The 80th Regiment of Foot (Staffordshire Volunteers) was an infantry
regiment
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of the
British Army
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, raised in 1793. Under the
Childers Reforms
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The reorganisation was ...
it amalgamated with the
38th (1st Staffordshire) Regiment of Foot
The 38th (1st Staffordshire) 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 (Staffordshire Volunteers) to form the South Staffordshire Regime ...
to form the
South Staffordshire Regiment
The South Staffordshire Regiment was a line infantry regiment of the British Army in existence for only 68 years. The regiment was created in 1881 under the Childers Reforms by the amalgamation of the 38th (1st Staffordshire) Regiment of Foot an ...
in 1881.
History
Formation
![Henry William Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey by William Salter](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4f/Henry_William_Paget%2C_1st_Marquess_of_Anglesey_by_William_Salter.jpg)
The regiment was raised by
Henry, Lord Paget as the 80th Regiment of Foot, in response to the threat posed by the
French Revolution
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, on 9 December 1793.
[ The regiment was largely recruited from the Staffordshire ]Militia
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and comprised men living on the estates of Paget's father, The Earl of Uxbridge.
French Revolutionary Wars
Within three months of raising the 80th Foot were stationed in Guernsey
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from where they sailed to Flanders
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. They remained there until 1795, and were evacuated at the end of a disastrous campaign
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which ended in a decisive French victory. They remained in England for only a short time as they formed part of a force formed to assist in the landing of French Royalist troops on the テ四e d'Yeu
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off the Vendテゥe
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Following the French conquest of the Netherlands the Batavian Republic
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had been established in 1795, taking over the various Dutch colonial possessions, and declaring war on Great Britain. The British quickly seized control of the Cape of Good Hope
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from the Dutch and in 1796 the 80th Foot arrived in the territory, taking part in an operation to capture a Dutch naval squadron in August of that year.
Egyptian campaign
In December 1796 the regiment sailed for Ceylon
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, arriving in January of the following year. In 1801 the 80th were dispatched to Egypt as part of a force seeking to dislodge French forces
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there that threatened access to India. Parts of the regiment were shipwrecked and they did not come into contact with the enemy, but they were awarded the badge of a "sphinx superscribed Egypt" along with other units that took part in the campaign.
India 1803-1817
In 1802, following the Treaty of Amiens
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the various volunteer corps that had been formed during the war were to be disbanded. The Staffordshire Volunteers, which had been raised in 1798, chose to be merged with the 80th Foot, which became the 80th Regiment of Foot (Staffordshire Volunteers). In the same year the 80th sailed back to India, again suffering shipwreck on the journey. They remained in India until 1817, fighting in the Second Anglo-Maratha War
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The Second Anglo-Maratha War (1803窶1805) was the second conflict between the British East India Company and the Maratha Empire in India.
Background
The British had supported the "fugitive" Peshwa Raghunathrao in the First Anglo-Maratha War, ...
of 1803-1805 making punitive expeditions against the Nair
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s of Wayanad
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and Calicut
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and seeing service in the Travancore War
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The East India Company窶典ravanco ...
of 1808-1809. They remained in southern India until 1817.
The Victorian era
Following a recruiting drive to bring it up to strength, the 80th Foot undertook police duties in Glasgow
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. In 1820 they briefly moved to Ireland before being posted to the garrison at Gibraltar
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. They were subsequently stationed in Malta
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and the Ionian Islands, a British protectorate at the time. In 1831窶36 they were based in England or Ireland, at times giving aid to the civil authorities in a police or anti-riot role.
In 1836 the regiment was given the duty of escorting convicts to Australia; small detachments of the 80th undertook the journey over several months. The regiment spent seven years in New South Wales
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with detachments on Norfolk Island
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and in New Zealand
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. Major Thomas Bunbury of the 80th Foot was made the representative of the Governor of New Zealand
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to arrange the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi
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at various locations in the South Island
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during May and June 1840, establishing British sovereignty there. The issue of The London Gazette (Stations of the British Army) dated 3 February 1855 shows the 80th Foot was at Fort-George, but does not specify whether Fort George, Highland
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or Fort George, Guernsey
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(although the National Army Museum website indicates the regiment was at ''Home'' until moving to the Cape Colony
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, which it did in 1856, ruling out a colonial Fort George).
India
After returning to Sydney in 1844, the regiment sailed for India. Part of the regiment again suffered shipwreck when the sailing ship ran aground on the Andaman Islands
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in November 1844. The regiment arrived in India just as the conflict in the Punjab
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later known as the First Anglo-Sikh War
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broke out. They fought at the Battles of Mudki
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and Ferozeshah in December 1845 and the Battle of Sobraon
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in February 1846. Ferozeshah became celebrated as a regimental anniversary on 21 December thereafter, and is still marked by the successor 3rd Battalion Mercian Regiment
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Stationed in Lahore
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from 1846 until 1852, in that year it fought in the Second Anglo-Burmese War
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which saw the East India company annex the province of Pegu
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Etymology
The Burmese name Bago (痼甫イ痼≪ー痼ク) is likely derived from the Mon lang ...
