NOTICE: The Museum will be closed on Tuesday 25 and Friday 28 August due to important electrical maintenance work taking place. We sincerely apologise for any inconvenience this may cause you. Our planned Activity Day will move from Tuesday to Thursday 27 August with tours, games, activity trails and access to snacks & drinks from the WVS wagon.

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NOTICE: The Museum will be closed on Tuesday 25 and Friday 28 August due to important electrical maintenance work taking place. We sincerely apologise for any inconvenience this may cause you. Our planned Activity Day will move from Tuesday to Thursday 27 August with tours, games, activity trails and access to snacks & drinks from the WVS wagon.

The Museum accepts research enquiries relating primarily to the 38th, 64th, 80th, and 98th Regiments of Foot, the South and North Staffordshire Regiments, and The Staffordshire Regiment. Enquiries should be for military information of the unit and/or for an individual soldier who served with the unit. We have limited information on local militias, local volunteer units and the current Mercian Regiment.
We ask you for a donation if you wish to use our research services. All monies raised help to fund the museum, its archives, and its services. Please contact the Museum via telephone 01543434394 to make a card payment, or email finance@staffordshireregimentmuseum.com to pay by BACS. When making your donation please consider Gift aiding.
Sending an Enquiry

We are happy to receive enquiries by post or by email along with your donation. An enquiry takes time to complete and it is possible that LITTLE OR NO INFORMATION will be found. Your donation covers search time spent, and not the results found.

A small team of volunteers carry out the research activities. Please provide a contact address, email and telephone number in case you need to be contacted to clarify your requirement or to rearrange a visit.

Contact by post

Research Team,
The Staffordshire Regiment Museum,
DMS Whittington,
Lichfield,
Staffordshire,
WS14 9PY

Contact by E-Mail

research@staffordshireregimentmuseum.com

Personal Research

A visit for personal research is available by appointment only and can be booked by email.

We do not have the resources to offer any help with research or allow access to the archive without an appointment.

Fees

A donation of £30.00 can be made by cheque payable to The Staffordshire Regiment Museum. Alternatively, you can donate by contacting the Museum directly.

For this donation you will receive up to one hour of our time to research and respond to you. If we believe we need more than one hour for the task, we will contact you to agree a time/cost limit.

Please bear in mind that your donation directly helps fund the museum and its archive. We aim to do the research and reply to you within three weeks.

If you are a UK tax payer please consider selecting the gift aid option, at no extra cost to yourself, so that the Staffordshire Regiment Museum can claim additional funds from HMRC on your donation.

Service Papers

Pre 1920 Service Papers

We do not hold service, pension or medical records. If these survived, they would be at The National Archives, which is open to the public.

We have access to surviving records and some medal entitlements via a subscription-based history website.

Post 1920 and World War Two Service Papers

All service documentation is held by the Ministry of Defence. An application (and fee paid) has to be made to the MOD.

Visit the MOD Website
The Research Team