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The
Friends is an active organisation
which provides a
focus and a forum for all those with an interest in military
history in general, and that of Lancashire, The Queen's Lancashire
Regiment, and its antecedent regiments in particular.
By doing so, the
group helps the Museum to preserve and promote the most important
regimental heritage collection in the North West of England, and one of
the most important in the country.
Founded in 2001, the
Friends became an independent charity registered with the Charity
Commissioners in 2007.
The Friends:
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Raise
funds to support the Museum, which receives only minimal
public funding and depends heavily on financial assistance from
private Regimental charities and fund-raising and donations from the
public.
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Organise a
busy annual programme of study days and evening events.
These offer opportunities for in-depth examination of specific
aspects of Regimental history. Drawing on the Museum's extensive and
often unique archives; sometimes featuring Regimental veterans of
the campaign being studied; and often led by nationally-recognised
experts, these Study Days are designed not only to be academically
and educationally valid for the serious student of military
history; but also entertaining and enjoyable for those with a more
general interest. Recent study days have included the Regiment's
campaigns in
Afghanistan, Arnhem, Aden, Iraq, Malaya, Northern Ireland,
and The Somme.
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Run annual
Battlefield Tours
to areas of historical Regimental interest - which, given
that the Queen's Lancashire Regiment was the only Regiment in world
history which fought on every inhabited continent, provides an
inexhaustible range to choose from. Since 2001 the Friends have
visited Belgium (The Siege of Namur 1695 and the Battle of
Waterloo 1815), France (the Retreat from Mons 1914, The Somme 1915,
Normandy 1944, ), and
Turkey (Gallipoli 1915). Plans are in hand to visit
Italy in 2008 to tour the Anzio and Cassino
1944 battlefields.
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Publish
"Lancashire Lad," an annual magazine which combines the
latest Museum news with illustrated features highlighting
fascinating stories from the Regiment's history. First
published in India in 1885, "Lancashire Lad" was the Regimental
Journal of the Loyal North Lancashire Regiment, and then the Queen's
Lancashire Regiment, until amalgamation into the Duke of Lancaster's
Regiment in 2006. It is the oldest continuously-published Regimental
Journal title in the British Army.
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MAKE A DIFFERENCE -
JOIN THE FRIENDS TODAY
and help to sustain
one of the most important Regimental heritage collections in the
country.
Benefits include:
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Privileged access to
the collection's library & archives
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Free research and
assistance
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Publications, including all
issues of "Lancashire Lad"
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Reduced Entry Fees for all
Museum-organised special events and social occasions
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Members' Privileges on all
special events and social occasions, including annual Battlefield
Tours
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