Image courtesy of James Robinson
Colonel-in-Chief
His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales and
Earl of Chester, KG, KT, GCB, AK, QSO, ADC
Reproduced from the painting by Norman Hepple, RA, RP
Colonel of The Regiment
BATTLE HONOURS
Borne on Regimental Colour:
‘Louisburg’, ‘Martinique 1762’, ‘Havannah’,
‘Meanee’, ‘Hyderabad’, ‘Scinde’,
‘South Africa 1900-02’
Borne on the Queen’s Colour:
‘Mons’, ‘Ypres 1914, 15, 17, 18’, ‘Somme 1916, 18’,
‘Arras1917, 18’, ‘Messines 1917, 18’,
‘Bapaume 1918’, ‘Dorian 1917, 18’, ‘Suvla’,
‘Gaza’, ‘Kut al Amara 1917’
1939-45
‘St. Omer-La Bassee’, ‘Normandy Landing’,
‘Capture of Tobruk’, ‘El Alamein’, ‘Mareth’,
‘Sicily 1943’, ‘Salerno’, ‘Rome’, ‘Gothic Line’,
‘Malta 1941-42’
The 22nd (Cheshire) Regiment
The Castle
Chester
CH1 2DN
Tel: and Fax: 01244 327617
I am unable to help with research into the service of forebears and relatives who might have served in the Regiment. (I live in Dorset and RHQ is in Chester, some 200+ miles away!) However, if anyone is interested in any form of research, please contact:
Cheshire Military Museum
The Castle
Chester
CH1 2DN
Tel: and Fax: 01244 327617
I am sure that they will
be able to assist in your researches.
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