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The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment |
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Titles |
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pre 1881 |
post 1881 |
| 47th (the
Lancashire) Regiment of Foot |
1st Battalion,
The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment |
| 81st Regiment of
Foot (Loyal Lincoln Volunteers) |
2nd Battalion,
The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment |
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Earliest recognised formation: |
47th: 1741, when raised as Sir John Mordaunt's Regiment of Foot, becoming
the 47th Regiment of Foot in 1751. |
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81st: 1793, when raised as the 81st Regiment of Foot. |
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| Motto: |
Loyauté M'Oblige = Loyalty Binds Me |
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Regimental Journal: |
The Lancashire Lad |
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| WWI: |
Battle Honours; 68 |
Victoria Crosses; 3 |
Died; 7590 |
| WWII: |
Battle Honours; 21 |
Victoria Crosses; 1 |
Died; ??? |
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| Amalgamated: |
1970, with the The Lancashire Regiment
(Prince of Wales's Volunteers) to form The Queen's Lancashire
Regiment |
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47th and 81st was operational 1803-14 and 1803-1816 respectively. |
Battle of Maida 1806 (1st Battalion, 81st Regiment) and the Peninsula War 1808 -
1814 (2nd Battalion, both Regiments) |
Military General Service Medal.
1793 - 1814 |
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Regiment* |
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clasp: |
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Total Medals |
Max clasps |
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51 | 90 |
90 | 29 |
41 | 108 |
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81st Regiment* |
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1st Btn. |
2nd Btn. |
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119 | 98 |
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*a small number of officers and men additionally
received clasps for service elsewhere. |
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Battle Honours: Maida, Corunna;
(81st) . Tarifa, Vittoria, San Sebastian, Nive;
(47th). Peninsula; (both). |
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First Anglo-Burmese War 1824-1826
47th Regiment | Army of India Medal 1799 - 1826 | | clasp: |
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175 | | | Battle Honour: Ava |
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Crimean War 1854 - 1856 47th Regiment | Crimea Medal 1854 -56 | | | | Clasp: → | ..none... |
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Total Medals | | | Number: → |
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41 | 679 |
>1190 ? | 1293 ? | | | | |
| | | Battle Casualties; | | Action. | Killed | Died of Wounds | 'Wounded' | Dangerously
Wounded | Severely
Wounded | Slightly
Wounded | Missing | Total | |
The Battle of the Alma |
4 | - |
64 | - |
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- | 68 | | First bombardment of Sebastopol, first battle of Inkermann and minor actions |
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1 | 6 |
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The Battle of Inkermann |
20 | - |
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29 | 15 |
2 | 69 | |
The Assault on the Quarries |
26 | 1* |
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26 | 28 |
3 | 91 | | First Attack on the Redan |
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- | 5 | | Final Attack on the Redan |
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6 | 20 |
- | 30 | | 2nd, 3rd, 4th, & 5th Bombardments of Sebastopol and Minor Actions. |
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47 | 52 |
- | 131 | | Magazine explosion at the French Siege Train |
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- | 5 | Grand Total: |
414 | |
*3025 Private John Reagan = "Wounded Mortally" | |
| | | Men who served in the Crimea also eligible for: | Turkish Crimea Medal 1855 | | | |
VCs: 1 McDermond
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Alma; Inkermann Sevastopol. |
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Second Afghan War 1878-80 81st Regiment |
Afghanistan Medal 1878 -1880 | | clasp: | ...none... |
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Total medals | | number: |
101 | 581 |
1* | 1** |
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General Roberts' March, Kabul to Kandahar 9-31 August 1880 |
Kabul to Kandahar Star 1880 |
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1** |
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*582 Pte. R. J. Bourne. ** 88
Pte. John Moore. (Moore with a two clasp Afghan medal) |
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Battle Honours:
Ali Masjid, Afghanistan 1878-9 |
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1881: The Regiments now become the 1st and 2nd Battalions, The Loyal
North Lancashire Regiment. | |
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Anglo - Boer War 1899 - 1902. 1st Battalion: in theatre entire
war, with a detachment serving as mounted infantry. 3rd Battalion (late
