South Staffordshire Regiment

South Staffordshire Regiment
Cap badge of the South Staffordshire Regiment.
Active	1881–1959
Country	United Kingdom
Branch	British Army
Type	Infantry
Role	Line infantry
Size	2 Regular battalions 2 Militia and Special Reserve battalions 2–3 Territorial and Volunteer battalions Up to 12 Hostilities-only battalions
Part of	Mercian Brigade (1948–59)
Garrison/HQ	Whittington Barracks, Lichfield
Nickname(s)	1 Bn: The Pump and Tortoise 2 Bn: The Staffordshire Knots
Colors	Green, red and gold[1]
March	Come, Lasses and Lads
Mascot(s)	Staffordshire Bull Terrier
Anniversaries	Arnhem, 17 Sep Ferozeshah, 21 Dec

The South Staffordshire Regiment was a line infantry regiment of the British Army in existence for only 68 years. The regiment was created in 1881 under the Childers Reforms by the amalgamation of the 38th (1st Staffordshire) Regiment of Foot and the 80th (Staffordshire Volunteers) Regiment of Foot. The regiment saw service in the Second Boer War, World War I and World War II.

Reduced to a single Regular Army battalion after the Second World War, the regiment was amalgamated, in 1959, with the North Staffordshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's) to form the Staffordshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's) which was later, in 2007, amalgamated with the Cheshire Regiment and the Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters Regiment to form the Mercian Regiment.