A newly merged military regiment has held one of its first parades in Staffordshire. The march through Tamworth came after the 1st and 2nd Battalions of The Mercian Regiment combined. Soldiers ...

The Staffordshire Regiment has won BBC Midlands Today's Midlander of the Year competition. Thousands of people voted for the people in the region they thought had made a difference over the past year.

An Army regiment of about 1,200 soldiers is set to move to a Staffordshire town. The Ministry of Defence (MoD) announced that Beacon Barracks in Stafford was its "preferred location" for 1 Signal ...

MPs battling to keep regiment linked to Staffordshire when Mercian name is axed Lichfield's Michael Fabricant and Tamworth's Christopher Pincher vow to fight for historic territorial link ...

Campaigners who want to save the name of a former Staffordshire regiment hand a petition to Downing Street.

Staffordshire Bull Terrier Colour Sergeant Watchman V, known as Somme, died on January 13. He had been mascot to the Staffordshire Regimental Association (SRA), formally the Staffordshire Regiment ...

The 5th North Staffordshire Regiment (its named was changed to the 1st/5th in France) was formed in 1908 to take the place of the old Volunteers. The Territorial Force was formed for home defence.

A special Staffordshire bull terrier has been honoured with a military-style funeral in front of 100 mourners. Colour Sergeant Watchman V, also known as Somme, was the mascot dog of Staffordshire ...

Jack, who is homeless, said: "Day-to-day, you're basically doing four days on on the front line and then four days off. It's hell in a word. It's not for the faint-hearted - my best friend was ...

The march through Tamworth came after the 1st and 2nd Battalions of The Mercian Regiment combined. Soldiers from the Black Country, Staffordshire, Worcestershire, Nottinghamshire, Cheshire and ...