59th Regiment of Foot

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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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