29th (Worcestershire) Regiment of Foot

29th (Worcestershire) Regiment of Foot
29th (Worcestershire) Regiment of Foot
	The regimental cap badge
Active	1694–1698 ; 1702–1881
Allegiance	England (1694–1707) ; Great Britain (1707–1801) ; United Kingdom (1801–1881)
Branch	English Army (1694–1707) ; British Army (1707–1881)
Type	Regiment
Role	Line infantry
Garrison/HQ	Norton Barracks, Worcestershire
Nicknames	"The Two and Hook" ; "The Ever Sworded 29th" ; "The Vein Openers" ; "The Guards of the Line"
Colours	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 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 line infantry regiment of the English and British armies raised in 1694. Under the Childers Reforms it was amalgamated with the 36th (Herefordshire) Regiment of Foot to become the 1st Battalion of the Worcestershire Regiment in 1881.