of our days together.'  Written by the officers who took part, with a few handwritten annotations from a sergeant who was the NCO of No. 8 platoon, B Company. Kindly loaned to the project by The Staffordshire Regiment   Search this book



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  First World War history. ' This short history of the 5th North Stafford Territorials is largely due to the efforts of Colonel Blizzard. He was in command of the 5th Reserve North Staffs, from its formation in 1915 until 1919, when the Battalion was disbanded. During this period he received many letters and documents from officers and men, and these have been the chief materials for this history. On July 23rd, 1918, a meeting of relatives of officers and others, under the presidency of Alderman Goddard, Deputy-Mayor of Stoke-on-Trent, was held at Stoke, at which Colonel Blizzard was present; and it was decided that a history should be written.' Kindly loaned to the project by The Staffordshire Regiment.   Search this book



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  This is a record of the 7th Service Battalion of the North Staffordshire Regiment, which was formed for the Great War (1914 – 1919) and disbanded at its end. Its soldiers fought their way from Gallipoli, through modern Iraq up to Baku on the Caspian Sea and back. As it says in the Preface, written in 1920, 'There is very little left to show this Battalion ever existed beyond the Battalion Colour, and a memorial window in Stoke Parish Church that is about to be dedicated. Hence this little history'. Kindly loaned to the project by the Staffordshire Regimental Museum.   Search this book



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  This is a nicely illustrated history of the 8th Battalion of the North Staffordshire Regiment during the Great War, which it spent in the trenches of Northern France. In addition to a detailed history, it contains a Roll of Honour and Honours and Awards – for both Officers and 'Other Ranks'. Kindly loaned to the project by the Staffordshire Regimental Museum.   Search this book



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  Although this is a history of the South Staffordshire Regiment from its formation in 1705 up to 1923, more than half its text deals with the 'Great War'. It was written by local historian James P Jones, and is nicely illustrated with a number of plates and maps. It also has a section on the way that the uniforms and badges of the regiment have evolved. Kindly loaned to the project by the Brierley Hill Library.   Search this book



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  This is a First World War commemoration of the 1st and 2nd North Staffords, also known as 'The Prince of Wales'. As it states in the foreword ' The story of the part played by The Prince of Wales North Staffordshire Regiment in the Great War is told in this record in clear and simple language, but no words can really convey any idea of the courage and constancy displayed by men who for four years endured hardships and perils, often for days without cessation, and who lived for weeks together in cold, wet and mud, experiencing all the horrors of modern war.'   Kindly loaned to the project by The Staffordshire Regiment..   Search this book



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  Written by a committee of officers who served with the Battalion, this is a first-hand account of the 'Great War' history of this Battalion. Includes a number of photographs that do not appear to be published elsewhere. Kindly loaned to the project by the Brierley Hill Library.   Search this book



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  The 59th Infantry Division The Staffordshire Regiment was reformed for the Second World War on 21st August 1939. This is its war story – of years of training culminating in the storming of the D Day beaches and subsequent actions. It was published by the 59th Infantry Division Reunion Organisation on the 10th anniversary of D Day in 1954 to make sure that its contribution to the war effort would never be forgotten. Kindly loaned to the project by The Staffordshire Regiment..   Search this book



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  Colonel W L Vale wrote this definitive history of the South Staffordshire Regiment because 'it would .. be a loss to the records of the British Army if those of a Corps such as The South Staffordshire Regiment were allowed to sink into obscurity. I have therefore endeavoured to relate its long and eventful story from its raising in 1705 until its amalgamation with The North Staffordshire Regiment in 1959. When the late Mr. J. P. Jones wrote his history shortly after the end of the 1914-1918 War, it was hoped to interest those who had fought in that war or whose relatives had. Consequently he devoted over two thirds of his book to this period and this lack of proportion has inevitably reduced narratives of the Regiment's many previous wars and left little space for peace-time stations or activities. His history ends in 1920 and since then the South Staffords have undergone heroic service in the 1939-1945 War and some of their stations before and since that war have been peace-time in name only. Many new facts concerning the 38th and 80th have come to light during the past forty years.'

As a result, it is the definitive history of the South Staffords. The book was kindly loaned to the project by The Staffordshire Regiment, and is reproduced by kind permission of the Regiment.		   Search this book



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