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	► Queen's Lancashire Regiment: Encyclopedia topic
		The Queen's Lancashire Regiment (QLR) is an infantry (infantry: An army unit consisting of soldiers who fight on foot) regiment of the British Army (British Army: the british army is the land armed forces branch of the british military....
		The regiment was also the last British battalion (battalion: An army unit usually consisting of a headquarters and three or more companies) to serve in Berlin (Berlin: Capital of Germany located in eastern Germany) prior to the final withdrawal in 1994.
		It was formed in 1970 through the amalgamation of the two remaining Lancashire (Lancashire: A historical area of northwestern England on the Irish Sea; noted for textiles) infantry regiments, the Lancashire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Volunteers) (Lancashire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Volunteers): more facts about this subject) and the Loyal Regiment (North Lancashire).
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /reference/queens_lancashire_regiment (265 words)

	LANCASHIRE - LoveToKnow Article on LANCASHIRE
		Lancashire is in the northern circuit, and assizes are held at Lancaster for the north, and at Liverpool and Manchester for the south of the county.
		In 1297 Lancashire raised 1000 men, and at the battle of Falkirk (1298) 1000 Lancashire soldiers were in the vanguard, led by Henry de Lacy, carl of Lincoln.
		Lancashire is famed for the number of old and important county families living within its borders.
	www.87.1911encyclopedia.org /L/LA/LANCASHIRE.htm (6859 words)

	The Future
		This Regiment is to be known as the King's Lancashire and Border Regiment.
		At that time it was said that, towards the end of 2005, the three Regiments of the North West of England, the King's Regiment, the King's Own Royal Border Regiment and the Queen's Lancashire Regiment will become one large regiment.
		The Commanding Officers of the regular battalions are in consultation with the Army Personnel Centre about the future manning of the King's Lancashire and Border Regiment regular battalions.
	www.amlot.freeserve.co.uk /future.htm (1213 words)

	History of Tudhoe Village: Dissent and Rebellion in County Durham
		The Scottish Borders were a wild and lawless area, with well-established families on both sides who supplemented their livelihood by raiding and sheep-stealing, taking advantage of the fact that neither the Scottish nor the English authorities could easily enforce the law on the other side of the border.
		King James was an astute politician, and no religious zealot; unlike Queen Elizabeth, he had a claim to the throne that was valid in both Protestant and Catholic eyes.
		Each regiment was commanded by a colonel, supported by a lieutenant-colonel, a major and (usually) five captains.
	www.dur.ac.uk /j.m.hutson/tudhoe (21199 words)

	Kings
		The king’s was at Dettingen and Fomtenoy (1743-45); at Falkirk and Culloden (1746); at Roucoux and Val (1746-47); at Warburg, Zierenburg, Campen, Kirch Denkern, Eimbeck, Groebenstein, and Cassel (1760-62); at the Cedars and Fort Stannix, in Canada (1776-77); at Nimeguen (1794); and in the Egyptian campaign of 1801, at Aboukir, Alexandria, and Cairo.
		The regiment was raised in 1685 as the Princess Anne of Denmark's Regiment, becoming in 1751 the 8th of foot.
		The white horse, with the regiment mental name and title laurelled, is on the button, and on the helmet and waist-plate (with the motto); the white horse and Garter is worn on the forage- cap.
	www.military-uniforms.com /kings.htm (1794 words)

	Structure of the British Army - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		This will involve the Royal Scots and the King's Own Scottish Borderers amalgamating into a single battalion, and this then amalgamating with the other four regiments into a large Royal Regiment of Scotland, with battalions retaining their former titles.
		The Joint CBRN Regiment is a specialised corps of the army tasked with defence against nuclear, biological, radiological and chemical weapons.
		The regiments of line cavalry and the Royal Tank Regiment are grouped together as the Royal Armoured Corps.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Structure_of_the_British_Army (4517 words)

	1st Border
		In 1881, the 57th and the 55th, its sister Regiment, were renamed the 1st and 2nd Battalions The Border Regiment.
		The 1st Border had originally seen life in 1702 as Luca's Regiment, and as the 34th Regiment of Foot in 1751, before finally becoming the 57th in 1755.
		Writing to the Colonel of the Border Regiment, the commander of the Brigade said "I don't suppose any Battalion has earned the same admiration from everyone in Palestine as they have done.
	www.arnhemarchive.org /batt_1st_border.htm (1944 words)

