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81st Regiment of Foot

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== Chronology ==
*'''1793''' raised as the '''81st Regiment of Foot''' *'''1802''' absorbed the Loyal Lincoln Volunteers (Villagers)*'''1832''' became the 81st Regiment of Foot (Loyal Lincoln Volunteers)*'''1881''' amalgamated into with [[47th Regiment of Foot|47th (Lancashire) 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 ==
*'''1853''' India (1st Btn)
*'''1857''' [[Indian Mutiny]] (1st Btn)
*'''1874''' India (1st Btn)
*'''1878''' [[2nd Afghan War]] (1st Btn)
*'''1881''' [[Bengal]] (2nd Btn)
*'''1884''' [[Bombay]] (1st Btn)
*'''1884''' [[Quetta]] (1st Btn)
*'''1889''' [[Mhow]] (1st Btn)
*'''1892''' [[Kamptee]] (1st Btn)
*'''1910''' [[Poona]]/[[Bangalore]] (2nd Btn)
*'''1924''' [[Secunderabad]] (1st Btn)
*'''1929''' [[Calcutta]] (1st Btn)
*'''1931''' [[Waziristan]] (1st Btn)
*'''1932''' [[Cawnpore]] (1st Btn)
 
==British Library==
The British Library has the books
*''The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment'', in 2 Volumes, by Colonel H. C. Wylly 1933
*''A short history of the Loyal Regiment'' 1965
 
== External links ==
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/81st_Foot 81st Foot] Wikipedia<br>
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Loyal_North_Lancashire_Regiment Loyal North Lancashire Regiment] Wikipedia<br>
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20080102231008/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/081-793.htm 81st (Loyal Lincoln Volunteers) Regiment of Foot] including
**[http://web.archive.org/web/20071221233636/http://regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/081-1.htm deployments] Regiments.org, an archived site.<br>
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20071218193222/www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/047Loyal.htm The Loyal Regiment(North Lancashire)] including deployments:
**[http://web.archive.org/web/20071213234347/http://regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/047-1.htm 1st Battalion] and [http://web.archive.org/web/20071221233636/http://regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/081-1.htm 2nd Battalion] Regiments.org (archived site)<br>
*[http://www.longlongtrail.co.uk/army/regiments-and-corps/the-british-infantry-regiments-of-1914-1918/loyal-north-lancashire-regiment/ The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment] from the Long, Long Trail: the British Army in the Great War of 1914-1918. The 2nd Battalion were in Bangalore in August 1914 and landed at Tanga, German East Africa, with the 27th Indian Brigade 3 November 1914<br>
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Queen%27s_Lancashire_Regiment Queen's Lancashire Regiment] Wikipedia<br>
*[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 Regiment of Foot|40th]] and [[82nd Regiment of Foot|82nd]] of Foot), the Loyal North Lancashire Regiment ([[47th Regiment of Foot|47th]] and 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.
== External Links ==
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/81st_Foot 81st Foot] Wikipedia<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Loyal_North_Lancashire_Regiment Loyal North Lancashire Regiment] Wikipedia<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Queen%27s_Lancashire_Regiment Queen's Lancashire Regiment] Wikipedia
[[Category:British Army Infantry Regiments]]
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