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The Mercian Regiment (MERCIAN) is an infantry regiment of the British Army, formed by the amalgamation of four existing regiments in 2007.
The Mercian Regiment serves as the county regiment of the following counties:
* Cheshire
* Derbyshire
* Nottinghamshire
* Leicestershire
* Staffordshire
* Worcestershire
The regiment was formed on September 1, 2007 at Tamworth Castle.[1] It is called the Mercian Regiment as it is generally located within the ancient English kingdom of Mercia.
The regiment's formation was announced on 16 December 2004 as part of the restructuring of the infantry - it consists of three regular battalions, plus a TA battalion, and was created through the merger of three single battalion regiments:
* Cheshire Regiment - 1st Battalion
* Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters Regiment - 2nd Battalion
* Staffordshire Regiment - 3rd Battalion
* West Midlands Regiment, elements of The King's and Cheshire Regiment and East of England Regiment - 4th (V) Battalion
The regiment formed on September 1, 2007; at this point, 1 CHESHIRE (by this time the only remaining line infantry regiment never to have been amalgamated in its history) moved to Catterick as part of 4 Mechanised Brigade, becoming 1 MERCIAN. At the same time, 1 WFR became 2 MERCIAN while part of London District (although the battalion was in Afghanistan at the time of re-badging), and 1 STAFFORDS became 3 MERCIAN at Tidworth. The 4th Battalion retained a multi-badge structure, with E Company (Light Infantry) West Midlands Regiment being badged as Rifles and A Company badged as Fusilliers.
The new structure sees the regiment having a single battalion of armoured infantry and three battalions of light role infantry:
* 1st Battalion, Mercian Regiment (Cheshire) - Light role Infantry based at Catterick.
* 2nd Battalion, Mercian Regiment (Worcesters and Foresters) - Light role Infantry based at Holywood, Northern Ireland
* 3rd Battalion, Mercian Regiment (Staffords) - Armoured Infantry role based at Fallingbostel, Germany.
* 4th Battalion (V), Mercian Regiment - A Territorial Army Light Role Infantry battalion created from the West Midlands Regiment and the King's and Cheshire Regiment and a company from the East of England Regiment
