4th Regiment of Foot: Difference between revisions
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
No edit summary |
No edit summary |
||
| Line 11: | Line 11: | ||
*'''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== | ==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 [http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=225793&p=2301225 1/5th Royal West Surrey, Murree, Aug 1916] ''Great War Forum'' 27 August 2015. Retrieved 28 August 2015</ref> | 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 [http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=225793&p=2301225 1/5th Royal West Surrey, Murree, Aug 1916] ''Great War Forum'' 27 August 2015. Retrieved 28 August 2015</ref> | ||
| Line 23: | Line 23: | ||
**[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.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.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.plus.com/ko2940.htm Album of Photographs: 1st Battalion, King's Own Royal Regiment, India 1937-40] including photographs of [[Ootacamund|Wellington]] and [[Karachi]]. | ||
*[https://www.army.mod.uk/documents/general/Regimental_History.pdf “The Regimental History of the Duke of Lancaster’s Regiment”] army.mod.uk | |||
: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 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 | ||
Revision as of 02:16, 17 January 2018
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
- King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster) Wikipedia
- The King's Own Regiment British Empire website
- Shortt, Captain James Symington: Court Martial transcript, 21 Jan 1847, Kamptee, India Your Archives
- The King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster) including deployments: 1st Battalion, 2nd Battalion Regiments.org, an archived site.
- King's Own Royal Regiment Museum Lancaster
- Images from Empire: The King's Own in the Victorian and Edwardian Era Includes images from India and Burma
- Album of Photographs: 1st Battalion, King's Own Royal Regiment, India 1937-40 including photographs of Wellington and Karachi.
- “The Regimental History of the Duke of Lancaster’s Regiment” army.mod.uk
- The constituent regiments are the 4th, 8th, 30th, 34th, 40th, 47th, 55th, 59th, 63rd, 81st, 82nd and 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 Google Books 1839 Indian Service commences page 140 in 1837
- "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
- ↑ The King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) The Long. Long Trail
- ↑ Peter Prince CWGC
- ↑ Khyber Pass and kenf48 1/5th Royal West Surrey, Murree, Aug 1916 Great War Forum 27 August 2015. Retrieved 28 August 2015