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The South Lancashire Regiment
(Prince of Wales's Volunteers) |
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- 1958
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Titles |
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pre 1881 |
post 1881 |
| 40th
(the 2nd Somersetshire) Regiment of Foot |
2nd
Battalion, The Prince of Wales's Volunteers (South Lancashire
Regiment) |
| 82nd
(the Prince of Wales's Volunteers) Regiment of Foot |
1st
Battalion, The Prince of Wales's Volunteers (South Lancashire
Regiment) |
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Earliest recognised formation: |
40th: 1717, when raised in Nova Scotia as Richard Philips's Regiment of Foot |
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82nd: 1793, when raised as the 82nd Regiment of Foot. Titled "82nd Regiment
of Foot (Prince of Wales's Volunteers)" in 1802 |
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| Motto: |
Ich dien |
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Regimental Journal: |
"The Newsletter" |
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| WWI: |
Battle Honours; 59 |
Victoria Crosses; 4 |
Died; 5450 |
| WWII: |
Battle Honours; 21 |
Victoria Crosses; 0 |
Died; ??? |
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| Amalgamated: |
1958, with
The East Lancashire Regiment, to form The Lancashire Regiment
(Prince of Wales's Volunteers) |
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2nd Battalion of the 40th was operational 1799-1802 and 1804-1816, and a
2nd Battalion of the 82nd, 1804-1816. The 2nd/40th had medal qualifying
service in the 1801 Egypt campaign. |
Egypt
Campaign 1801 (Coys from both battalions, 40th Foot) and the Peninsula War 1808 -
1814 (1st Battalions both Regiments) |
Military General Service Medal.
1793 - 1814 |
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1st & 2nd Btns |
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25 | 51 |
114 | 135 |
101 | 35 |
126 |
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116 |
137 | 210 |
146 |
8 | 83 |
27 |
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total medals |
max clasps |
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125 |
176 | 373 |
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Ensign Donald MacDonald of the
40th also received Corunna and Fuentes d' Onor for earlier
service with the 92nd |
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1st Battalion 82nd Regiment |
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clasp: |
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79 |
63 | 24 |
43 | 114 |
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Total Medals |
Max clasps |
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99 | 20 |
67 | 87 |
218 |
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Captain Henry Pynn was also
entitled to Toulouse for service with the 18th Portuguese. |
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Battle Honours: 40th: Rolica,
Vimiera, Talavera, Badajoz, Salamanca, Vittoria, Pyrenees,
Nivelle, Orthes, Toulouse, Peninsula and a Sphinx superscribed Egypt was permitted to
be borne on the colours. 82nd: Rolica, Vimiera, Vittoria,
Pyrenees, Nivelle, Orthes, Peninsula |
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Battle of Waterloo 1815 1st Battalion, 40th Regiment. |
Waterloo Medal 1815 (names on roll, includes died, missing etc) |
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Number : |
790 |
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Casualties 16th, 17th & 18th June
1815 (extracted London Gazette 8/7/1815 & "Medals of the British
Army and how they were won" T. Carter 1861*) |
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Officers: 1 Major and 1 Captain, Killed.
