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== External Links ==
== External Links ==
[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/East_Lancashire_Regiment East Lancashire Regiment] Wikipedia<br>
 
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Queen's_Lancashire_Regiment Queen's Lancashire Regiment] Wikipedia
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20080118043758/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/059-757.htm 59th (2nd Nottinghamshire) Regiment of Foot] including [http://web.archive.org/web/20080118042206/http://www.regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/059-1.htm deployments] Regiments.org, an archived site
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20071218230224/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/030ELanc.htm The East Lancashire Regiment] including deployments: [http://web.archive.org/web/20071218230150/http://www.regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/030-1.htm 1st Battalion], [http://web.archive.org/web/20080118042206/http://www.regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/059-1.htm  2nd Battalion] Regiments.org, an archived site
*[http://www.qlrmuseum.co.uk The Queen's Lancashire Regiment Museum], includes the East Lancashire Regiment ( 30th and 59th of Foot), the South Lancashire Regiment ( 40th and 82nd of Foot),  the Loyal North Lancashire Regiment ( 47th and 81st of Foot)
[[Category:British Army Infantry Regiments]]
[[Category:British Army Infantry Regiments]]

Revision as of 11:01, 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

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