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The Loyal Regiment (North Lancashire)

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
Loyal Regiment (North Lancashire)
Loyal Regiment Badge.jpg
Cap badge of the Loyal Regiment (North Lancashire).
Active 1 July 1881 – 1 September 1970
Country  United Kingdom
Branch  British Army
Type Infantry
Role Line infantry
Size

1–2 Regular battalions
1 Militia and Special Reserve battalion

2 Territorial and Volunteer battalions
Up to 16 Hostilities-only battalions
Garrison/HQ Fulwood Barracks, Preston, Lancashire
Nickname(s) Cauliflowers, the Lancashire Lads, and Wolfe's Own
Motto(s) Loyauté M'Oblige
(Loyalty Binds Me)
Colors Scarlet with White Facings
Anniversaries 15 February (Kimberley)
4 July (Maida)
31 December (Tarifa)
Engagements Second Boer War
World War I
World War II

1–2 Regular battalions
1 Militia and Special Reserve battalion

The Loyal Regiment (North Lancashire) (until 1921 known as the Loyal North Lancashire Regiment) was a line infantry regiment of the British Army that was in existence from 1881 to 1970. In 1970, the regiment was amalgamated with the Lancashire Regiment to form the Queen's Lancashire Regiment which was, in 2006, amalgamated with the King's Own Royal Border Regiment and the King's Regiment (Liverpool and Manchester) to form the Duke of Lancaster Regiment (King's, Lancashire and Border).

The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment was formed as part of the Childers Reforms of 1881 by the amalgamation of the 47th (Lancashire) Regiment of Foot, 81st Regiment of Foot (Loyal Lincoln Volunteers), 3rd Duke of Lancaster's Own Royal Lancashire Militia and the 11th and 14th Lancashire Rifle Volunteer Corps. The Loyals were one of seven county regiments recruiting in Lancashire. The depot was at Preston, and the regimental district also included the towns of Bolton, Chorley, Farnworth, Hindley, and the Isle of Man. As part of the Cardwell Reforms, the 47th and 81st regiments were linked. The depot for the linked regiment was Fulwood Barracks at Preston. Beginning in 1873, the regiments which would eventually be re-designated as the Loyal North Lancashire Regiment were brigaded together and began moving their depots to Fulwood. However, it would not be until 1877 that the moves were completed when the required facilities were completed.


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