Royal Lancashire Militia), present in the Mediterranean for Garrison duty
1900, also served in South Africa 1901-2 providing volunteer service
companies. |
Queen's South Africa Medal 1899-1902, with or without the
King's South Africa Medal 1901 - 1902 |
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Common clasps: Cape Colony, Orange Free State,
Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902; also: |
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Casualties: |
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Officers |
NCOs and Men |
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KIA & DOW/ DOD |
Wounded |
Missing / POW |
KIA & DOW |
Death from disease |
Wounded |
Missing / POW |
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4 / 3 |
8 |
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27 |
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107 |
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Battle Honour: Defence of Kimberley, South
Africa 1899-1902 3rd Battalion: South Africa 1901-02 |
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Garrison & Guard Duty, ( Boer prisoners of war) Gibraltar and Malta etc., 1899 - 1902
3rd Battalion (late Royal Lancashire Militia) | Queen's Mediterranean Medal 1899 -1902 | | | | Number: |
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Battle Honour: Mediterranean 1900-01. |
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The Great War 1914 - 1918
( 21 battalions; 13 served overseas:- ) |
Generally awarded the
British War Medal &
Victory Medal, men overseas prior to 1/1/1916 also a
1914 or
1914-15 Star. |
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Battalion → |
1 |
2* |
1/4 |
1/5 |
2/4 |
2/5 |
4/5** |
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1/12
Pioneers |
15 |
date of first overseas service.
(first theatre red
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13/8
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3/11
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4/5
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13/2
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8/2
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9/2
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12/2
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4/8
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17/7
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6/9
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26/9
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1/8
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22/6
1916 |
5/7
1918 |
| France &
Flanders |
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Gallipoli |
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Egypt & Palestine |
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Macedonia |
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German East Africa |
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India |
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possible ? |
1914 or 1914-15 |
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Extracted from : "Soldiers / Officers
Died in the Great War" (consider approximate - in addition the
regiment as a whole lost an additional 121 officers who
are recorded with 'battalion not shown' or with battalions
not shown here, or who we have not yet allocated a
battalion.) |
1551 |
312 |
926 |
676 |
365 |
198 |
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In India at the start, sent to German East Africa. |
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Absorbed by the 1/5th, 4/2/1915 |
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Regular |
Territorial Force |
New Armies |
Garrison. |
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Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19
8 officers and 154 men of The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment also qualified for this
medal. |
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VCs: 3; Kenny, Wilkinson, Jones.
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Battle Honours:Mons; Aisne 1914, 1918; Ypres
1914, 1917, 1918; Somme 1916," 1918; Lys; Hindenburg Line; Suvla;
Gaza; Baghdad; Kilimanjaro. Retreat from Mons; Marne 1914,
1918; Langemarck 1914; Gheluvelt; Nonne Bosschen; Givenchy 1914;
Aubers; Festubert 1915; Loos; Albert 1916; Bazentin; Pozières;
Guillemont; Ginchy; Flers-Courcelette; Morval; Ancre Heights; Ancre
1916; Arras 1917, 1918; Scarpe 1917; Arleux; Messines 1917; Pilckem;
Menin Road; Polygon Wood; Poelcapelle; Passchendaele; Cambrai 1917,
1918; St Quentin; Bapaume 1918; Estaires; Bailleul; Kemmel; Béthune;
Scherpenberg; Soissonnais-Ourcq; Drocourt-Quéant; Epéhy; Canal du
Nord; St Quentin Canal; Courtrai; Selle; Sambre; France and Flanders
1914-18; Doiran 1917; Macedonia 1917; Sari Bair; Gallipoli 1915;
Egypt 1916; Nebi Samwil; Jerusalem; Jaffa; Tell'Asur; Palestine
1917-18; Tigris 1916; Kut al Amara 1917; Mesopotamia 1916-18; East
Africa 1914-16. |
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1921: Regiment now re-titled - "The Loyal Regiment (North
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WW2 1939 - 1945 |
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Battalion → |
1st |
2nd |
5th |
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France and Belgium 1940.
