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Watchman IV by Spursfan on 30 August 2007 9:17pm

As far as I, and a lot of Staffordians are concerned, tomorrow is a sad day.

The new Mercian Regiment(combining the Staffordshire Regiment, The Cheshire Regiment and The Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters Regoment) becomes active, meaning that to all intents and purposes we have lost the Staffords.

Not only that but the mascot is going to be Private Derby, a ram.

The Staffords have long had a Staffordshire Bull Terrier as mascot; Watchman I began in 1949, and Watchman IV is the current mascot. He is going to have lesser duties.

I think this is awful and have written to the Mercian Regiment.

There is a long history of Staffies with the, yes, Staffords. This is from the Mercian Regiment site:

http://www.army.mod.uk/staffords/watchman/index.htm

SAVE OUR STAFFIE!!!!

Re: Watchman IV by Spursfan on 30 August 2007 9:23pm

Oh and this is how the Daily Mail covered it:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=477062&;in_page_id=1770

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