the regimental museum

of

the queen's lancashire regiment

North West England's Premier Military History Research Centre

 

A SHORT HISTORY

 

THE REGIMENT

 

Queen's Lancashire Regiment                           

 

THE ANTECEDENT REGIMENTS

 

East Lancashire Regiment

South Lancashire Regiment

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

Lancashire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Volunteers)

FULWOOD BARRACKS

 

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Links

 

Further information about The Queen's Lancashire Regiment and its predecessors and successors, may be found via the following links.

 

The Duke of Lancaster's Regiment

is the successor regiment to The Queen's Lancashire Regiment. It was formed on 1 July 2006 by amalgamating the former Kings Own Royal Border, Kings, and Queen's Lancashire Regiments.

Museum of Lancashire

Housed in Preston's historic Grade II listed Old Court House, the Museum houses a number of important displays illustrating Lancashire's past, including three Regimental collections, one of which features The Queen's Lancashire Regiment

Burnley In The Great War

The industrial towns of East Lancashire sent many thousands of their sons to fight in the Great War, many of whom served in the East Lancashire Regiment, and paid the price accordingly. This site honours the men from Burnley and District who served in this terrible conflict, and also aims to show the effect of the war on the town.

Friends of The British Cemetery, Elvas, Portugal

The British Cemetery, Elvas, commands a fine view over the plain to Badajoz in Spain. It is one of the oldest British Military Cemeteries in existence. It holds only five known graves but two of these are the only marked graves of the thousands of British soldiers who fell at the Battle of Albuera and another is the sole marked grave of the thousands who fell in the three sieges of Badajoz.

The Friends of the Cemetery aim to commemorate all the British Regiments that fought in the Peninsular War battles of Albuera and Badajoz, including the 30th (later The East Lancashire Regiment) and 4oth (later The South Lancashire Regiment).