(Dunkirk ) |
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North Africa & Middle East |
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Far East |
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Burma |
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Sicily / Italy |
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Notes. |
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2nd Infantry Brigade for the duration. Served North Africa, Italy,
Palestine and Syria. |
1st Malaya Infantry Brigade: Captured Singapore Island by the
Japanese 15/2/1942. Reformed in the UK. Served in the closing stages
of the Italy campaign. |
Motor Cycle Battalion. Served France and Belgium 1940 with 20th
Independent Infantry Brigade (Guards). (For one day at Boulogne
22/5/40-23/5/40, then withdrawn back to the UK.) |
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WW2 Stars common to the Battalion. (excluding
39-45 star
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Key: A =
Africa, P =
Pacific, B =
Burma, I =
Italy, F&G =
France and Germany |
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VCs: 1 Sandys-Clarke
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Most also entitled to the
1939-45 War Medal and many the
Defence Medal |
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Battle Honours: Dunkirk 1940; Djebel Kess Kiss; Gueriat el
Atach Ridge; North Africa 1943; Anzio; Fiesole; Monte Grande; Italy
1944-5; Johore; Singapore Island.
North-West Europe 1940; Banana Ridge; Medjez Plain; Djebel
Bou Aoukaz 1943 I; Gab Gab Gap; Rome; Gothic Line; Monte Gamberaldi;
Monte Ceco; Batu Pahar; Malaya 1941-2. |
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1948: Regulars reduced to a single battalion (the 1st) | | |
The Malaya Emergency: Operations against Communist insurgents. 1948-60 1st Battalion (1957) | General Service Medal 1918 - 62 | | clasp: |
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Aden 1964 - 67 'C' Company, 1st Battalion only (1966)
(Rest of
the Battalion remained in Malta.) |
General Service Medal 1962-2007 | |
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Selected Links |
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The Regimental Museum. (Located in ) |
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Selected Bibliography; |
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| Author |
Title |
Publisher |
| Major H. G. Purdon |
An Historical Sketch of
the 47th (Lancashire) Regiment and of the Campaigns through
which they passed. 227 pp. |
Preston: The Guardian
Printing Works, 1907 |
| S. Rogers |
Historical Record of The
Eighty-First Regiment, or Loyal Lincoln Volunteers;
containing an Account of the Formation of the Regiment in
1793 and of its subsequent Services to 1872. 256 pp. |
Gibraltar: printed by the
Twenty-Eighth Regimental Press, 1872. |
| Col. H. C. Wylly |
The Loyal North Lancashire
Regiment. (2 vols.) |
London: The Royal United
Services Institution, 1933 |
| Capt. C. G. T. Dean |
The Loyal Regiment (North
Lancashire), 1919-1953. 329 pp. |
Preston: Regimental
Headquarters, 1955 |
| Frank Allen |
The Loyals in Malaya; the
First Battalion The Loyal Regiment (N.L) Malaya, Dec. 1958.
24 pp. |
Bolton: Tillotsons
Newspapers Ltd., 1959 |
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The Loyal Regiment (North
Lancashire) Roll of Honour, 1939-1945. 20 pp. |
Preston: [printed by T.
Snape & Co. Ltd.], 1948. |
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The Loyal Regiment, North
Lancashire (47th/81st Regiment). 60 pp. |
London: Malcolm Page, n.d.
[c. 1954], |
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1st Battalion Loyal North
Lancashire Regiment. South African War 1899-1902. . 142 pp. |
Devonport: Swiss and Co.,
1903 |
| Michael Langley. |
The Loyal Regiment. (North
Lancashire). 118 pp. |
London: Leo Cooper 1975 |
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Additional Bibliography for this
Page. |
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| Officers of the
Regiment. |
Unpublished rolls in
the care of the National Archives; WO 100/ etc. |
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Additional bibliography
same as Northumberland Fusiliers
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