82nd Regiment of Foot
Chronology
- 1793 raised as the 82nd Regiment of Foot
- 1802 became the 82nd Regiment of Foot (Prince of Wales's Volunteers)
- 1881 amalgamated with the 40th (2nd Somersetshire) Regiment of Foot to form The Prince of Wales's Volunteers (South Lancashire Regiment)
- 1938 became The South Lancashire Regiment (The Prince of Wales's Volunteers)
- 1958 amalgamated with The East Lancashire Regiment, to form The Lancashire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Volunteers)
- 1970 amalgamated with the Loyal Regiment (North Lancashire) to form the Queen’s Lancashire Regiment
- 2006 amalgamated with the King’s Own Royal Border Regiment and the King’s Regiment to become the Duke of Lancaster's Regiment (King's Lancashire and Border)
Service in British India
- 1857 Indian Mutiny (see History of the 88th Regiment of Foot)
- 1861 Moradabad and Shahjahanpur
- 1861 Delhi (exchanged stations with the 88th Foot in 1861)
- 1869 Bombay
- 1895 Kamptee
- 1899 Jubbulpore
- 1922 Mhow
- 1925 Assam
- 1927 Jubbulpore
- 1930 NW Frontier
- 1933 Allahabad
- 1936 Quetta
- 1939 Bombay
Recommended Reading
In Search of the Forlorn Hope : A Comprehensive Guide to Locating British Regiments and their Records by John Kitzmiller ISBN 0-961926-03-1
The Colonial Wars Source Book by Philip Haythornthwaite ISBN 1-854091-96-4
British Army Pensioners Abroad by Norman K. Crowder ISBN 0-806314-60-5
External Links
- 82nd Foot Wikipedia
- South Lancashire Regiment Wikipedia
- Lancashire Regiment Wikipedia
- The South Lancashire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Volunteers) including
- deployments Regiments.org, an archived site
- deployments Regiments.org, an archived site
- Lancashire Infantry 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)
- “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 82nd regiment, or Prince of Wales's volunteers by Brevet-Major Jarvis 1866 (Google Books). Indian service commences page 79 in 1857