	The Forum of the 1.Jagdmoroner Abteilung - Restrtucturing the British Army
		The regiment with the highest esprit de corps is the Parachute Regiment which was formed in 1940, and fields 3 battalions.
		So, the Queens Lancashire Regiment have the history of a number of earlier regiments, including the East Lancs, the South Lancs, the Loyal North Lancs, the 40th Foot, the 82nd foot, the 30th foot...and so on.
		The Royal Scots are the oldest British infantry regiment and are in fact the 1st Regiment of Foot.
	www.1jma.dk /topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=4025 (1425 words)

	News
		Regiment (King’s, Lancashire and Border) as one of which the region can be justly proud.
		The 1st Battalion of the new regiment will be formed from the present 1st Battalions of the Kings Own Royal Border and Queen's Lancashire Regiments.
		The 1st Battalion of the King's Regiment will become the 2nd Battalion, Kings, Lancashire and Border Regiment.
	www.army.mod.uk /qlr/news.htm (757 words)

	The Probert Encyclopaedia - Weapons and Warfare (1-A)
		The 92nd Highland Regiment was a British infantry regiment raised in 1794 by the Duchess of Gordon with a shilling between her lips.
		The 81st (Loyal Lincolnshire Volunteers) Regiment of Foot was a British infantry regiment which served in the Indian Mutiny and later merged with the 47th Regiment of Foot to form the Loyal North Lancashire Regiment.
		In the Zulu War of 1879 the regiment was engaged at the Battle of Isandhlwana and at the Defence of Rorke's Drift.
	www.fas.org /news/reference/probert/F1.HTM (8589 words)

	The King's Own Royal Border Regiment (UK)
		The Duke of Lancaster's Regiment (King's, Lancashire and Border)
		The King's Own Royal Border Regiment : 1680-1984 : a short regimental history written to mark the 25th anniversary of the amalgamation of the King's Own Royal Regiment and the Border Regiment, 1st October, 1984.
		The museum of the Border Regiment and the King's Own Royal Border Regiment : an illustrated account of the regiment's museum housed in a building in the inner ward of Carlisle Castle.
	www.regiments.org /regiments/uk/inf/004KORBR.htm (287 words)

	Kings Liverpool Regiment
		Kings Liverpool Regiment, 10th Scottish Battalion by Richard Caton Woodville.
		The king’s was at Dettingen and Fomtenoy (1743-45); at Falkirk and Culloden (1746); at Roucoux and Val (1746-47); at Warburg, Zierenburg, Campen, Kirch Denkern, Eimbeck, Groebenstein, and Cassel (1760-62); at the Cedars and Fort Stannix, in Canada (1776-77); at Nimeguen (1794); and in the Egyptian campaign of 1801, at Aboukir, Alexandria, and Cairo.
		The regiment was raised in 1685 as the Princess Anne of Denmark's Regiment, becoming in 1751 the 8th of foot.
	www.regimental-art.com /kings_liverpool_reg.htm (1244 words)

	History of the 8th Light
		The King's Regiment would spend the remainder of the war guarding the posts of the Great Lakes and providing secure supply depots for the Iroquois warriors and Loyalist soldiers who were soon raiding the frontiers of the rebellious colonies.
		The new regiment was to be known as The Princess Anne of Denmark's Regiment of Foot.
		It was not until 1785 that the men of the 8th Regiment of Foot were finally released from their long exile on the Great Lakes when Lieutenant Colonel DePeyster received orders to lead his troops to Quebec as soon as they were relieved by soldiers of the 29th Regiment of Foot.
	members.tripod.com /~Gargano/history.html (4033 words)

	The Probert Encyclopaedia - Weapons and Warfare (1-A)
		The 83rd (Co. Dublin) Regiment of Foot was a British infantry regiment raised in 1793 and known as 'Fitch's Grenadiers'.
		The 64th (2nd Staffordshire) Regiment of Foot was a British army unit raised in 1756 to be the 2nd Battalion of the 11th Foot.
		The 92nd Highland Regiment was a British infantry regiment raised in 1794 by the Duchess of Gordon with a shilling between her lips.
	www.fas.org /news/reference/probert/F1.HTM (8589 words)

