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Known as '''The Welsh Regiment'''
 
 
== Chronology ==
 
== Chronology ==
 
*'''1717''' raised as Richard Philipps's Regiment of Foot
 
*'''1717''' raised as Richard Philipps's Regiment of Foot

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Chronology

  • 1717 raised as Richard Philipps's Regiment of Foot
  • 1747 ranked as 40th Foot
  • 1751 became the 40th Regiment of Foot
  • 1782 became the 40th (the 2nd Somersetshire) Regiment of Foot
  • 1881 united with 82nd Regiment of Foot to form The Prince of Wales's Volunteers (South Lancashire Regiment)
  • 1938 became the South Lancashire Regiment
  • 1958 amalgamated with The East Lancashire Regiment to form The Lancashire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Volunteers)
  • 1970 amalgamated with the 1st Battalion, The Loyal Regiment (North Lancashire), to form the 1st Battalion, The Queen's Lancashire Regiment
  • 2006 merged with the King's Regiment and the King's Own Royal Border Regiment to become 1st Battalion Duke of Lancaster's Regiment (King's Lancashire and Border)

British India Service

External Links

40th Regiment of Foot Wikipedia
South Lancashire Regiment Wikipedia
Lancashire Regiment Wikipedia
Duke of Lancaster's Regiment Wikipedia
Queen's Lancashire Regiment Wikipedia

Historical Books Online