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This page is part of the Family History == Service in India website, which is designed to help people trace their British and European ancestry in colonial India. This particular webpage is a very brief history ==*'''1857 ''' [[Indian Mutiny]] (see History of H.M. 82th the [[88th Regiment of Foot ]]) *'''1861 ''' [[Moradabad]] and [[Shahjahanpur]] *'''1861''' [[Delhi]] (South Lancashire Regimentexchanged stations with the 88th Foot in 1861), focussing entirely on its time in India. The information herein is obtained from a number of sources, including :*'''1869''' [[Bombay]]*'''1895''' [[Kamptee]]*'''1899''' [[Jubbulpore]]*'''1922''' [[Mhow]]*'''1925''' [[Assam]]*'''1927''' [[Jubbulpore]]*'''1930''' [[North West Frontier Province|NW Frontier]]*'''1933''' [[Allahabad]]*'''1936''' [[Quetta]]*'''1939''' [[Bombay]]
''British Army Pensioners Abroad'' by Norman K. Crowder ISBN 0806314605
== Brief History ==
'''1842 ''' Jamaica
'''1857 ''' [[Indian Mutiny]] (see History of the [[88th Regiment of Foot]])
'''1861 ''' Moradabad and Shahjehanpore
'''1861''' [[Delhi]] (exchanged stations with the 88th Foot in 1861)
1869 Bombay
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== Introduction Chronology ==*'''1793''' raised as the 82nd Regiment of Foot*'''1802''' became the 82nd Regiment of Foot (Prince of Wales's Volunteers)*'''1881''' amalgamated with the [[40th Regiment of Foot|40th (2nd Somersetshire) Regiment of Foot]] to form The Prince of Wales's Volunteers (South Lancashire Regiment)*'''1938''' became The South Lancashire Regiment (The Prince of Wales's Volunteers)*'''1958''' amalgamated with [[59th Regiment of Foot|The East Lancashire Regiment]], to form The Lancashire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Volunteers)*'''1970''' amalgamated with the [[Loyal North Lancashire Regiment|Loyal Regiment (North Lancashire)]] 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)
== Recommended Reading ==''In Search of the Forlorn Hope : A Comprehensive Guide to Locating British Regiments and their Records'' by John Kitzmiller ISBN 0-961926-03-1 <br>''The QueenColonial Wars Source Book's Own Highlanders History' by Philip Haythornthwaite ISBN 1-854091-96-4<br> ''British Army Pensioners Abroad'' published by the 78th RegimentNorman K. Crowder ISBN 0-806314-60-5
== External links ==*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/82nd_Regiment_of_Foot_(Prince_of_Wales's_Volunteers) 82nd Foot] Wikipedia<br>*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Prince_of_Wales%27s_Volunteers_(South_Lancashire_Regiment) South Lancashire Regiment] Wikipedia<br>*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lancashire_Regiment_(Prince_of_Wales%27s_Volunteers) Lancashire Regiment] Wikipedia<br>*[http://web.archive.org/web/20080112143228/www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/040SLanc.htm The South Lancashire Regiment (Prince of Wales'In Search s Volunteers)] including**[http://web.archive.org/web/20071112152150/www.regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/082-1.htm deployments] Regiments.org, an archived site<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 of Foot), the Forlorn Hope Loyal North Lancashire Regiment ([[47th Regiment of Foot|47th]] and [[81st Regiment of Foot|81st]] of Foot)*[https: A Comprehensive Guide to Locating British //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 and their Records'' by John Kitzmiller ISBN 0961926031 of Foot.
====Historical books online====*[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=-lYBAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q=&f=false ''The Colonial Wars Source BookHistorical record of the 82nd regiment, or Prince of Wales's volunteers' '] by Philip Haythornthwaite ISBN 1854091964 Brevet-Major Jarvis 1866 (Google Books). Indian service commences [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=-lYBAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA79 page 79] in 1857
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