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==External Links==
==External Links==
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/40th_(2nd_Somersetshire)_Regiment_of_Foot 40th Regiment of Foot] Wikipedia<br>
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/40th_(2nd_Somersetshire)_Regiment_of_Foot 40th Regiment of Foot] Wikipedia<br>
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Lancashire_Regiment South Lancashire Regiment] Wikipedia<br>
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Lancashire_Regiment South Lancashire Regiment] Wikipedia<br>
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lancashire_Regiment_(Prince_of_Wales%27s_Volunteers) Lancashire Regiment] Wikipedia<br>
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lancashire_Regiment_(Prince_of_Wales%27s_Volunteers) Lancashire Regiment] Wikipedia<br>
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duke_of_Lancaster%27s_Regiment_(King%27s_Lancashire_and_Border) Duke of Lancaster's Regiment] Wikipedia<br>
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duke_of_Lancaster%27s_Regiment_(King%27s_Lancashire_and_Border) Duke of Lancaster's Regiment] Wikipedia<br>
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen%27s_Lancashire_Regiment Queen's Lancashire Regiment] Wikipedia<br>
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen%27s_Lancashire_Regiment Queen's Lancashire Regiment] Wikipedia<br>
[http://web.archive.org/web/20080112143228/www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/040SLanc.htm The  South Lancashire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Volunteers)] including [http://web.archive.org/web/20071213223121/www.regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/040-1.htm deployments] Regiments.org, an archived site.<br>
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20080112143228/www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/040SLanc.htm The  South Lancashire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Volunteers)] including [http://web.archive.org/web/20071213223121/www.regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/040-1.htm deployments] Regiments.org, an archived site.<br>
[http://www.qlrmuseum.co.uk The Queen's Lancashire Regiment Museum], includes the East Lancashire Regiment ( 30th and 59th of Foot), the South Lancashire Regiment ( 40th and 82nd of Foot),  the Loyal North Lancashire Regiment ( 47th and 81st of Foot)  
*[http://www.qlrmuseum.co.uk The Queen's Lancashire Regiment Museum], includes the East Lancashire Regiment ( 30th and 59th of Foot), the South Lancashire Regiment ( 40th and 82nd of Foot),  the Loyal North Lancashire Regiment ( 47th and 81st of Foot)  
*Note about the [http://nq.oxfordjournals.org/content/CLXIII/oct29/312-a.extract Afghan War Cemetery at Quetta] by H Bullock,  situated near the village of Kasi , two miles from [[Quetta]]. Contains men who died during the [[1st Afghan War]]. Lists four names  and advises a large number of NCOs and men of the 40th Regiment of Foot were buried here. ''Notes and Queries Volume CLXIII, Issue Oct 29 1932'', page 312


====Historical Books Online====
====Historical Books Online====
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*[http://books.google.com/books?id=OhMFAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA1 ''Scenes in a soldier's life: being a connected narrative of the principal military events in Scinde, Beeloochistan, and Affghanistan, during 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842, and 1843''] by John Henry Wilton 1848 Google Books
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=OhMFAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA1 ''Scenes in a soldier's life: being a connected narrative of the principal military events in Scinde, Beeloochistan, and Affghanistan, during 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842, and 1843''] by John Henry Wilton 1848 Google Books


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[[Category:British Army Infantry Regiments]]
[[Category:British Army Infantry Regiments]]

Revision as of 11:44, 2 March 2014

Chronology

  • 1717 raised as Richard Philipps's Regiment of Foot
  • 1747 ranked as 40th Foot
  • 1751 became the 40th Regiment of Foot
  • 1782 became the 40th (the 2nd Somersetshire) Regiment of Foot
  • 1881 united with 82nd Regiment of Foot to form The Prince of Wales's Volunteers (South Lancashire Regiment)
  • 1938 became the South Lancashire Regiment
  • 1958 amalgamated with The East Lancashire Regiment to form The Lancashire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Volunteers)
  • 1970 amalgamated with the 1st Battalion, The Loyal Regiment (North Lancashire), to form the 1st Battalion, The Queen's Lancashire Regiment
  • 2006 merged with the King's Regiment and the King's Own Royal Border Regiment to become 1st Battalion Duke of Lancaster's Regiment (King's Lancashire and Border)

British India Service

External Links

Historical Books Online