20th Regiment of Foot

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Also known as The Lancashire Fusiliers

Chronology

  • 1688 raised as Sir Richard Peyton's Regiment of Foot in Devonshire
  • 1751 became the 20th Regiment of Foot
  • 1782 became the 20th (the East Devonshire) Regiment of Foot
  • 1881 became The Lancashire Fusiliers
  • 1968 united with The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers, The Royal Warwickshire Fusiliers, and The Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment), to form The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers
  • 1992 amalgamated with The Royal Hampshire Regiment to form The Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment

External Links

Lancashire Fusiliers Wikipedia
Royal Regiment of Fusiliers Wikipedia