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 with 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
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)
External Links
81st Foot Wikipedia
Loyal North Lancashire Regiment Wikipedia
The Loyal Regiment(North Lancashire) Regiments.org (archived site)
The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 1914-1918 from the Long, Long Trail: the British Army 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
Queen's Lancashire Regiment Wikipedia
