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::''Not to be confused with Stafford Rangers F.C.'' The Staffordshire Rangers was a volunteer unit of the British Army from the 'Potteries' area around Stoke-on-Trent. It fought on the Western Front in World War I as the 5th Battalion of the North Staffordshire Regiment. In World War II it served as a Royal Artillery searchlight regiment in Home Defence and was the first complete searchlight unit to land in North-Western Europe after the D-Day landings of 6 June 1944. Its successors continue to serve in the Army Reserve (previously the Territorial Army) as part of the Mercian Regiment. ==Origins== As a result of an invasion scare in 1859, Rifle Volunteer Corps (RVCs) began to be organised throughout Great Britain. The 2nd Staffordshire RVC was raised in Longton, near Stoke-on-Trent, on 30 September 1859, and was quickly followed by others. By May 1860, there were enough company-sized RVCs in the Stoke area to be formed into the 1st Staffordshire Administrative Battalion. Brevet Major Coote Manningham Buller, a half-pay officer who had served with the Rifle Brigade during the Crimean War, was appointed lieutenant-colonel to command the battalion.〔''Army Lists''.〕〔(''Edinburgh Gazette'', 30 December 1856. )〕〔(''London Gazette'' 4 May 1860. )〕 In 1880 the administrative battalion was consolidated as the new 2nd Staffordshire RVC, with The Staffordshire Rangers permitted as an official title:〔Beckett, Appendix VII.〕〔Westlake, pp. 217–22.〕 * HQ at Stoke-on-Trent * A Company at Longton (original 2nd Staffs RVC formed 30 September 1859) * B Company at Hanley (3rd Staffs RVC formed 27 September 1859) * C Company at Burslem (6th Staffs RVC formed 28 December 1859) * D Company at Tunstall (9th Staffs RVC formed 4 January 1860) * E Company at Stoke-on-Trent (10th Staffs RVC formed 19 January 1860), with an affiliated Cadet Corps from 1875 to 1884. * F Company at Kidsgrove (13th Staffs RVC formed 26 February 1860) * G and H Companies at Newcastle-under-Lyme (16th Staffs RVC formed at the old barracks at Newcastle-under-Lyme on 24 February 1860) * J Company at Leek (28th Staffs RVC formed 26 April 1860) * K Company at Hanley (36th Staffs RVC formed 18 June 1860) * L Company at Stone (40th Staffs RVC formed 1 December 1860) * M Company was formed later at Trentham 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Staffordshire Rangers」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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