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59th Regiment of Foot

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Also known as '''The East Lancahire Lancashire Regiment'''
== Chronology ==
*'''1741''' raised as '''59th Regiment of Foot'''*'''1881''' amalgamated with [[30th Regiment of Foot |30th Foot]] and became 2nd Battalion The East Lancahire Lancashire Regiment*'''1958''' amalgamated with The South Lancashire Regiment (the [[Prince of Wales's Volunteers(South Lancashire Regiment) ]] to form The the Lancashire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Volunteers)*'''19581970''' amalgamated with the [[Loyal North Lancashire Regiment|Loyal Regiment (North Lancashire) ]] to form Queenthe 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) ==FIBIS resources==*"Boy Soldier to Lancer: John Arnfield in the Anglo -Sikh Wars" by Ainslie Sharpe ''FIBIS Journal Number 26 Autumn 2011'', pages 31-40. For details of how to access this article, see [[FIBIS Journals]]:John Arnfield was born at sea in 1819. His father Hugh was in the 59th Foot which was in India 1820-1829. When the regiment returned to England in 1829, Hugh Arnfield transferred to the [[3rd Regimentof Foot]], the Buffs
== External Links ==
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/59th_(2nd_Nottinghamshire)_Regiment_of_Foot 59th (2nd Nottinghamshire) Regiment of Foot] Wikipedia*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Lancashire_Regiment East Lancashire Regiment] Wikipedia<br>*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Queen's_Lancashire_Regiment Queen's Lancashire Regiment] Wikipedia*[http://web.archive.org/web/20080118043758/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/059-757.htm 59th (2nd Nottinghamshire) Regiment of Foot] including [http://web.archive.org/web/20080118042206/http://www.regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/059-1.htm deployments] Regiments.org, an archived site*[http://web.archive.org/web/20071218230224/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/030ELanc.htm The East Lancashire Regiment] including deployments: [http://web.archive.org/web/20071218230150/http://www.regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/030-1.htm 1st Battalion], [http://web.archive.org/web/20080118042206/http://www.regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/059-1.htm 2nd Battalion] Regiments.org, an archived site*[http://www.lancashireinfantrymuseum.org.uk Lancashire Infantry Museum], includes the East Lancashire Regiment ([[30th Regiment of Foot|30th]] and 59th of Foot), the South Lancashire Regiment ([[40th Regiment of Foot|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)*[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.: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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