1st / 80th Foot (Staffordshire
Volunteers) Regiment
1836 - 1844
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- The
Regiments
- Known as (nickname).................................................Staffordshire Knots
- Facings.........................................................................YELLOW
- Braided Lace...............................................................Gold
- Service in
Australia
....................................................London
30th January 1835 the
80th Regiment Arrived Sydney 1st
October 1834
. This comprised of only the first detachment. The
remainder of the detachments sailed over the next 6
yaers, with the last Sailing from
Sheerness 10th July 1840 Arrived Sydney 18th November
1840 .
Detachments were deployed to Norfolk Island and some to
New Zealand. Eventually reuniting in Sydney in 1844, the
Regiment sailed for India on the 12th of August 1844.
- A list of the ships the 80th came out on: Lady
- Kennaway, Capt Cook,Lady Nugent, Henry Porcher,
Bengal Merchant, Earl Grey, St Vincent, Eden, John,
Norfolk, Francis Charlotte, Sarah Prince George, Mangles,
Blenheim, Heber,
- Commanding Officer......................................................Lieut.
Colonel N. Baker
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- The Regiment came in to being in 1758 . During
this year it was given the name the 80th (Light Armed)
Regiment of Foot. The
following is a history of the Regiments name changes.
- During the year 1764 the Regiment was disbanded ,
but reformed in 1778 as the 80th (Royal Edinburgh
Volunteers),again disbanded in 1790. Once again the
Regiment was recalled to duty in 1793, when it was also
renamed the 80th (Staffordshire Volunteers) Regiment of
Foot,a name it retained until 1881.
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- 1705.....Lillingstone's
Regiment of Foot
- 1751.....38th
Foot
- 1758.....80th
(Light Armed) Regiment of Foot.
- 1764.....Disbanded
- 1778.....80th
(Royal Edinburgh Volunteers).
- 1790.....Disbanded
- 1793.....80th
(Staffordshire Volunteers) Regiment of Foot.
- 1881.....2nd
Battalion the South Staffordshire Regiment.
- Amalgamation.....Now forms part of
the Staffordshire Regiment (The Prince of Wales's)
- Military records , Pay rolls, Pay
Musters, Cemetery Records, Church Records & General
Muster Records.
- Reference: Records of the 80th Mitchell Library,
Sydney, Australia
- © Copyright B & M Chapman (QLD)
Australia
- Last revised: November 01, 2003.
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