Enjoy your Summer at the Staffordshire Regiment Museum There is plenty to see and do at the Museum this Summer and we really look forward to seeing you. Our volunteer guides, dressed as WWI or WWII personnel, will take you on an educational, thoughtful and occasionally entertaining, curriculum based guided tour, of the museum and its grounds.
The Museum accepts research enquiries relating primarily to the 38th, 64th, 80th and 98th Regiments of Foot, the South and North Staffordshire Regiments, and The Staffordshire Regiment. Join us at one of our many events which we put on throughout the year. We offer a very busy and varied calendar of events ranging from re-enactments, themed displays and many many more.
The Museum accepts research enquiries relating primarily to the 38th, 64th, 80th and 98th Regiments of Foot, the South and North Staffordshire Regiments, and The Staffordshire Regiment. Join us at one of our many events which we put on throughout the year. We offer a very busy and varied calendar of events ranging from re-enactments, themed displays and many many more.
Services
Men born in Staffordshire were soldiers long before what was to become The Staffordshire Regiment (the 'Staffords') came into being during the War of the Spanish Succession in the reign of Queen Anne. The regiment is unique amongst all of Britain's infantry regiments in its continuous identity with a single County.
The present Museum building was purpose-built as the Regimental Headquarters and Museum of the Staffordshire Regiment. It lies adjacent to the former Whittington Barracks, which was opened as the Depot of the South Staffordshire and North Staffordshire Regiments in 1880. In 1959, the South Staffordshire and North Staffordshire Regiments had amalgamated to form the Staffordshire Regiment.
The Coltman Trench is a recreated World War One trench system built in the grounds of the Museum and used for educational purposes and events. To commemorate the beginning of the 100-year anniversary of the start of the start of World War One the Coltman Trench system was refurbished in 2014 to include some additional features and new exhibits.
Our Camp Fisher adventure playground was opened in the summer of 2019. It is dedicated to the memory of WO2 Ian Fisher who was killed in action whilst serving in Afghanistan with the 3rd Battalion The Mercian Regiment in 2013. It was built with grant funding from the Armed Forces Community Covenant and Heritage Lottery Fund.
The antecedent regiments of the Mercian Regiment represent a golden thread of military history, tradition and service to the country going back more than 300 years. Their stories began in 1689 for the 22nd (Cheshire) Regiment, in 1695 for the Worcestershire and Foresters Regiment and in 1705 for the Staffordshire Regiment.
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Hannah Carter
Oct 27, 2021
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Ares The Husky Boy
Aug 15, 2021
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James Taylor
Jul 20, 2021
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Amazing day out for all the family young and old. You can make it last a good half a day even with very young and almost a teenager both was still amused for the whole visit there. The staff were great the internet was down so couldn't take payment when we arrived and didn't turn us away like a lot of places would we managed to pay before leaving the museum whilst we were there before we had payed not knowing if we could pay the staff still treated us amazing they spoke with my two children gave lots of answers to questions about the museum. They made a special effort too fetch some old guns from
Gareth Rees
Jul 15, 2021
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A great morning out with the kids they enjoyed looking through the old uniforms and weapons in the main museum building but they really enjoyed the interactive sections outside, especially the trenches where they could experience what it was like for soldiers in WW1 and the air raid shelter with the simulated air raid. The themed play area was also a big hit, it was nice to see something other than the standard play equipment
Christopher Addison
Jun 22, 2021
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Andy Wilkes
Jun 13, 2021
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