40th Regiment of Foot
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Chronology
- 1717 raised as Richard Philipps's Regiment of Foot
- 1747 ranked as 40th Foot
- 1751 became the 40th Regiment of Foot
- 1782 became the 40th (the 2nd Somersetshire) Regiment of Foot
- 1881 united with 82nd Regiment of Foot to form The Prince of Wales's Volunteers (South Lancashire Regiment)
- 1938 became the South Lancashire Regiment
- 1958 amalgamated with The East Lancashire Regiment to form The Lancashire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Volunteers)
- 1970 amalgamated with the 1st Battalion, The Loyal Regiment (North Lancashire), to form the 1st Battalion, The Queen's Lancashire Regiment
- 2006 merged with the King's Regiment and the King's Own Royal Border Regiment to become 1st Battalion Duke of Lancaster's Regiment (King's Lancashire and Border)
British India Service
- 1828 India
- 1839 Afghanistan
- 1843 Gwalior
- 1872 India
- 1881 Bengal
- 1903 Jubbulpore
- 1906 Raniket
- 1909 Subathu
- 1912 Ambala
- 1914 Quetta
- 1919 Afghanistan
External links
- 40th Regiment of Foot Wikipedia
- South Lancashire Regiment Wikipedia
- Lancashire Regiment Wikipedia
- Duke of Lancaster's Regiment Wikipedia
- Queen's Lancashire Regiment Wikipedia
- The South Lancashire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Volunteers) including deployments 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)
- Note about the Afghan War Cemetery at Quetta by H Bullock, situated near the village of Kasi , two miles from Quetta. Contains men who died during the 1st Afghan War. Lists four names and advises a large number of NCOs and men of the 40th Regiment of Foot were buried here. Notes and Queries Volume CLXIII, Issue Oct 29 1932, page 312, archived page.
- “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
- A Short Record of the services of the 1st Battalion the Prince of Wales's Volunteers, South Lancashire Regt. formerly the 40th (2nd Somersetshire) Regiment by Captain R H Raymond Smythies 1891 Archive.org
- Historical Records of the 40th (2nd Somersetshire) Regiment now 1st Battalion, The Prince of Wales Volunteers (South Lancashire Regiment) from its formation in 1717 to 1893 by Captain R H Raymond Smythies (1894) Archive.org. The Regiment left Hobart Australia for Bombay in 1828 (page 228).
- Recollections of Four Years Service in the East with H M Fortieth Regiment by John Martin Bladen Neill.(1845) Google books. “Comprising an account of the taking of Kurachee In Lower Scinde in 1839, Operations in Upper Scinde in 1840 and 1841, and the operations of the Candahar division of The Avenging Army of Aghanistan in 1841 and 1842.”
- Scenes in a soldier's life: being a connected narrative of the principal military events in Scinde, Beeloochistan, and Affghanistan, during 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842, and 1843 by John Henry Wilton 1848 Google Books
- "Ich Dien" The Prince of Wales's Volunteers (South Lancashire) 1914-1934 by Captain H. Whalley-Kelly 1935 Archive.org. Mainly service on the Western Front, but also India, 6th Battalion Gallipoli, Egypt, Mesopotamia, 9th Battalion Macedonia, Thrace and Asia Minor.