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Captains, 6 Lieutenants, and 2 Ensigns wounded. |
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*Sergeants, Trumpeters, Drummers, Farriers
and Rank and File: |
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Wounded |
Missing |
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Suffered
amputation |
Discharged |
Transferred to Veteran or Garrison Battalions |
Rejoined the
Regiment |
Remaining in hospitals in April 1816 |
Total |
Rejoined the
Regiment | Not
since heard of, supposed dead. |
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105 |
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147 |
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*Carter's figures are in
turn extracted from the return prepared by the Adjutant-Generals
office, 13th April 1816. |
Battle Honour; Waterloo. |
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First Afghan War 1839-1842
40th Regiment |
Candahar Medal 1842 | | number: |
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Ghuznee Cabul Medal 1842 | | number: |
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Candahar Ghuznee Cabul Medal 1842 | | number: |
669 | | | Battle Honour: Candahar
1842; Ghuznee 1842 Cabool 1842 |
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Gawalior Campaign 1843
40th Regiment | Gawalior Campaign Maharajpoor Star 1843 | | | | number: | ? | | | Battle Honour: Maharajpore |
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Crimean War 1854 - 1856
82nd Regiment |
Crimea Medal 1854 -56 |
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..none... |
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Total Medals | | Number: → |
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Regiment arrived in the closing stages of the
campaign and was not involved in any major actions. |
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Men who served in the Crimea also eligible for: |
Turkish Crimea Medal 1855 |
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Battle Honours: Sevastopol. |
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Indian Mutiny 1857-59
82nd Regiment |
India Mutiny Medal. 1857 -59 |
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793 | 242* |
242* |
1035 |
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* all two clasp medals |
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Battle Honour: Lucknow |
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Maori Wars, New Zealand 1860-1866
40th Regiment |
New Zealand Medal 1845-1866 |
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1863 | 1863-64 |
1863-1865 |
1864 |
1864-66 | total medals |
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Regiment stationed in Australia
from 1852, then moved to New Zealand in 1860. Left for the UK
1866 |
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VCS: 1: Lucas
see VC page
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Battle Honour: New Zealand |
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now become the 1st and 2nd Battalions, The Prince of Wales's Volunteers
(South Lancashire Regiment) | | |
Anglo - Boer War 1899 - 1902. 1st Battalion, December 1899 to end
of the War |
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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Battle Honour: South Africa 1900-1902 |
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The Great War 1914 - 1918
( 21 battalions; 11 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* |
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1/4 |
1/5 |
2/4 |
2/5 |
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11 |
date of first overseas service.
(first theatre red
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4/8
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14/8
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13/2
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13/2
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16/2
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20/2
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7/7
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18/7
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?/9
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7/9
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7/11
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Flanders |
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Gallipoli |
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Egypt & Palestine |
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Mesopotamia | |
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Macedonia |
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Burma |
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India |
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Star
possible ? |
1914 or 1914-15 |
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or 1914-15 only |
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died
Extracted from : "Soldiers / Officers
Died in the Great War" (consider approximate - in addition the
regiment as a whole lost an additional 117 officers who
are recorded with 'battalion not shown' or with battalions
not shown here, or who we have not yet allocated a
battalion.) |
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1691 |
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739 |
214 |
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581 |
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491 |
154 |
261 |
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*In India at the start, where it remained for
the duration -also served NW Frontier for the Third Afghan War,
1919. (see below) |
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Regular |
Territorial Force |
New Armies |
Garrison. |
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Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19
12 officers and 551 men of the The Prince of Wales's Volunteers
( South Lancashire Regiment) also qualified for this
medal. |
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VCs: 4; Ratcliffe Coury
Readitt Davies
see VC page
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Battle Honours: Mons; Aisne 1914, 1918;
Messines 1914, 1917, 1918; Ypres 1914, 1915, 1917, 1918; Somme 1916,
1918; Lys; Doiran 1917, 1918; Sari Bair; Baghdad; Baluchistan 1918.
Le Cateau; Retreat from Mons; Marne 1914; La Bassée 1914;
Armentières 1914; Nonne Bosschen; St Julien; Frezenberg; Bellewaarde;
Albert 1916; Bazentin; Pozières; Guillemont; Ginchy;
Flers-Courcelette; Morval; Le Transloy; Ancre Heights; Ancre 1916;
Arras 1917, 1918; Scarpe 1917, 1918; Pilckem; Langemarck 1917; Menin
Road; Polygon Wood; Passchendaele; Cambria 1917, 1918; St Quentin;
Bapaume 1918; Rosières; Estaires; Hazebrouck; Bailleul; Kemmel;
Scherpenberg; Drocourt-Quéant; Hindenburg Line; Canal du Nord;
Courtrai; Selle; Sambre; France and Flanders 1914-18; Macedonia
1915-18; Suvla; Gallipoli 1915; Egypt 1916; Tigris 1916; Kut al
Amara 1917; Mesopotamia 1916-18. |
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WW2 1939 - 1945 |
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1st |
2nd |
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France and Belgium 1940.
