 Armoured vehicle display at the museum | |
  Shown in Staffordshire | |
| Established | 1969 |
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| Location | Whittington Barracks, Whittington, Staffordshire |
| Coordinates | 52°39′35″N 1°46′40″W / 52.6596°N 1.7778°W |
| Website | www |
The Staffordshire Regiment Museum is a military museum in Staffordshire, England, preserving the history of the Staffordshire Regiment (The Prince of Wales's), its antecedent regiments and its successor regiment, the Mercian Regiment, from 1705 to the present.[1][2] The Staffordshire Regiment was an Infantry regiment of the British Army, formed in 1959 by the amalgamation of the South Staffordshire Regiment and the North Staffordshire Regiment.[3]
The museum is adjacent to Whittington Barracks,[4] the former home of The Staffordshire Regiment's antecedent regiments since 1881, and the current base for the Regimental Headquarters of The Mercian Regiment[2] and the Defence Medical Services.[5] It is located in Whittington, Staffordshire on the A51 Lichfield-Tamworth Road, 3 miles from Lichfield and 4 miles from Tamworth. The museum is 6 miles from the National Memorial Arboretum in Alrewas, Staffordshire.[6]
- ^ "Activities and Resources for Teachers". Staffordshire Museums. Retrieved 22 October 2011.
- ^ a b "The Mercian Regiment". Ministry of Defence. Retrieved 22 October 2011.
- ^ "No frills but plenty of guts". The Staffordshire Regiment Museum. Retrieved 22 October 2011.
- ^ "Staffordshire Regiment Museum". Staffordshire Past Track. Retrieved 22 October 2011.
- ^ "Infantry Regiments". Ministry of Defence. Retrieved 22 October 2011.
- ^ "Welcome". National Memorial Arboretum. Retrieved 22 October 2011.