Former members of the Staffordshire Regiment are being urged to return to Lichfield for a special ceremony in May.

On May 15, the Colours of the 1st Battalion, The Staffordshire Regiment will be laid up in Lichfield Cathedral – for the first time since 1985 – and the Staffordshire Regimental Association is keen for former Staffords to be there.

There will be a parade through Lichfield city centre before the ceremony by the 3rd Battalion, The Mercian Regiment (Staffords), who are the direct successors of the Staffords.

The parade will take place at 11am before the Cathedral service at 12noon.This will be at 11 am and the service in the Cathedral will be at 12 noon.

Entry to the Cathedral will be by ticket only. Any former Staffords who want to attend can contact Helen Rayson on 01543 434390 or by emailing [email protected].

The Colours were presented to the Staffords in Colchester on 21 May 1983.

Since then the Battalion have served in four Northern Ireland tours, fought in the Gulf War, served in Kosovo and completed two difficult tours in Iraq.

The Battalion received New Colours on 28 April 2006, when HRH Prince Andrew presented them in Whittington Barracks.

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LichfieldBlog (Lichfield Blog)
15 years ago

Call for former members of the Staffordshire Regiment: http://tinyurl.com/cj4c6y

scott sullivan
14 years ago

question. is dean oliver the same sgt of the staffords that was the training sgt at whittington barracks 1983

mark howell
13 years ago

hello scott ,, yes it was dean oliver who was the training sgt at that time , he was my platoon sgt . i was with him the day he was killed . contact me for more info .

stanley griffiths
13 years ago

any one that was in cyprus in 56, i was a dog handler, geordie mears, tanky williamson, cpl prior. to name but a few, also wrac rosie french. i would be glad to hear from any one that was there. contact me through my daughter cheryl lawrence. thanks look forward to hearing from you.

jock moffat
13 years ago

i would like to find the nearest staffs association to crewe

geoff searle
13 years ago

looking to speak to a gary cooper who work in officer mess

jock moffat
13 years ago

iwould like to hear from anyone in the band or corp of drums between 1970 to 1977