	The Probert Encyclopaedia - Weapons and Warfare (G-O)
		The Grenadier Regiment of Foot Guards (Grenadier Guards) was raised at Bruges in 1656 by King Charles II whilst he was in exile in Belgium.
		The Regiment's volunteer battalion tradition stems both from its 5th King's (Liverpool) Battalion (which was originally the third to be raised in the country and the first in the North West of England) and the 8th Battalion The Manchester Regiment.
		It is in consequence of this that the Grenade is worn as a badge on the forage cap, the tunic and the Colours of the Regiment.
	fas.org /news/reference/probert/F4.HTM (15666 words)

	SHAFTESBURY - LoveToKnow Article on SHAFTESBURY
		He is stated also to have influenced the king in issuing his dispensing declaration of the 26th of December 1662, and he zealously supported a bill introduced for the purpose of confirming the declaration, rising thereby in favor and influence with Charles.
		The kings advisers now urged him to arrest Shaftesbury; he was seized on the 2nd of July 1681, and committed to the Tower, the judges refusing his petition.
		Shaftesbury had meanwhile ineffectually warned the king that unless he followed his advice there would be no peace with the people.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /S/SH/SHAFTESBURY.htm (5426 words)

	8th (or King's) Regiment in the Canadas War of 1812
		The King's Regiment, being one of the old corps, was permitted to wear the badge of the running horse of Hanover which was displayed prominently on the regiment's shako and belt plates.
		n 1685, the King's Regiment was raised by Lord Ferrars of Chartly during the Monmouth Rebellion.
		During this battle, which ended in a stalemate, the regiment was in the thick of the fighting, emptying their cartridge pouches, retaking positions with the bayonet, and struggling inch-by-inch in hand-to-hand combat.
	www3.sympatico.ca /dis.general/8thregt.htm (847 words)

	Probert Encyclopaedia: Warfare (R)
		The Royal Green Jackets is a British infantry regiment formed as a large Regiment on the 1st of January 1966 by the amalgamation of the 1st Green Jackets (The 43rd and 52nd), the 2nd Green Jackets (The King's Royal Rifle Corps), and the 3rd Green Jackets (The Rifle Brigade).
		After taking part in the American War of Independence from 1775 to 1782, the Regiment was involved in the Napoleonic Wars and saw action in Egypt in 1801, Martinique in 1809, the Peninsula from 1810 to 1814 (where in 1811 it fought with outstanding discipline and courage at Albuhera) and finally at Waterloo in 1815.
		On 11 June, 1969, the Royal Regiment of Wales was formed from the South Wales Borderers (24th Foot) and the Welch Regiment (41st/69th Foot) and The Prince of Wales was appointed Colonel in Chief.
	www.probertencyclopaedia.com /F6B.HTM (3085 words)

	Cameroon Summary
		This was the last time the regiment was together as a regiment for nearly ten months; this was because the regiment was being split up into three camps.
		Considering the regiment was spread out over the 250 miles, on hindsight they did a fine job in helping to bring peace and stability in the Cameroons.
		It was during my service with the battalion at Barnard Castle in County Durham, after a request by the United Nations the war office instructed the regiment that they were being sent to the British Cameroons in West Africa.
	freespace.virgin.net /ian.parkinson31/cameroons/html/cameroon_summary.html (1613 words)

	KORR Museum
		The King's Own 1/5 Battalion TF Being a Record of the 1/5th Battalion The King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) in the European War 1914-1918.
		The museum, established in 1929, tells the history of the King's Own Royal Regiment (4th Foot) from 1680 to 1959 when the Regiment was amalgamated with the Border Regiment to form today's King's Own Royal Border Regiment.
		The King's Own Royal Regiment Museum, Steve Irwin and CLEO (Cumbria and Lancashire Education Online) are pleased to announce the brand new website covering the Regiment and the First World War.
	homepage.ntlworld.com /howard.martin/KORRMUSEUM.html (486 words)

	Cameroon History Timeline - historic overview of Cameroun, Africa
		National Service Memoirs: Read a story of service in Kings Own Royal Border Regiment, Cameroon from 1960-62
		The King of Douala (Douala Manga Bell) writes to Queen Victoria, inviting England to form an official relationship with Douala, when he was told about the British post in Lagos, Nigeria.
		The film is inspired by her own childhood in Cameroon and delas with the relations between black/white, man/woman, child/adult.
	crawfurd.dk /africa/cameroon_timeline.htm (2602 words)