. Returning to India in 1853, the 80th sailed back to the United Kingdom in the following year, where they were brought up to full strength by recruiting parties. In 1856 they moved to the Cape Colony
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. The Indian Rebellion of 1857
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broke out in May and the 80th arrived in Calcutta
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in February 1858. Broken into small parties, some mounted on camels, they took part in the Central India Campaign. Although the war ended in June 1858 the 80th Foot remained for nearly nine years, arriving back in England in 1867.
In 1872 the regiment was sent to Singapore
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, shortly thereafter moving to Hong Kong
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. Three companies took part in the Perak War
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in Malaysia
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in 1875.
South Africa
In 1876 the 80th were ordered to South Africa, arriving in Natal in 1877. Members of the regiment built Fort Amiel, named after Major Charles Frederick Amiel. They subsequently took part in the Anglo-Zulu War
The Anglo-Zulu War was fought in 1879 between the British Empire and the Zulu Kingdom. Following the passing of the British North America Act of 1867 forming a federation in Canada, Lord Carnarvon thought that a similar political effort, coupl ...
of 1879-80, initially suffering heavy casualties before playing a major part in the Battle of Ulundi
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under the command of Major (later General) Charles Tucker. Tucker went on to be colonel of the South Staffordshire Regiment
The South Staffordshire Regiment was a line infantry regiment of the British Army in existence for only 68 years. The regiment was created in 1881 under the Childers Reforms by the amalgamation of the 38th (1st Staffordshire) Regiment of Foot an ...
. The regiment left South Africa in 1880, sailing to Ireland where they were stationed in Tralee
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.
As part of the Cardwell Reforms
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of the 1870s, where single-battalion regiments were linked together to share a single depot and recruiting district in the United Kingdom, the 80th was linked with the 38th (1st Staffordshire) Regiment of Foot
The 38th (1st Staffordshire) 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 (Staffordshire Volunteers) to form the South Staffordshire Regime ...
, and assigned to district no. 19 at Whittington Barracks
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in Lichfield
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. On 1 July 1881 the Childers Reforms
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The reorganisation was ...
came into effect and the regiment amalgamated with the 38th (1st Staffordshire) Regiment of Foot to form the South Staffordshire Regiment
The South Staffordshire Regiment was a line infantry regiment of the British Army in existence for only 68 years. The regiment was created in 1881 under the Childers Reforms by the amalgamation of the 38th (1st Staffordshire) Regiment of Foot an ...
.
Battle honours
The 80th Foot were granted the following battle honours
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for display on the regimental colours
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*The Sphinx superscribed "Egypt"
*Moodkee
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* Ferozeshah
*Sobraon
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H ...
*Pegu
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Etymology
The Burmese name Bago (痼甫イ痼≪ー痼ク) is likely derived from the Mon lang ...
*Central India
* South Africa 1878-9
Victoria Cross recipients
Two members of the 80th Foot were awarded the Victoria Cross
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, both for actions during the Anglo-Zulu War
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:
*Colour Sergeant Anthony Clarke Booth
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(for actions at the Battle of Intombe on 12 March 1879)
*Private Samuel Wassall
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(for actions at the Battle of Isandlwana
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on 22 January 1879).
List of colonels
80th Regiment of Foot
*1793窶1795: General Lord Henry Paget, later Marquess of Anglesey
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.
*1795窶1800: General John Hayes St Leger
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Life
He was the eldest son of John St Leger of Grangemellon (1726窶1769) and his ...
*1800窶1808: General Gerard Lake
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, Baron Lake from 1807 and Viscount Lake from 1808
80th Regiment of Foot (Staffordshire Volunteers) - (1802)
*1808窶1815: General Edward Paget
General Sir Edward Paget (3 November 1775 窶 13 May 1849) was a British Army officer.
Career
Born the fourth son of Henry Paget, 1st Earl of Uxbridge, Edward Paget became a cornet in the 1st Regiment of Life Guards in 1792. He was Member o ...
(knighted 1812)[
*1815窶1825: General ]Sir Alexander Campbell, 1st Baronet
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*1825窶1837: General Sir Rufane Shaw Donkin
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Background
Rufane Donkin came of a military family and was the eldest child of General Robert Donkin, w ...
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*1837窶1844: Lieutenant-General Sir John Taylor
*1844窶1848: Lieutenant-General Sir ]Maurice Charles O'Connell
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Early life
Maurice Charles O'Connell was born in Ireland in 1768. He had had a distinguished career ...
*1848窶1850: Major-General Sir Edmund Keynton Williams
*1850窶1853: Lieutenant-General Henry Daubeney
*1853窶1854: Lieutenant-General Lawrence Arguimbau
*1854窶1855: Lieutenant-General Sir Thomas Henry Browne
*1855窶1864: General Thomas William Robbins
*1864窶1867: Lieutenant-General James Robert Young
*1867窶1874: Lieutenant-General Henry John French
*1874窶1875: General Charles Crutchley
*1875窶1881: General Sir Richard Wilbraham
General Sir Richard Wilbraham (12 April 1811 窶 30 April 1900) was a British Army officer who became colonel of the Royal Fusiliers, Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment).
Early life
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References
External links
The Staffordshire Regiment Museum website
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