Amalgamations In 1873 a practical system of recruiting areas based on counties was instituted. The 29th Sub-District, consisting of the counties of Herefordshire and Worcestershire was created, with headquarters at Norton Barracks, three miles from the city of Worcester. The barracks became the depot for the regiment along with the 36th (Herefordshire) Regiment of Foot and the militia of the two counties. On 1 July 1881 the Childers Reforms came into effect and the regiment became the 1st Battalion, the Worcestershire Regiment, while the 36th became the 2nd battalion. Garter Star badge The regimental badge of the regiment and later of the Worcestershire Regiment show the influence of the Coldstream Guards on the regiment. The Coldstream Guards and the 29th are the only two regiments to have the elongated star and garter of the Order of the Garter as their regimental badge with its motto "Honi Soit Qui Mal Y Pense" translated "Shame be to him who evil thinks" earning a third nickname The Guards of the Line. Battle honours Battle honours won by the regiment were: Peninsula War: Roliça, Vimeiro, Talavera, Albuhera, Peninsula First Anglo-Sikh War: Ferozeshah, Sobraon Second Anglo-Sikh War: Chillianwala, Goojerat, Punjab Ramillies (awarded to successor regiment, 1882) Ushant (awarded to successor regiment, 1909) Regimental Colonels Colonels of the Regiment were: 1694–1698: Lt-Gen. Thomas Farrington regiment disbanded 1698 regiment reformed 1702 1702–1712: Lt-Gen. Thomas Farrington 1712–1725: Gen. Lord Mark Kerr 1725–1731: Col. Henry Disney 1731–1733: Gen. William Anne Keppel, 2nd Earl of Albemarle, KG, KB 1733–1739: Lt-Gen. George Reade 1739–1748: Maj-Gen. Francis Fuller 1748–1752: Maj-Gen. Peregrine Thomas Hopson 29th Regiment of Foot - (1751) 1752–1761: Lt-Gen. Hon. George Boscawen 1761–1769: Lt-Gen. George Forbes, 4th Earl of Granard (Viscount Forbes) 1769–1783: Lt-Gen. William Evelyn 29th (Worcestershire) Regiment of Foot 1783–1788: Lt-Gen. William Tryon 1788–1792: Gen. Charles Stanhope, 3rd Earl of Harrington, GCH 1792–1797: Gen. William Cathcart, 1st Earl Cathcart, KT 1797–1828: Gen. Gordon Forbes 1828–1850: F.M. Sir John Byng, 1st Earl of Strafford, GCB, GCH 1850–1863: Gen. Sir Ulysses Burgh, 2nd Baron Downes, GCB 1863–1868: Gen. Sir James Simpson, GCB 1868–1881: Gen. John Longfield, CB See also List of Regiments of Foot List of British Army regiments (1881) History of the British Army References Sources Further reading External links Worcestershire Regiment Infantry regiments of the British Army Military units and formations in Worcestershire Military units and formations established in 1694 Regiments of the British Army in the American