Cheshire Regiment Cap Badge with slider fitting.

Originally a Line infantry Regiment - the 22nd Regiment of the Foot. Raised in 1689 and existed independently for over 300 years. This became the 22nd (Cheshire) Regiment of the foot during the Childers reforms of 1881, incorporating militia elements and the Rifle Volunteers of Cheshire.

on the 01 September 2007 it amalgamated with the Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters and the Staffordshire Regiment to become the Mercian Regiment.