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The Museum welcomes research enquiries and requests for
information, including family history requests concerning individual
soldiers. The fee required for this research is the primary source
of funding the Archives and the Archive Research Service. However, before requesting a
search, it is very important to note the following:
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We only have a limited ability to carry out research on individual
officers or soldiers as we do not hold the personal records of those
who served. These are the property of the State. Those wishing to
research personal records are advised in the first place to contact
either the National Archives or the appropriate Armed Forces
Personnel Centre. Those looking for an individual who was killed
in either the 1st or 2nd World Wars should also check the website of
the Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC), where details of
every British and Commonwealth soldier killed in action can be
easily accessed.
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Nevertheless information on many individuals can be provided if they
were mentioned in Regimental Journals, battalion war diaries (WWI
only) or other regimental documentation now lodged in the Archive.
In addition, if the battalion is known, information can be provided
on the movements, locations and activities of an individual's
unit at a given time, or even on a specific date. However, these details
are not indexed and a search may take some time.
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We are really only able to answer questions on soldiers who have
served with the Queen’s Lancashire Regiment, Lancashire Regiment
(PWV), East Lancashire, South Lancashire, or Loyal North Lancashire
Regiments, and of course the former Regiments of Foot, 30th,
40th, 47th, 59th, 81st
and 82nd. Some archives of local militia and volunteer regiments
have also survived.
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Enquirers may carry out personal research in the Archives, and will
be assisted by one of our dedicated but small team of Volunteers
(See details below - click
here). However most requests are
received by post. These are then also researched by a Volunteer. In
either case, a research inquiry can take several hours to complete.
If the search is for details of an individual soldier, IT IS
ENTIRELY POSSIBLE THAT NO INFORMATION WILL BE FOUND. Nevertheless,
because of the time which has inevitably been taken, the research
fee will still be required. Please bear in mind that the fee does go
directly to help fund the Archive.
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We are not always able to answer all questions asked of us. Although
we do hold perhaps the most substantial Regimental Archives in the
country, we have never received all material relating to our
constituent Regiments or to the soldiers who have served in them -
but we will do our very best.
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We are dependent on our small team of Volunteers to carry out postal
request searches. As indicated above, each can take several hours to
complete. At times there can be a heavy backload of requests, which
are dealt with in strict order of receipt. Please therefore allow 10
WEEKS for a request to be completed, although we would normally hope
to complete a request more quickly.
FEES.
The Regimental
Archive and the Archive Research Service is funded through donations and research fees. Cheques
should be made payable to Queen's Lancashire Regiment Museum Account.
Fees required:
a. Postal
Search: (up to 1 hour) £15
(UK) £20 (Overseas)
b. Assisted
Personal Search: for 1 day £20
c.
Additional Charges: Photocopying - invoiced when search complete.
A5 - lOp per copy
A4 - lOp per copy,
A3 - 50p per copy
Please complete the
Gift Aid Declaration and return it with your donation.
PERSONAL RESEARCH
PLEASE NOTE THAT
PERSONAL RESEARCHES ARE VERY STRICTLY BY APPOINTMENT ONLY.
The Archive is open
for assisted personal researches on Tuesdays and Thursdays only, from
1000 to 1600 hours.
The Museum regrets that space
limitations and the availability of volunteer assistance limits the
number of personal researchers who can be accommodated. Of necessity
therefore, personal researches must be very strictly by appointment
only.
Please note that the
Archive may have to close for lunch between 1230 and 1400 hours, please
enquire on arrival.
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