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Duke of Lancaster's Regiment
British Army - English Line Infantry Regiment
Cover page
Links to sub-projects are/will be listed below in the body of the project.
Please link profiles of those who served in The Duke of Lancaster's Regiment (POST 2006), as well as those in the following list***, (take note of the dates), to this project regardless of rank, conflict or nationality. People of note can be individually listed in Alphabetical Order below. These regiments do not have individual projects
Note that the following Regiments existed for the periods stated.
Including
(Reflecting historic name changes)
The King's Own Royal Border Regiment (1957-2003)
The King's Regiment (Liverpool and Manchester) (1957-2003)
The Lancashire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Volunteers) (1957-1966)
The Queen's Lancashire Regiment (1966-2003)
The Duke of Lancaster's Regiment (King's, Lancashire and Border) (LANCS) is an infantry regiment of the line within the British Army. It recruits throughout the North West of England.
Active 1st July 2006 – present
Nickname Lions of England
Motto "Nec Aspera Terrent" (Latin) "Difficulties be Damned"
March
- Quick - John Peel
- Slow - The Red Rose
Colonel in Chief HM The Queen, Duke of Lancaster
Colonel of the Regiment - Brigadier Peter Rafferty
Ancestry
8.3. - The Duke of Lancaster's Regiment***
formed 1st July 2006 by the amalgamation of ...
8.3.1. - The King's Own Royal Border Regiment***
formed 1958/9 by the amalgamation of ...8.3.1.1. - King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster) previously The King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)] previously 4th (King's Own Royal) Regiment of Foot
and
8.3.1.2. - The Border Regiment
formed in 1880 by the amalgamation of ...8.3.1.2.1. - 34th (Cumberland) Regiment of Foot
and
8.3.1.2.1. - 55th (Westmorland) Regiment of Foot8.3.2. - The King's Regiment (Liverpool and Manchester)***
formed by amalgamation of ...8.3.2.1. - The King's (Liverpool Regiment) formerly 8th (The King's) Regiment of Foot
and
8.3.2.2. - The Manchester Regiment
formed in 1880 by the amalgamation of ...8.3.2.2.1. - 63rd (West Suffolk) Regiment of Foot
and ...
8.3.2.2.2. - 96th Regiment of Foot8.3.3. - The Queen's Lancashire Regiment***
formed in 1970 by the amalgamation of ...8.3.3.1. - The Lancashire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Volunteers)
formed by the amalgamation of ...8.3.3.1.1. - The East Lancashire Regiment
formed in 1880 by the amalgamation of ...8.3.3.1.1.1. - 30th (Cambridgeshire) Regiment of Foot
and
8.3.3.1.1.2. - 59th (2nd Nottinghamshire) Regiment of Footand
8.3.3.1.2. - South Lancashire Regiment (Prince of Wale's Volunteers
formed in 1880 by the amalgamation of ...8.3.3.1.2.1. - 40th (2nd Somerset) Regiment of Foot)
and
8.3.3.1.2.2. - 82nd (Prince of Wales's Volunteers) Regiment of Footand
8.3.3.2. - The Loyal Regiment (North Lancashire) previously The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
formed 1880 by the amalgamation of ...8.3.3.2.1. - 47th (Lancashire) Regiment of Foot
and
8.3.3.2.2. - 81st (Loyal Lincoln Volunteers) Regiment of Foot
Illustrated
Refer to above table
8.3.1.1.
8.3.1.2.
8.3.3.1.1.
8.3.3.1.2.
8.3.2.1.
8.3.2.2.
8.3.3.1
1970
8.3.3.2
8.3.3.1
8.3.1.2
8.3.3.2
8.3
Battle honours
Notable Personnel
Names with Bold links are to Geni profiles. Other links take you to external biographical web pages.
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Sources, References and Further Reading
- Brereton, J M A Guide to the regiments and Corps of the British Army on the Regular Establishment (Bodley Head) 1985
- Griffin, P D Encyclopedia of Modern British Army Regiments (Sutton Publishers) 2006
- Lumley, Goff Amalgamations in the British Army 1660-2008 (Partizan Press 2009)
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