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