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Dates: 1881 - 1970 The Loyal Regiment (North Lancashire) (until 1921 known as The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment) was an infantry regiment of the line in the British Army from 1881 to 1970. The regiment’s lineage is continued by The Duke of Lancaster’s Regiment. The regiment was formed as part of the Childers reforms by the amalgamation of the 47th (Lancashire) Regiment of Foot, 81st (Loyal Lincoln Volunteers) Regiment of Foot, 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. The regiment also recruited in the Isle of Man.
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Loyal North Lancashire Regiment, in 1958Written by Roy Dawson-Savage Contact this person >>  "Bugle Practice on the main field at the Ipoh Barracks, I recall that occasionally we would swap our Bugles for the Cavalry Trumpets that the Ghurkas used and that were much easier to blow. Running up a huge bill at the Charwallahs
for cold very weak orange juice and Egg Banjo’s that decimated my wages at weekend. Dressing in Whites and using the Silver Drums From the Officers Mess for a Queens Birthday Parade or Regimental parade on the field. Watching the head of Schofield’s Tenor Drum Stick Sail over the heads of the Officers as they sat on their Dias for a regimental parade! Seeing men cry on because they were leaving their mates as they boarded the trucks on the MT park to take them to singapore for demob" Loyal North Lancashire Regiment, in 1956Written by John Varley Contact this person >> "
No doubt whatsoever! sailng into Singapore, and seeing thousands of SPARROWS flying around. Never dreamed that they would be half way round the world."
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" at THE DEFENCE OF KIMBERLEY 1899-1901 The town of Kimberley lies between its two principal diamond mines, the "Kimberley" and the "De Beers", in what was in 1899 the Cape Colony of South Africa, almost on the frontier of the Orange Free State. When the Boer War threatened to break out in ..."
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" Do you mean? The 47th (Lancashire) Regiment of Foot an infantry regiment of the British Army. First raised in 1741 in Scotland, the regiment saw service over a period of 140 years, before it was amalgamated with another regiment to become The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment in 1881. Public ..."
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"Loyal North Lancashire Regiment.Was stationed at Colombo camp,Ipoh,Malaysia and Wuppertal Ronsdorf Germany.Retired 10yrs."
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Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
1881 - 1970
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