The 80th Regiment of Foot (Staffordshire Volunteers) was an infantry regiment of the British Army, 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 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).
During 1876 members of the regiment build Fort Amiel in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, in preparation of the 1877 annexation of the Transvaal.[1]
The 80th arrived in Australia between 1st October 1834 and 18th November 1840 . Elements were stationed on Norfolk Island and New Zealand, a detachment being present at the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi. After returning to Sydney in 1844, the Regiment sailed for India on the 12th of August 1844.