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 == Chronology ==
-*'''1793''' raised as the 81st Regiment of Foot (Loyal Lincoln Volunteers)
+*'''1793''' raised as the 82nd Regiment of Foot
-*'''1881''' amalgamated into The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
+*'''1802''' became the 82nd Regiment of Foot (Prince of Wales's Volunteers)
-*'''1970''' amalgamated with The Lancashire Regiment to form The Queen's Lancashire Regiment
+*'''1881''' amalgamated with the [[40th Regiment of Foot|40th (2nd Somersetshire) Regiment of Foot]]  to form The Prince of Wales's Volunteers (South Lancashire Regiment)
-== Brief History ==
+*'''1938''' became The South Lancashire Regiment (The Prince of Wales's Volunteers)
-{{Template:Origin|text=This article is a very brief history of H.M. 82th Regiment of Foot (South Lancashire Regiment), focussing entirely on its time in India. The information herein is obtained from a number of sources listed in the Recommended Reading below. This section was part of the Family History in India website, which was designed to help people trace their British and European ancestry in colonial India by Cathy Day. Cathy has kindly allowed us to transfer this page to our wiki.}}
+*'''1958''' amalgamated with [[59th Regiment of Foot|The East Lancashire Regiment]], to form The Lancashire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Volunteers)
-'''1842 ''' Jamaica
+*'''1970''' amalgamated with the [[Loyal North Lancashire Regiment|
+Loyal Regiment (North Lancashire)]]   to form the Queen’s Lancashire Regiment
-'''1857 ''' [[Indian Mutiny]] (see History of the [[88th Regiment of Foot]])
+*'''2006'''	 amalgamated with the King’s Own Royal Border Regiment and the King’s Regiment to become the Duke of Lancaster's Regiment (King's Lancashire and Border)
-'''1861 ''' Moradabad and Shahjehanpore
+== Service in British India ==
+*'''1857 ''' [[Indian Mutiny]] (see History of the [[88th Regiment of Foot]])
-'''1861''' [[Delhi]] (exchanged stations with the 88th Foot in 1861)
+*'''1861 ''' [[Moradabad]] and [[Shahjahanpur]]
+*'''1861''' [[Delhi]] (exchanged stations with the 88th Foot in 1861)
-'''1869'''  Bombay
+*'''1869'''  [[Bombay]]
-== External Links ==
+*'''1895'''  [[Kamptee]]
-[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/81st_Foot 81st Foot] Wikipedia<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Loyal_North_Lancashire_Regiment Loyal North Lancashire Regiment] Wikipedia<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Queen%27s_Lancashire_Regiment Queen's Lancashire Regiment] Wikipedia
+*'''1899'''  [[Jubbulpore]]
+*'''1922'''  [[Mhow]]
+*'''1925'''  [[Assam]]
+*'''1927'''  [[Jubbulpore]]
+*'''1930'''  [[North West Frontier Province|NW Frontier]]
+*'''1933'''  [[Allahabad]]
+*'''1936'''  [[Quetta]]
+*'''1939'''  [[Bombay]]
 == Recommended Reading ==
+''In Search of the Forlorn Hope : A Comprehensive Guide to Locating British Regiments and their Records'' by John Kitzmiller ISBN 0-961926-03-1 <br>
+''The Colonial Wars Source Book'' by Philip Haythornthwaite ISBN 1-854091-96-4<br>
+''British Army Pensioners Abroad'' by Norman K. Crowder ISBN 0-806314-60-5
-''The Queen's Own Highlanders History'' published by the 78th Regiment ISBN 978-1-84596-092-6
+== External links ==
+*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/82nd_Regiment_of_Foot_(Prince_of_Wales's_Volunteers) 82nd Foot] Wikipedia<br>
+*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Prince_of_Wales%27s_Volunteers_(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://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/20071112152150/www.regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/082-1.htm deployments] Regiments.org, an archived site<br>
+*[http://www.lancashireinfantrymuseum.org.uk Lancashire Infantry Museum], includes the East Lancashire Regiment ([[30th Regiment of Foot|30th]] and [[59th Regiment of Foot|59th]] of Foot), the South Lancashire Regiment ([[40th Regiment of Foot|40th]] and 82nd of Foot),  the Loyal North Lancashire Regiment ([[47th Regiment of Foot|47th]] and [[81st Regiment of Foot|81st]] of Foot)
+*[https://web.archive.org/web/20160304080911/https://www.army.mod.uk/documents/general/Regimental_History.pdf “The Regimental History of the Duke of Lancaster’s Regiment”] army.mod.uk, now an archived webpage.
+:The constituent regiments are the [[4th Regiment of Foot|4th]], [[8th Regiment of Foot|8th]], [[30th Regiment of Foot|30th]], [[34th Regiment of Foot|34th]], [[40th Regiment of Foot|40th]], [[47th Regiment of Foot|47th]], [[55th Regiment of Foot|55th]], [[59th Regiment of Foot|59th]], [[63rd Regiment of Foot|63rd]], [[81st Regiment of Foot|81st]], [[82nd Regiment of Foot|82nd]] and  [[96th Regiment of Foot|96th]] Regiments of Foot.
-''In Search of the Forlorn Hope : A Comprehensive Guide to Locating British Regiments and their Records'' by John Kitzmiller ISBN 0-961926-03-1
+====Historical books online====
+*[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=-lYBAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q=&f=false ''Historical record of the 82nd regiment, or Prince of Wales's volunteers''] by Brevet-Major Jarvis 1866 (Google Books).  Indian service commences [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=-lYBAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA79 page 79] in 1857
-''The Colonial Wars Source Book'' by Philip Haythornthwaite ISBN 1-854091-96-4
-''British Army Pensioners Abroad'' by Norman K. Crowder ISBN 0-806314-60-5
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