The Mercian Regiment is an infantry regiment of the British Army, which is recruited from five of the counties that formed the ancient kingdom of Mercia. Known as 'The Heart of England's Infantry', it
Private Derby XXX, a Swaledale ram and mascot for the Mercian Regiment
Mercian Regiment in Ashbourne, Derbyshire on 18 March 2010
The Cheshire Regiment was a line infantry regiment of the British Army, part of the Prince of Wales' Division. The 22nd Regiment of Foot was raised by the Henry Howard, 7th Duke of Norfolk in 1689 and
Mercian Regiment
…battalions, plus a territorial battalion, and was created through the merger of three single battalion regiments. The antecedent regiments were: The Cheshire Regiment, The Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters Regiment and the Staffordshire Regiment. The reserve West Midlands Regiment, with elements of the King's and…
Cap badge of the Cheshire Regiment
The Duke of Norfolk, the regiment's founder
c. 1742 engraving of a regimental private
The Battle of Meeanee by Edward Armitage, 1847