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Description:<\/b><\/td>A brief history of the Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters Regiment (29th/45th Foot)<\/td><\/tr>'); metaDataWindow.document.write('
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The Worcestershire

and

 Sherwood Foresters Regiment (29th/45th Foot)

 On 16 December 2004 the Secretary of State for Defence announced, under the Future Army Structure, that the Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters Regiment (29/45 Foot) would become the 2nd Battalion The Mercian Regiment (Worcesters and Foresters) along with the 1st Battalion (Cheshire) and the 3rd Battalion (Staffords). So as Colonel Dalbaic wrote on the completion of his History of the 45th Regiment:

"Thus by a stroke of a Minister's pen........the Regiment which had maintained the best traditions of the British Army and the Honour of England in four continents, were swept away as if unworthy of a moment's consideration."

 

 DATE  THEATRE  STATION/BARRACKS  ROLE
 Feb 1970 - Mar 1972  UK  Warminster - Battlesbury Barracks  Demonstration Battalion at School of Infantry
 Mar 1972 - Jul 1972  Northern Ireland    Internal Security Duties
 Jul 1972 - Sep 1974  British Army of the Rhine  Berlin - Montgomery Barracks  Garrison duties
 Sep 1974 - Apr 1976  Northern Ireland    Internal Security Duties
 Apr 1976 - Apr 1977  UK  Colchester - Meeanee Barracks  Air Portable Bn
 Apr 1977 - Aug 1977  Northern Ireland    Internal Security Duties
 Aug 1977 - Aug 1978  UK  Colchester - Meeanee Barracks  Infantry
 Aug 1978 - Mar 1979  Caribbean  Belize Airport Camp
Holdfast Camp		  Infantry/Internal security
 Mar 1979 - Nov 1979  UK  Colchester - Meeanee Barracks  Infantry
 Nov 1979 - Aug 1982  British Army of the Rhine  Hemer - Peninsula Barracks  Mechanised Infantry
 Aug 1982 - Dec 1982  Northern Ireland    Internal Security Duties
 Dec 1982 - Oct 1984  British Army of the Rhine  Hemer - Peninsula Barracks  Mechanised Infantry
 Oct 1984 - Aug 1986  UK  Warminster -Battlesbury Barracks  Demonstration Battalion
 Aug 1986 - Jun 1987  UK  Cambridge - Oakington Barracks  Home Defence
 Jun 1987 - Dec 1987  Cyprus  Nicosia/Dhekelia  UNFICYP
 Dec 1987-Jan 1989  UK  Cambridge - Oakington Barracks  Home Defence
 Jan 1989 - Mar 1991  Northern Ireland    Internal Security Duties
 Mar 1991 - Oct 1993  Cyprus  Dhekelia  Garrison Duties
 Oct 1993 - Apr 1994  UK  Tidworth- Lucknow Barracks  Armoured Infantry
 Apr 1994-Sep 1994  Northern Ireland    Internal Security Duties
 Sep 1994-May 1996  UK  Tidworth - Lucknow Barracks  Armoured Infantry
 May 1996 - Nov 1996  Bosnia  Markinjic Grad, Sanski Most, Gorni Ribnik, Sipovo (Bn HQ)  NATO
 Nov 1996 - Nov 1998  UK  Tidworth - Lucknow Barracks  Armoured Infantry
 Nov 1998 - Apr 1999  Bosnia    Armoured Infantry
 May 1999 - Nov 1999  UK  Tidworth - Lucknow Barracks  Armoured Infantry
 Dec 1999 - Dec 2001  Northern Ireland    Internal Security/
Resident
 Dec 2001 - Apr 2003  UK  Chester - The Dale  Arid Conditions
 Apr 2003 - Dec 2003  Northern Ireland    Internal Security Duties
 Dec 2003 -Oct 2004  UK  Chester - The Dale  Arid Conditions
 Oct 2004 - Mar 2005  Afghanistan  Mazar-e-Sharif, Kabul  Internal Security Duties
 Mar 2005 - Jul 2005  UK  Chester - The Dale  Arid Condition
 Aug 2005 - Aug 2007  UK  Cavalry Barracks, Hounslow  Public Duties
Apr 2007 - Afghanistan  Helmand Province   ISAF Duties 
1 Sep 2007    Retitled to 2nd Battalion The Mercian Regiment (Worcesters and Foresters)