30th Regiment of Foot

Chronology

• 1702 raised as the 1st Regiment of Marines
• 1714 converted to infantry
• 1751 became the 30th Regiment of Foot
• 1782 became the 30th (Cambridgeshire) Regiment of Foot
• 1881 amalgamated with the 59th Regiment of Foot into The East Lancashire Regiment
• 1958 amalgamated with the Prince of Wales's Volunteers (South Lancashire Regiment) to form the Lancashire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Volunteers)
• 1970 amalgamated with the 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)

The Timeline and Bibliography below were part of the Family History in India website, which was designed by Cathy Day to help people trace their British and European ancestry in colonial India . Cathy has kindly allowed us to transfer this information to the FIBIwiki.

Timeline in India

• 1807-1809 Madras
• 1809 Poonamallee
• 1810-1811 Trichinopoly
• 1812 Cannanore
• 1815 Vellore
• 1816-1817 Fort St George, Madras
• 1818 Masulipatam
• 1818 Secunderabad
• 1819 Asseerghur
• 1819 Boorampoor
• 1819 Khandish
• 1819-1820 Jaulna
• 1819-1826 Secunderabad
• 1825 Bhutpore
• 1825 Fort St George, Madras
• 1827 Fort St George, Madras
• 1827-1828 Trichinopoly
• 1828 Wallajabad
• 1828-1829 St Thomas' Mount
• 1834 Guindy
• 1842 Canada

Bibliography

The information above was obtained from a number of sources, including :

• In Search of the Forlorn Hope : A Comprehensive Guide to Locating British Regiments and their Records by John Kitzmiller ISBN 0961926031
• The Colonial Wars Source Book by Philip Haythornthwaite ISBN 1854091964
• British Army Pensioners Abroad by Norman K. Crowder ISBN 0806314605

External Links

• 30th Regiment of Foot Wikipedia
• 30th (Cambridgeshire) Regiment of Foot including deployments Regiments.org, an archived site
• The East Lancashire Regiment including deployments: 1st Battalion, 2nd Battalion Regiments.org, an archived site
• Lancashire Infantry Museum, includes the East Lancashire Regiment (30th and 59th of Foot), the South Lancashire Regiment (40th and 82nd of Foot), the Loyal North Lancashire Regiment (47th and 81st of Foot)
• “The Regimental History of the Duke of Lancaster’s Regiment” army.mod.uk, now an archived webpage.

The constituent regiments are the 4th, 8th, 30th, 34th, 40th, 47th, 55th, 59th, 63rd, 81st, 82nd and 96th Regiments of Foot.

Historical books online

• Some Recollections in the Life of Lieut.-Col. P.P. Nevill, late Major 63rd Regiment 1864 Archive.org. In 1817 he was with the 1st battalion, 30th Regiment in Madras page 49
• Historical Records of the XXX. Regiment by a Regimental Committee 1887 Archive.org.
• "Report on the Cholera Camp at Kokrail, Lucknow, from 31st July to 27th August 1894" by Surgeon-Captain H N Thompson, Army Medical Staff, page 350 Army Medical Department Report for the year 1895, Volume 37, published 1896. Archive.org. The 1st Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment were involved.
• History of the East Lancashire Regiment in the Great War 1914-1918 by Major-General Sir Lothian Nicholson and Major H T MacMullen 1936 Archive.org