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== Chronology ==
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*'''1717''' raised as Richard Philipps's Regiment of Foot
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*'''1747''' ranked as 40th Foot
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*'''1751''' became the '''40th Regiment of Foot'''
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*'''1782''' became the 40th (the 2nd Somersetshire) Regiment of Foot
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*'''1881''' united with [[82nd Regiment of Foot]] to form The Prince of Wales's Volunteers (South Lancashire Regiment)
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*'''1938''' became the South Lancashire Regiment
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*'''1958''' amalgamated with The East Lancashire Regiment to form The Lancashire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Volunteers)
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*'''1970''' amalgamated with the 1st Battalion, The Loyal Regiment (North Lancashire), to form the 1st Battalion, The Queen's Lancashire Regiment
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*'''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)
  
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==External Links===
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== British India Service ==
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===Historical Books Online===
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*'''1828''' India
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''Historical Records of the 40th (2nd Somersetshire) Regiment now 1st Battalion, The Prince of Wales Volunteers (South Lancashire Regiment) from its formation in 1717 to 1893'' by Captain R H Raymond Smythies  1894 [http://www.archive.org/stream/historicalrecor00smytgoog#page/n11/mode/1up Archive.org]. The Regiment left Hobart [Australia] for Bombay in 1828, [http://www.archive.org/stream/historicalrecor00smytgoog#page/n316/mode/1up page 228]
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*'''1839''' [[1st Afghan War|Afghanistan]]
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*'''1843''' [[Gwalior]]
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*'''1872''' India
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*'''1881''' [[Bengal]]
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*'''1903''' Jubbulpore
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*'''1906''' [[Ranikhet|Raniket]]
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*'''1909''' [[Subathu]]
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*'''1912''' [[Ambala]]
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*'''1914''' [[Quetta]]
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*'''1919''' [[3rd Afghan War|Afghanistan]]
  
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==External Links==
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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/40th_(2nd_Somersetshire)_Regiment_of_Foot 40th Regiment of Foot] Wikipedia<br>
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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Lancashire_Regiment South Lancashire Regiment] Wikipedia<br>
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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lancashire_Regiment_(Prince_of_Wales%27s_Volunteers) Lancashire Regiment] Wikipedia<br>
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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duke_of_Lancaster%27s_Regiment_(King%27s_Lancashire_and_Border) Duke of Lancaster's Regiment] Wikipedia<br>
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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen%27s_Lancashire_Regiment Queen's Lancashire Regiment] Wikipedia<br>
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*[http://web.archive.org/web/20080112143228/www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/040SLanc.htm The  South Lancashire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Volunteers)] including [http://web.archive.org/web/20071213223121/www.regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/040-1.htm deployments] Regiments.org, an archived site.<br>
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*[http://www.lancashireinfantrymuseum.org.uk Lancashire Infantry Museum], includes the East Lancashire Regiment ([[30th Regiment of Foot|30th]] and [[59th Regiment of Foot|59th]] of Foot), the South Lancashire Regiment (40th and [[82nd Regiment of Foot|82nd]] of Foot),  the Loyal North Lancashire Regiment ([[47th Regiment of Foot|47th]] and [[81st Regiment of Foot|81st]] of Foot)
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*Note about the [http://nq.oxfordjournals.org/content/CLXIII/oct29/312-a.extract Afghan War Cemetery at Quetta] by H Bullock,  situated near the village of Kasi , two miles from [[Quetta]]. Contains men who died during the [[1st Afghan War]]. Lists four names  and advises a large number of NCOs and men of the 40th Regiment of Foot were buried here. ''Notes and Queries Volume CLXIII, Issue Oct 29 1932'', page 312
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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20160304080911/https://www.army.mod.uk/documents/general/Regimental_History.pdf “The Regimental History of the Duke of Lancaster’s Regiment”] army.mod.uk, now an archived webpage.
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:The constituent regiments are the [[4th Regiment of Foot|4th]], [[8th Regiment of Foot|8th]], [[30th Regiment of Foot|30th]], [[34th Regiment of Foot|34th]], [[40th Regiment of Foot|40th]], [[47th Regiment of Foot|47th]], [[55th Regiment of Foot|55th]], [[59th Regiment of Foot|59th]], [[63rd Regiment of Foot|63rd]], [[81st Regiment of Foot|81st]], [[82nd Regiment of Foot|82nd]] and  [[96th Regiment of Foot|96th]] Regiments of Foot.
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====Historical books online====
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*[http://www.archive.org/stream/historicalrecor00smytgoog#page/n11/mode/1up ''Historical Records of the 40th (2nd Somersetshire) Regiment now 1st Battalion, The Prince of Wales Volunteers (South Lancashire Regiment) from its formation in 1717 to 1893''] by Captain R H Raymond Smythies (1894) Archive.org. The Regiment left Hobart [[Australia]] for Bombay in 1828 ([http://www.archive.org/stream/historicalrecor00smytgoog#page/n316/mode/1up page 228]).
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*[http://books.google.com/books?id=fCFAAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=Recollections+of+four+years+service&cd=3#v=onepage&q=&f=false ''Recollections of Four Years Service in the East with H M Fortieth Regiment''] by John Martin Bladen Neill.(1845) Google books.  “Comprising an account of the taking of Kurachee In Lower Scinde in 1839, Operations in Upper Scinde in 1840 and 1841, and the operations of the Candahar division of The Avenging Army of Aghanistan in 1841 and 1842.”
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*[http://books.google.com/books?id=OhMFAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA1 ''Scenes in a soldier's life: being a connected narrative of the principal military events in Scinde, Beeloochistan, and Affghanistan, during 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842, and 1843''] by John Henry Wilton 1848 Google Books
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Revision as of 05:21, 17 January 2018

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

The constituent regiments are the 4th, 8th, 30th, 34th, 40th, 47th, 55th, 59th, 63rd, 81st, 82nd and 96th Regiments of Foot.

Historical books online

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