The Cheshire Regiment was a line infantry regiment of the British Army, part of the Prince of Wales’ Division. The 22nd Regiment of Foot was raised by the Duke of Norfolk in 1689 and was able to boast an independent existence of over 300 years. The regiment was expanded in 1881 as part of the Childers Reforms by the linking of the 22nd (Cheshire) Regiment of Foot and the militia and rifle volunteers of Cheshire. The title 22nd (Cheshire) Regiment continued to be used within the regiment.
On 1 September 2007, the Cheshire Regiment was merged with the Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters Regiment (29th/45th Foot) and the Staffordshire Regiment (Prince of Wales’s) to form a new large regiment, the Mercian Regiment, becoming the 1st Battalion, Mercian Regiment.
History Early wars
Henry Howard, Duke of Norfolk, founder of the regiment
Soldier of 22nd regiment, 1742
In 1689, Henry Howard, Duke of Norfolk, raised a regiment on the little Roodee at Chester, in an effort to resist any attempt by James II to re-take the English throne
For the early part of its formation, the regiment was known by the name of the current colonel. In the same year that it was raised, the regiment saw its first action as part of a British force sent to Ireland under the command of General Frederick Schomberg, 1st Duke of Schomberg, taking part in the siege and capture of Carrickfergus. The regiment fought at the Battle of the Boyne in July 1690,[2] at the Battle of Aughrim in July 1691[3] and at the Siege of Limerick in August 1691.
The regiment continued to serve as a garrison in Ireland from this point until 1695, when it was sent to the Low Countries for a short time before returning to its duties in Ireland. In 1702, the regiment sailed to Jamaica under the colonelcy of William Selwyn, spending the next twelve years in combat duties against the French and native population, both on land and at sea.
In 1726, the regiment was posted to Menorca where it remained for the next 22 years,[6] although a detachment was present at the Battle of Dettingen in June 1743, during the War of the Austrian Succession
By 1751, the regiment had become the 22nd Regiment of Foot.[8] In 1758, it took part in the Siege of Louisbourg in French Canada.[9] The regiment also took part in General Wolfe’s victory over the French at the Battle of the Plains of Abraham in September 1759
The regiment received two battle honours for taking part in the capture of Martinique and the British expedition against Cuba during 1762
American Revolutionary War
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