(Dunkirk ) |
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North Africa & Middle East |
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Burma |
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Sicily / Italy |
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N.W. Europe |
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Notes. |
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4th Division troops France and Belgium '40. evacuated Dunkirk.....
8th Infantry Brigade, 11/6/40 - 31/8/45. D-Day landers, leading
formation assault phase. |
In India at the start, returned to the UK - then 29th Infantry
Brigade, Madagascar, East Africa 5/5/42-16/10/42, Burma;
12/2/44-16/4/44, moved to 114 Indian Infantry Brigade, remaining in
Burma theatre until 29/7/45 |
Sent from the UK to India for internal security duties. Arrived
17/10/42. Became part of 52nd Infantry Brigade, which was used for
training British infantry reinforcements in jungle warfare. |
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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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Most also entitled to the
1939-45 War Medal and many the
Defence Medal |
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Battle Honours: Dunkirk 1940; Normandy Landing; Bourguébus
Ridge; Falaise; Rhineland; North-West Europe 1940, 1944-5;
Madagascar; North Arakan; Kohima; Nyaungu Bridgehead. Odon;
Troarn; Venraij; Hochwald; Bremen; Middle East 1942; Mayu Tunnels;
Meiktila; Letse; Irrawaddy; Burma 1943-5. |
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Jewish / Arab Unrest, Palestine 1945 - 48 1st Battalion
(1946) | General Service Medal 1918 -62 | | clasp: |
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1948: Regulars reduced to a single battalion (the 1st) | |
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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 |
| Capt. R. H. Raymond
Smythies, |
A Short Record of the 1st
Battalion The Prince of Wales's Volunteers (South Lancashire
Regiment), formerly the 40th (2nd Somersetshire). 120
pp. |
Jersey: " Jersey Times,"
1891 |
| Capt. R. H. Raymond
Smythies, |
Historical Records of the
40th (2nd Somersetshire) Regiment, now 1st Battalion The
Prince of Wales's Volunteers (South Lancashire Regiment).
From its Formation, in 1717, to 1893 620 pp. |
Devonport: printed for the
subscribers by A. H. Swiss, 1894. |
| (Dedicated to his brother
Officers by) Brevet-Major Jarvis, 82nd Regt. |
Historical Record of the
Eighty-Second Regiment of Prince of Wales's Volunteers.
123 pp. |
London: W. O. Mitchell,
1866 |
| Capt. H. Whalley-Kelly. |
" Ich Dien." The Prince of
Wales's Volunteers (South Lancashire), 1914-1934. 336
pp. |
Aldershot: Gale & Polders
Ltd., 1935 |
| Col. B. R. Mullaly |
The South Lancashire
Regiment, The Prince of Wales's Volunteers.
520 pp. |
Bristol: The White Swan
Press 1955 |
| Compiled by Lieut.-Col. F.
E. Whitton |
A Short History of The
Prince of Wales's Volunteers (South Lancashire).
54 pp. |
Aldershot; Gale & Polden
Ltd., 1928 |
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Formation and Events in
the Services of the Fortieth or 2nd Somersetshire Regt.,
1717 to 1799. 54 pp. |
Calcutta: printed by
Thomas S. Smith, City Press, 1879 |
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From Preston to Ladysmith
with the 1st Battalion, South Lancashire Regiment 48
pp. |
Preston: Platt & Co., 1900 |
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The South Lancashire
Regiment in the South African War 1899-1902. 20
pp. |
Warrington, Mackie, n.d., |
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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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