Queen's Lancashire Regiment

The Queen's Lancashire Regiment
Cap badge of The Queen's Lancashire Regiment
Active	1970–2006
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Branch	British Army
Type	Line Infantry
Role	1st Battalion - Mechanised 4th Battalion - TA Reserve
Size	One battalion
Part of	King's Division
Garrison/HQ	RHQ - Fulwood Barracks, Preston 1st Battalion - Osnabrück, Germany
Motto(s)	Loyally I Serve
March	Quick - L'Attaque/The Red Rose Slow - Long Live Elizabeth
Anniversaries	Waterloo(18 June) Quebec(13 September)
Insignia
Tactical Recognition Flash

The Queen's Lancashire Regiment (30th, 40th, 47th, 59th, 81st and 82nd Regiments of Foot) (QLR) was an infantry regiment of the British Army, part of the King's Division. It was formed on 25 March 1970 at Connaught Barracks in Dover through the amalgamation of the two remaining Lancashire infantry regiments, the Lancashire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Volunteers) and the Loyal Regiment (North Lancashire). Corporal Donald Payne became infamous when he was accused of the torture and killing of civilians in Iraq; the most famous of his victims was a hotel worker called Baha Mousa who was starved and beaten to death. Payne was convicted of the inhuman treatment of persons protected under the Geneva Conventions.

The 1st Battalion served on operations in Northern Ireland in 1970, 1971–72, 1972–73, 1975–76 (resident), 1977, 1980–81, 1987, 1990–92, 1997–99 (resident) and 2001.

The 1st Battalion undertook two tours with BAOR in the mechanised role. The first of which was with 12 Mechanised Brigade in Osnabrück from 1970 to 1974. The second was with 33 Armoured Brigade in Paderborn from 1984 to 1990. The 1st Battalion also had the honour of being the last British battalion to serve in Berlin prior to the final withdrawal in 1994.

Overseas service saw the 1st Battalion posted to Cyprus from 1978 to 1980 as the Western Sovereign Base Area Resident Battalion, and again in 1983, where they saw service with the United Nations. A company was dispatched to the Falkland Islands in the aftermath of the 1982 war. The 1st Battalion returned to Cyprus as the Eastern Sovereign Base Area Resident Battalion from 2004 to 2005.