West Midlands Regiment
The West Midlands Regiment was a short-lived British Territorial Army regiment from 1999 until it was re-designated as 4th Battalion, Mercian Regiment, in 2007.
History
The regiment was formed in 1999 by the amalgamation of three territorial infantry battalions: 5th Battalion, Royal Regiment of Fusiliers; 5th Battalion, The Light Infantry; and 3rd Battalion, Staffordshire Regiment.The regiment was composed of a headquarters company and five rifle companies, continuing to use the insignia of the regular regiments to which they were affiliated. Its initial structure was as follows:
- HQ Company, at Wolverhampton
- A Company, at Sheldon and Coventry
' - B (Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters Regiment) Company, at Kidderminster and Worcester
' - C Company, at Burton upon Trent
' - D Company, at Stoke-on-Trent
' - E Company, at Shrewsbury and Hereford
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Structure prior to re-designation
Not long prior to re-designation of a battalion of the Mercian Regiment, the regiment absorbed the companies from other regiments that were within the new regiment's recruiting area, in order to ease the re-designation process. After this, its structure was as follows:- HQ Company, at Wolverhampton
- A Company, at Warrington and Stockport
' - B Company, at Crewe and Stoke-on-Trent
' - C Company, at Mansfield
' - D Company, at Wolverhampton, Kidderminster, and Burton upon Trent
' - F Company, at Birmingham
- L Company, at Shrewsbury
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4th Battalion, Mercian Regiment
On 1 September 2007, the regiment was re-designated as the 4th Battalion of the Mercian Regiment. It now serves as the reserve infantry battalion for Cheshire, Staffordshire, Worcestershire, West Midlands, Derbyshire, and Nottinghamshire.Current Structure
Its current structure is as follows:- Headquarters Company, at Wolseley House, Wolverhampton
- *Rifle Platoon, at Dancox House, Worcester
- *Javelin Platoon, at Kidderminster
- *Band of the Mercian Regiment
- B Company, at Ubique Barracks, Widnes
- *Rifle Platoon, in Ellesmere Port
- *Mortar Platoon, in Stockport
- C Company, at Nottingham
- *Assault Pioneer Platoon, at Mansfield
- D Company, at Stoke-on-Trent
- *Machine Gun Platoon, at Burton upon Trent