Great Britain

The Lancashire Fusiliers

layout
Kingdom of England
 
1688: Robert Peyton’s
Regiment of Foot
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1789: Viscount Boyne’s
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1706: John Newton’s
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1707: Kingdom of Great Britain
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1714: Thomas Meredith’s
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1719: William Egerton’s
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1732: Earl of Effingham’s
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1737: Richard St. George’s
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1740: Alexander Rose’s
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1740: Thomas Bligh’s
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1742: ranked as 20th Foot
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1746: Viscount Sackville’s
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1749: Earl of Albemarle’s
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1751: 20th Regiment of Foot
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1756: 2nd Battalion raised
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1758: 2nd Battalion → 67thRegiment of Foot
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20th-Foot
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1782: 20th (East Devonshire)
Regiment of Foot

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1799: 2nd Battalion raised
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1801: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
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1802: 2nd Battalion disbanded
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1842: Reserve Battalion raised
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1849: Reserve Battalion disbanded
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1858: 2nd Battalion raised
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20th Foot
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20th Foot
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The creation of the territorial regiments by the Childers reforms
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layout
1881: 1st Battalion,    2nd Battalion,
The Lancashire Fusiliers
see also the Militia Battalion
and the Volunteer Battalions
Lancashire-Fusiliers
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LancasF
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1898: 3rd Battalion raised
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1900: 4th Battalion raised
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1906: 3rd Battalion and 4th Battalion disbanded
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1922: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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1948: 2nd Battalion disbanded
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1948:
part of
The Lancastrian Brigade
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1952: 2nd Battalion raised
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1955: 2nd Battalion disbanded
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1958:
transferred to
The Fusilier Brigade
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Fusilier
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1968: 4th Battalion,
The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers
part of
The Queen’s Division
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1969: disbanded
 

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