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*'''2006''' amalgamated with the King’s Regiment, and the Queen’s Lancashire Regiment to become the Duke of Lancaster's Regiment (King's Lancashire and Border)
==First World War==
6th (Service) Battalion: Moved to Gallipoli in July 1915. Went to Egypt in January 1916 and thence to Mesopotamia.<ref>[http://www.1914-1918.net/kingsown.htm The King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)] The Long. Long Trail</ref>. Note that there is at least one burial In India <ref>[http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1450896/ Peter Prince] CWGC</ref> for a man sent from Mesopotamia on medical grounds, thought to be a burial at [[Murree]] whose grave is marked 'died in Murree of wounds received in Mesopotamia'.<ref>Khyber Pass and kenf48 [httphttps://1914-1918www.invisionzonegreatwarforum.comorg/forumstopic/225793-15th-royal-west-surrey-murree-aug-1916/index.php?showtopicdo=225793findComment&pcomment=2301225 1/5th Royal West Surrey, Murree, Aug 1916] ''Great War Forum'' 27 28 August 2015. Retrieved 28 August 201524 April 2019.</ref>
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