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*'''1881''' became The King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)
*'''1881''' became The King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)
*'''1959''' amalgamated with The Border Regiment into the The King's Own Royal Border Regiment
*'''1959''' amalgamated with The Border Regiment into the The King's Own Royal Border Regiment
*'''2006''' amalgamated with  the King’s Regiment, and the Queen’s Lancashire Regiment to become the Duke of Lancaster's Regiment (King's Lancashire and Border)
==First World War==
6th (Service) Battalion: Moved to Gallipoli in July 1915. Went to Egypt in January 1916 and thence to Mesopotamia.<ref>[http://www.1914-1918.net/kingsown.htm The King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)] The Long. Long Trail</ref>. Note that there is at least one burial In India <ref>[http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1450896/ Peter Prince] CWGC</ref> for a man sent from Mesopotamia on medical grounds, thought to be a burial at [[Murree]] whose grave is marked  'died in Murree of wounds received in Mesopotamia'.<ref>Khyber Pass and kenf48  [https://www.greatwarforum.org/topic/225793-15th-royal-west-surrey-murree-aug-1916/?do=findComment&comment=2301225 1/5th Royal West Surrey, Murree, Aug 1916] ''Great War Forum'' 28 August 2015. Retrieved 24 April 2019.</ref>


== External Links ==
== External links ==
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4th_(The_King%27s_Own)_Regiment_of_Foot King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster)] Wikipedia<br>
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4th_(The_King%27s_Own)_Regiment_of_Foot King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster)] Wikipedia<br>
*[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/britishinfantry/4thkingsown.htm The King's Own Regiment] British Empire website<br>
*[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/britishinfantry/4thkingsown.htm The King's Own Regiment] British Empire website<br>
*[http://yourarchives.nationalarchives.gov.uk/index.php?title=Shortt,_Captain_James_Symington:_Court_Martial_transcript,_21_Jan_1847,_Kamptee,_India Shortt, Captain James Symington: Court Martial transcript, 21 Jan 1847, Kamptee, India] Your Archives<br>
*[https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20091004074618/http://yourarchives.nationalarchives.gov.uk/index.php?title=Shortt%2C_Captain_James_Symington:_Court_Martial_transcript%2C_21_Jan_1847%2C_Kamptee%2C_India Shortt, Captain James Symington: Court Martial transcript, 21 Jan 1847, Kamptee, India] From WO 71/329, The National Archives. webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20080115004302/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/004KORR.htm The King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster)] including deployments: [http://web.archive.org/web/20071216215903/http://www.regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/004-1.htm 1st Battalion], [http://web.archive.org/web/20080123122404/http://www.regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/004-2.htm 2nd Battalion] Regiments.org, an archived site.<br>
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20080115004302/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/004KORR.htm The King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster)] including deployments: [http://web.archive.org/web/20071216215903/http://www.regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/004-1.htm 1st Battalion], [http://web.archive.org/web/20080123122404/http://www.regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/004-2.htm 2nd Battalion] Regiments.org, an archived site.<br>
*[http://www.kingsownmuseum.plus.com/ King's Own Royal Regiment Museum Lancaster]
*[http://www.kingsownmuseum.com King's Own Royal Regiment Museum Lancaster]. There are references to India through the website, including
**[http://www.kingsownmuseum.plus.com/imagesfromempire.htm Images from Empire: The King's Own in the Victorian and Edwardian Era] Includes images from India and Burma
**[http://www.kingsownmuseum.com/19thcent.htm Regimental History - 19th Century] with links to India 1840s, including Court Martial Records,  and Indian Mutiny.
**[http://www.kingsownmuseum.plus.com/ko2940.htm Album of Photographs: 1st Battalion, King's Own Royal Regiment, India 1937-40] including photographs of [[Ootacamund|Wellington]] and [[Karachi]].  
**[http://www.kingsownmuseum.com/imagesfromempire.htm Images from Empire: The King's Own in the Victorian and Edwardian Era] Includes images from India and Burma
 
**[http://www.kingsownmuseum.com/gallery20s30s.htm Gallery: Photographs1920s and 1930s]
====Historical Books Online====
*[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.  
====Historical books online====
*''Historical record of the Fourth, or the King’s Own Regiment of Foot: containing an account of the formation of the regiment in 1680, and of its subsequent services to 1839'' [http://books.google.com/books?id=pR1Ixr0zKYUC Google Books]  1839 Indian Service commences [http://books.google.com/books?id=pR1Ixr0zKYUC&pg=PA140  page 140] in 1837
*''Historical record of the Fourth, or the King’s Own Regiment of Foot: containing an account of the formation of the regiment in 1680, and of its subsequent services to 1839'' [http://books.google.com/books?id=pR1Ixr0zKYUC Google Books]  1839 Indian Service commences [http://books.google.com/books?id=pR1Ixr0zKYUC&pg=PA140  page 140] in 1837
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=bZ8EAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA105 "Annual Report of the 1st Battalion 4th (the King’s Own Regiment), stationed at Ahmedabad in Gujarat, for 1860"] by Surgeon J Gorringe M.D., page 105 ''Transactions of the Medical and Physical Society of Bombay, Volume VII, New Series 1861'' Google Books
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=bZ8EAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA105 "Annual Report of the 1st Battalion 4th (the King’s Own Regiment), stationed at Ahmedabad in Gujarat, for 1860"] by Surgeon J Gorringe M.D., page 105 ''Transactions of the Medical and Physical Society of Bombay, Volume VII, New Series 1861'' Google Books


== References ==
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[[Category:British Army Infantry Regiments]]
[[Category:British Army Infantry Regiments]]
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Latest revision as of 07:59, 20 July 2024

Also known as King's Own Royal Regiment

Chronology

  • 1680 raised as the 2nd Tangier, or Earl of Plymouth's Regiment of Foot
  • 1684 became The Duchess of York and Albany's Regiment of Foot
  • 1685 became The Queen's Regiment
  • 1702 became The Queen's Regiment of Marines
  • 1710 became The Queen's Regiment of Foot
  • 1715 became The King's Own Regiment of Foot
  • 1751 became 4th or the King's Own Regiment of Foot
  • 1867 became 4th (The King's Own Royal) Regiment of Foot
  • 1881 became The King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)
  • 1959 amalgamated with The Border Regiment into the The King's Own Royal Border Regiment
  • 2006 amalgamated with the King’s Regiment, and the Queen’s Lancashire Regiment to become the Duke of Lancaster's Regiment (King's Lancashire and Border)

First World War

6th (Service) Battalion: Moved to Gallipoli in July 1915. Went to Egypt in January 1916 and thence to Mesopotamia.[1]. Note that there is at least one burial In India [2] for a man sent from Mesopotamia on medical grounds, thought to be a burial at Murree whose grave is marked 'died in Murree of wounds received in Mesopotamia'.[3]

External links

The constituent regiments are the 4th, 8th, 30th, 34th, 40th, 47th, 55th, 59th, 63rd, 81st, 82nd and 96th Regiments of Foot.

Historical books online

References

  1. The King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) The Long. Long Trail
  2. Peter Prince CWGC
  3. Khyber Pass and kenf48 1/5th Royal West Surrey, Murree, Aug 1916 Great War Forum 28 August 2015. Retrieved 24 April 2019.