West Midlands Regiment

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Active 1999 – 2006 Branch British Army Size One Battalion		Allegiance United Kingdom Role Line Infantry

The West Midlands Regiment was a British Territorial Army regiment from 1999 to 2007.

History

The regiment was formed in 1999 by the amalgamation of four territorial infantry battalions:

4th Battalion, Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters

The regiment was composed of six companies, continuing to wear the badges of the regular regiments to which they were affiliated:

HQ Company Wolverhampton - (Staffords)

A Company Birmingham and Coventry - (Fusiliers)

B Company Kidderminster and Worcester - (Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters)

C Company Burton upon Trent and Tamworth - (Staffords)

D Company Stoke on Trent - (Staffords)

E Company Shrewsbury and Hereford - (Light Infantry)

On 1 September 2007, the entire West Midlands Regiment united with the Cheshire Regiment companies of the King's and Cheshire Regiment to become the 4th Battalion of The Mercian Regiment.

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