81st Regiment of Foot

Chronology

• 1793 raised as the 81st Regiment of Foot
• 1802 absorbed the Loyal Lincoln Volunteers (Villagers)
• 1832 became the 81st Regiment of Foot (Loyal Lincoln Volunteers)
• 1881 amalgamated with 47th (Lancashire) Regiment of Foot to form The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
• 1970 amalgamated with The Lancashire Regiment to form The Queen's Lancashire Regiment

Service in British India

• 1853 India (1st Btn)
• 1857 Indian Mutiny (1st Btn)
• 1874 India (1st Btn)
• 1878 2nd Afghan War (1st Btn)
• 1881 Bengal (2nd Btn)
• 1884 Bombay (1st Btn)
• 1884 Quetta (1st Btn)
• 1889 Mhow (1st Btn)
• 1892 Kamptee (1st Btn)
• 1910 Poona/Bangalore (2nd Btn)
• 1924 Secunderabad (1st Btn)
• 1929 Calcutta (1st Btn)
• 1931 Waziristan (1st Btn)
• 1932 Cawnpore (1st Btn)

British Library

The British Library has the books

• The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment, in 2 Volumes, by Colonel H. C. Wylly 1933
• A short history of the Loyal Regiment 1965

External Links

81st Foot Wikipedia
Loyal North Lancashire Regiment Wikipedia
81st (Loyal Lincoln Volunteers) Regiment of Foot including deployments Regiments.org, an archived site.
The Loyal Regiment(North Lancashire) including deployments:1st Battalion and 2nd Battalion Regiments.org (archived site)
The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 1914-1918 from the Long, Long Trail: the British Army of 1914-1918. The 2nd Battalion were in Bangalore in August 1914 and landed at Tanga, German East Africa, with the 27th Indian Brigade 3 November 1914
Queen's Lancashire Regiment Wikipedia