29th (Worcestershire) Regiment of Foot

29th (Worcestershire) Regiment of Foot
29th (Worcestershire) Regiment of Foot
	Badge of the 29th (Worcestershire) Regiment of Foot
Active	1694–1698; 1702–1881
Country	Kingdom of England; Kingdom of Great Britain; United Kingdom
Allegiance	Great Britain
Branch	English Army; British Army
Type	Regiment
Role	Infantry
Garrison/HQ	Norton Barracks, Worcestershire
Nickname(s)	"Two and a Hook", "The Ever Sworded 29th", "Vein Openers" and "Guards of the Line"
Colors	Yellow Facings
March	Royal Windsor, 1791
Anniversaries	The Glorious First of June 1794
Engagements	War of the Spanish Succession Battle of Ramillies; Boston Massacre; Peninsular War Battle of Albuera; First Anglo-Sikh War Battle of Sobraon;
Commanders
Notable; commanders	Thomas Preston (1722-- 1798); Thomas Gage (1719–1787); Willem Anne van Keppel, 2nd Earl of Albemarle (1731–1733); William Evelyn (1769–1783); William Tryon (1783–1788); Charles Stanhope, 3rd Earl of Harrington (1788–1792); William Cathcart, 1st Earl Cathcart (1792–1797); John Byng, 1st Earl of Strafford (1828–1850);

The 29th (Worcestershire) Regiment of Foot was an infantry regiment of the British Army, raised in 1694. Under the Childers Reforms it amalgamated with the 36th (Herefordshire) Regiment of Foot to become the 1st Battalion, the Worcestershire Regiment in 1881.

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