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47th Regiment of Foot

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*'''1881''' amalgamated with [[81st Regiment of Foot|81st (Loyal Lincoln Volunteers) Regiment of Foot]], to form The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
*'''1970''' amalgamated with The Lancashire Regiment to form The Queen's Lancashire Regiment
*'''2006''' amalgamated with the King’s Own Royal Border Regiment and the King’s Regiment to become the Duke of Lancaster's Regiment (King's Lancashire and Border)
== Service in British India ==
*'''1808''' India (1st Btn)
*[http://blogs.bl.uk/untoldlives/2016/07/the-high-cost-of-life-in-india.html "The high cost of life in India"] 14 July 2016. British Library Untold lives blog. States that inspection of two pages of the Bombay Burial Register, covering 26 March-9 July 1812 reveals nineteen entries for burials of individuals connected with the 47th Regiment.
*[http://www.indian-cemeteries.org/viewimage.asp?mode=mon&ID=13 Memorial to those who died 1st Bn The Loyal Regiment (North Lancashire) during the stay of the Battalion in India 11.1925-2.1936] All Souls Church, Cawnpore. indian-cemeteries.org
*[https://www.army.mod.uk/documents/general/Regimental_History.pdf “The Regimental History of the Duke of Lancaster’s Regiment”] army.mod.uk
: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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