Recent Acquisition
With the generous assistance of the The ACE/V&A Purchase Grant Fund and the Friends of the Mercian Regiment Museum we have recently acquired the medals of Captain (Quartermaster) A. H. Cooper, Worcestershire Regiment, who during the course of the War was wounded besides earning a brace of ‘mentions in despatches’ and his decoration, the only Regimental […]
The Battle of Slingersfontein 12th February 1900
The 2nd Battalion of the Worcestershire Regiment left Bermuda on 25 November 1899 under the command of Lt. Col. C. Coningham. They landed at Southampton and spent ten days at Aldershot in freezing winter weather, before leaving for South Africa from Southampton on 17 December 1899 aboard SS Tintagel Castle. The Battalion arrived at Cape […]
Some Worcestershire Regiment Footballing Heroes
“Inter-war sport was marked by competition with foreign teams, but such interaction also illustrated problems with the British focus on amateurism. By the 1930s, Belgian and French teams were far superior to British counterparts because these armies encouraged sporting development along professional lines. Both the Belgian and French armies, which enforced conscription, found their countries’ […]
Centrepiece of the 36th Regiment.
Regimental Silver “…….. part of the tradition of service and martial pride which is the heritage of those to whom they belong. We are all brought up to regard them as symbols of great achievements of the glorious past…… These silver tokens are a constant reminder of the loyalty and deep sense of duty of […]
Home Service Helmets
Replacing the Shako in 1878 The Home Service Helmet was introduced into the British army as required headwear for the majority of British line infantry excluding the Fusiliers regiments. The design of the Home Service helmet originates from the 1840’s when Foreign Service helmets were introduced Into the British army. Known as Pith Helmets, they […]
Battle of Ramilles 1706
The battle Ramilles was one of the crucial battles which occurred during the war of the Spanish Succession (1701–14) between the Grand Alliance (Britain, Austria, Prussia, Dutch republic, Portugal and Savoy) and France and Spain. When the Spanish King Charles II died he bequeathed his throne to Philip of Anjou, grandson of Louis XIV, the […]
The Boston Massacre: 5th March 1770
In the Spring of 1770, the 29th (Worcestershire) Regiment was sent to Boston, to reinforce the Garrison. Although America was still then a British colony, over the last few years the City had been a hot-bed of anti-British and anti-Government feelings, and in early March, disorder increased, with assaults upon soldiers becoming frequent. On the […]
Battle of Culloden April 16th 1746
The battle of Culloden was the final pitched battle to take place on British soil. It was fought between the Jacobite army of Charles Edward Stuart (Bonnie Prince Charlie) and British Hanoverian government troops led by the Duke of Cumberland, son of King George II. Charles was the grandson of James II who was exiled […]
The Worcestershire Regiment’s and the Berlin Blockade 24 June 1948–12 May 1949
As the Second World War came to a close and the Allied Powers took control of the previous Nazi occupied territories, conferences, such as at Yalta and Potsdam, were held to determine how to best divide the region. It was decided that the west of the previously occupied territories would be controlled by the United […]
Neuve Chapelle 10th to 13th March 1915
This was the first major British offensive of the war on the Western front. The initial assault on 10th March broke through the German line. During that night elements of the 1st Battalion the Worcestershire Regiment went forward to hold the gap. They were reinforced by the remainder of the Battalion the next afternoon. At […]
