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The 80th Regiment of Foot (Staffordshire Volunteers) was an infantry regiment
Regiment

A regiment is a military unit, composed of variable numbers of battalions,






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The 80th Regiment of Foot (Staffordshire Volunteers) was an infantry regiment
Regiment

A regiment is a military unit, composed of variable numbers of battalions, commanded by a Colonel. Depending on the nation, military branch, mission, and organization, a modern regiment resembles a brigade, in that both range in size from a few hundred to 5,000 soldiers ....
 of the British Army
British Army

The British Army is the Army branch of the British Armed Forces. It came into being with the unification of the Kingdoms of Kingdom of England and Kingdom of Scotland into the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707....
, created in 1793 and amalgamated into The South Staffordshire Regiment in 1881.

The regiment was raised in 1793 by Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey
Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey

Field Marshal Henry William Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey Order of the Garter Order of the Bath Royal Guelphic Order was a British military leader and politician, now chiefly remembered for leading the Scots Greys#Battle honours against Jean-Baptiste Drouet 's column during the Battle of Waterloo....
 and was ranked as the 80th Regiment of Foot, and in 1802 absorbed the Staffordshire Volunteers, incorporating their name to become the 80th Regiment of Foot (Staffordshire Volunteers).