West Midlands Regiment
4th Battalion, Mercian Regiment
Active1999 – present
Allegiance United Kingdom
Branch British Army
RoleLine Infantry
SizeOne Battalion

The West Midlands Regiment was a short-lived British Territorial Army regiment from 1999 until it was re-designated as 4th Battalion, Mercian Regiment, in 2007.

History

The regiment was formed in 1999 by the amalgamation of three territorial infantry battalions: 5th Battalion, Royal Regiment of Fusiliers; 5th Battalion, The Light Infantry; and 3rd Battalion, Staffordshire Regiment.[1]

The regiment was composed of a headquarters company and five rifle companies, continuing to use the insignia of the regular regiments to which they were affiliated. Its initial structure was as follows:[2][3]

Structure prior to re-designation

Not long prior to re-designation of a battalion of the Mercian Regiment, the regiment absorbed the companies from other regiments that were within the new regiment's recruiting area, in order to ease the re-designation process. After this, its structure was as follows:[3]

4th Battalion, Mercian Regiment

On 1 September 2007, the regiment was re-designated as the 4th Battalion of the Mercian Regiment.[4] It now serves as the reserve infantry battalion for Cheshire, Staffordshire, Worcestershire, West Midlands, Derbyshire, and Nottinghamshire.

Current Structure

Its current structure is as follows:

References

  1. "The West Midlands Regiment: Regimental history". Ministry of Defence. Archived from the original on 10 August 2006. Retrieved 24 May 2014.
  2. "The West Midlands Regiment". Ministry of Defence. Archived from the original on 10 August 2006. Retrieved 24 May 2014.
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