59th Regiment of Foot: Difference between revisions

From FIBIwiki
Jump to navigation Jump to search
Maureene (talk | contribs)
Maureene (talk | contribs)
Line 7: Line 7:


== External Links ==
== External Links ==
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/59th_(2nd_Nottinghamshire)_Regiment_of_Foot 59th (2nd Nottinghamshire) Regiment of Foot] Wikipedia
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Lancashire_Regiment East Lancashire Regiment] Wikipedia<br>
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Lancashire_Regiment East Lancashire Regiment] Wikipedia<br>
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Queen's_Lancashire_Regiment Queen's Lancashire Regiment] Wikipedia
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Queen's_Lancashire_Regiment Queen's Lancashire Regiment] Wikipedia

Revision as of 11:11, 21 August 2011

Also known as The East Lancashire Regiment

Chronology

  • 1741 raised as 59th Regiment of Foot
  • 1881 amalgamated with 30th Foot and became 2nd Battalion The East Lancashire Regiment
  • 1958 amalgamated with the South Lancashire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Volunteers) to form The Lancashire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Volunteers)
  • 1958 amalgamated with Loyal Regiment (North Lancashire) to form Queen's Lancashire Regiment

External Links