	1st Border
		In 1959, the Border Regiment was amalgamated with the Kings Own Royal Regiment, and is known to this day as the Kings Own Royal Border Regiment.
		In 1881, the 57th and the 55th, its sister Regiment, were renamed the 1st and 2nd Battalions The Border Regiment.
		Writing to the Colonel of the Border Regiment, the commander of the Brigade said "I don't suppose any Battalion has earned the same admiration from everyone in Palestine as they have done.
	www.arnhemarchive.org /batt_1st_border.htm (1944 words)

	Defence Internet Fact Sheets Operations in Iraq: Chronology of Events
		Reservists from the newly formed Infantry Regiment, the 3rd Battalion The Royal Welsh, serving in Basrah, southern Iraq are the first soldiers to wear their new hackles and cap badges in an operational theatre.
		Lance Corporal Alan Brackenbury of A Squadron, King's Royal Hussars, was repatriated from Iraq in a C17 to RAF Brize Norton, Oxfordshire.
		Sergeant John Jones of the 1st Battalion The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers died as a result of injuries sustained from a roadside bomb at approximately 1230 hrs local time in Basra, Iraq.
	www.operations.mod.uk /telic/summary.htm (7000 words)

	Colours of The 55th (Westmorland) Regiment
		The ‘Dragon’ has been incorporated in the Colour of the Border Regiment (formed by the amalgamation of the Cumberland and Westmorland Regiments) and is now emblazoned on the colours of the Kings Own Royal Border Regiment, and worn on the regimental buttons to this day.
		The King’s Colour was used during the latter part of the century, probably from 1786 to 1801.
		The emblem of the Chinese Dragon on this standard was awarded as a Battle Honour of the 55th Regiment and worn on the Regimental Colour.
	www.wilson31.freeserve.co.uk /kpc/regiment.htm (347 words)

	British Light Infantry Regiments & National Service
		The 34th became the Cumberland Regiment and the 55th The Westmorland, in 1881 they became the Border Regiment.
		In the Second World War the regiment became part of the 1st Airborne Brigade and became the first glider troops during the invasion of Sicily.
		The 34th Foot raised in 1702 as Lucas's Regiment, the 55th Foot raised in 1757.
	www.britisharmedforces.org /i_regiments/bord_index.htm (233 words)

	News and Future Events
		The plan is to merge the Lancashire and Cumbrian side of the Kings Division to form a two battalion Regiment called the King's Lancashire and Border Regiment, however us, The Kings and the QLR will remain as three separate battalions until at least the end of 2005.
		The 1st Battalion King’s Own Royal Border Regiment, based in North Luffenham, provided the funeral party under the direction of Sergeant Major John Wilson, of the battalion’s Somme Company.
		Over 200 mourners attended the funeral of an unknown soldier of the King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment at a Military Cemetery on the Somme.
	diamondreunion.org /News.htm (5719 words)

	Telegraph News
		The Devon and Dorset Regiment and The Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Regiment will be split up, with the Devon and Dorsets and the Glorious Glosters element of the RGBW forming a third battalion of The Light Infantry; the Berkshire and Wiltshire elements will form a third battalion of the Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment.
		Disbanding the second battalion of the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers, as advocated by supporters of the Green Howards, would have forced the remaining battalion to amalgamate with another.
		The Black Watch, the regiment that attracted the most attention because of its recent tour in Iraq, will be known as The Black Watch (3rd Battalion, The Royal Regiment of Scotland).
	www.telegraph.co.uk /news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2004/12/17/narmy117.xml&sSheet=/news/2004/12/17/ixhome.html (694 words)

	The King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster) [UK]
		The King's Own Royal Regiment, by Brad Chappell (The Regimental Warpath 1914-1918)
		Border and Kings Own Royal Border Regimental Museum, Carlisle, by Stuart Eastwood.
		The King's Own Royal Border Regiment : 1680-1984 : a short regimental history written to mark the 25th anniversary of the amalgamation of the King's Own Royal Regiment and the Border Regiment, 1st October, 1984.
	www.regiments.org /regiments/uk/inf/004KORR.htm (723 words)

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