The 38th Regiment of Foot was an infantry regiment of the British Army, raised in 1705. Under the Childers Reforms it amalgamated with the 80th Regiment of Foot to form the South Staffordshire Regimen
Plaque in Lichfield commemorating the regiment's founding in March 1705
c. 1742 engraving of a regimental private
The remnants of the regiment's light company parading in 1855
Illustration of the regimental uniform in 1856
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Brigadier-General Luke Lillingstone was a British Army officer who accompanied William of Orange to England in 1688.
38th (1st Staffordshire) Regiment of Foot
…by Colonel Sir John Guise as Sir John Guise's Regiment of Foot in 1688 and then disbanded in England in 1694. It was raised a second time by General Luke Lillingston as Luke Lillingstone's Regiment of Foot with personnel from the previous regiment in 1694 and then disbanded in the West Indies in 1696. The regiment…
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The King's Head, Lichfield