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The mascot tradition in the Regiments of Staffordshire stretches back to the 19th Century. In 1882 The South Staffordshire Regiment was ordered to march with Lord Wolseley to the relief of General Gordon who was besieged in Khartoum. They entrained at Cairo with their Staffordshire Bull Terrier "Boxer". Unfortunately Boxer leapt from the moving train and was seen lying unconscious or dead at the side of the track. A few days later when the Regiment encamped at Assiut awaiting orders for the final phase of their march, a very thin and bedraggled dog staggered into their camp and collapsed. "Boxer" had walked for over 200 miles along the scorching desert railway track to rejoin his regiment, a true soldier..... |
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