20th Regiment of Foot

Also known as The Lancashire Fusiliers

Chronology

• 1688 raised as Sir Richard Peyton's Regiment of Foot in Devonshire
• 1751 became the 20th Regiment of Foot
• 1782 became the 20th (the East Devonshire) Regiment of Foot
• 1881 became The Lancashire Fusiliers
• 1968 united with The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers, The Royal Warwickshire Fusiliers, and The Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment), to form The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers
• 1992 amalgamated with The Royal Hampshire Regiment to form The Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment

External Links

• Lancashire Fusiliers Wikipedia
• Royal Regiment of Fusiliers Wikipedia
• The Lancashire Fusiliers includes Features Page including
  • WO 1 James McCann,1st Battalion Lancashire Fusilers.India 1907 to 1911
  • Bandmaster WO1 William Albert Elliott LRAM. ARCM, China and India 1935-1943 with photographs
  • Ronald Peter Turner 1st Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers Lucknow, India 1945 includes photograph album
  • William (Bill) Paton 1st Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers Lucknow, India 1945 – 1946 includes photograph album
  • The Bill Hastings Photo collection 1st Battalion the XX Lancashire Fusiliers in China 1936 to 1938, India etc
  • Jack Bibby India 1946-1947 Served in Ranikhet India