I have always thought that if one was prepared to take the rough with the smooth they would ultimately balance out, but this has not been the case with the North Staffordshire Regiment, who throughout
Cap badge of the North Staffordshire Regiment.
Officers of the 2nd Battalion, India 1908
Battle of the Ancre. Two soldiers of the 8th (Service) Battalion, North Staffordshire Regiment examine captured machine guns outside a badly damaged German dugout at Beaucourt-sur-Ancre.
Men of the 8th (Service) Battalion, North Staffordshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) on the march near Merville, France, 5 August 1915.
The Staffordshire Regiment was an infantry regiment of the British Army, part of the Prince of Wales's Division. The regiment was formed in 1959 by the amalgamation of the South Staffordshire Regiment
North Staffordshire Regiment
…the North Staffordshire Regiment, by now reduced to only a single regular battalion, was amalgamated with the South Staffordshire Regiment to form the Staffordshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's) which was, in 2006, amalgamated with the Cheshire Regiment and the Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters Regiment (29th/45th Foot) to form the Mercian…
Troops from C Company, 1st Battalion, engaged in a live firing exercise during Operation Granby, 6 January 1991.
Graves of two soldiers of the South Staffordshire Regiment, killed 1918, in the Mory Abbey Military Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais, France