453:
296:, enacted during a period of international tension. As before, units were raised and administered on a county basis, and filled by voluntary enlistment (although conscription by means of the militia ballot might be used if the counties failed to meet their quotas). Training was for 56 days on enlistment, then for 21–28 days per year, during which the men received full army pay. Under the Act, militia units could be embodied by Royal Proclamation for full-time service in three circumstances:
56:
73:
528:, where it was employed to defend the town (A, B, C, D, G and H Companies) and the railway towards Smaldeel (E Company). The Boers were being pursued by British columns and the battalion repulsed Boer attempts to cross the line. On 8 April 1902 the defences were reorganised and the battalion took over defence of the railway line towards
696:') were quickly formed at the regimental depots. The SR battalions also swelled with new recruits and were soon well above their establishment strength. On 8 October 1914 each SR battalion was ordered to use the surplus to form a service battalion of the 4th New Army ('K4'). Accordingly, the 3rd (Reserve) Bn formed the
547:
The 6th Bn had also been embodied for duty at home from 4 May to 18 October 1900. It was re-embodied for service in South Africa on 6 January 1902, embarking for Cape Town on 13 February with a strength of 20 officers and 645 ORs under Col
Charles Leyden. After arrival it entrained on 6 March for
484:
in
December 1899, most of the regular army was sent to South Africa. Militia units were embodied to replace them for home defence and a number volunteered for active service or to garrison overseas stations. Both regular battalions of the Manchesters were deployed to South Africa and the militia
754:
of 30th
Division and began training for active service. On 10 April 1915 the War Office decided to convert the K4 battalions into 2nd Reserve units, providing drafts for the K1–K3 battalions in the same way that the SR was doing for the Regular battalions. The Manchester battalion became
374:
The regiment was embodied for fulltime service on 17 May 1855 and disembodied during 1856. Thereafter the militia regularly carried out their peacetime annual training. In July 1860 the regiment received the 'Royal' title held by the senior
Lancashire regiments, becoming the
1106:
It is incorrect to describe the
British Militia as 'irregular': throughout their history they were equipped and trained exactly like the line regiments of the regular army, and once embodied in time of war they were fulltime professional soldiers for the duration of their
399:
in a regimental district sharing a permanent depot at a suitable county town. Seven double-battalion or paired single-battalion regular regiments were assigned to
Lancashire, and each was linked with one of the militia regiments. The militia now came under the
431:
from
December 1875. This assigned regular and militia units to places in an order of battle of corps, divisions and brigades for the 'Active Army', even though these formations were entirely theoretical, with no staff or services assigned. The
252:, the men being conscripted by means of parish ballots (paid substitutes were permitted) to serve for three years. In peacetime they assembled for 28 days' annual training. In 1760 Lancashire's quota was one regiment, which received the title
268:. By 1800 the Royal Lancashire Militia had expanded to three regiments. During the French wars, the militia were embodied for a whole generation, and became regiments of full-time professional soldiers (though restricted to service in the
1856:
500:
until 20 October when it returned to Ashton to be disembodied. It was embodied again from 6 May 1901 and having volunteered for overseas service it went to
Aldershot again to complete its training. It embarked from
673:. They carried out the dual tasks of garrison duties and preparing reinforcement drafts of regular reservists, special reservists, recruits and returning wounded for the two regular battalions, the 1st serving in
310:
With the threat of war against Russia, the three
Lancashire regiments were ordered to recruit up to their full establishments of 1200 men. When war broke out in 1854 an expeditionary force was sent to the
750:. It was replaced in that brigade by 13th (Service) Bn, Manchesters, and on 19 November it was converted to a K4 battalion made up from the surplus personnel of 3rd (Reserve) Bn. It was now assigned to
272:), which the regular army increasingly saw as a prime source of recruits. They served in coast defences, manning garrisons, guarding prisoners of war, and for internal security, such as the time of the
427:. Although often referred to as brigades, the regimental districts were purely administrative organisations, but in a continuation of the Cardwell Reforms a mobilisation scheme began to appear in the
2077:
424:
315:
and the militia were embodied for home defence and service in overseas garrisons. Additional infantry and artillery militia regiments were also formed in
Lancashire at this time including the
1799:
History of the Great War: Order of Battle of Divisions, Part 2b: The 2nd-Line Territorial Force Divisions (57th–69th), with the Home-Service Divisions (71st–73rd) and 74th and 75th Divisions,
2072:
629:, a semi-professional force similar to the previous Militia Reserve, whose role was to provide reinforcement drafts for regular units serving overseas in wartime. The battalion became the
485:
reservists went out as reinforcements. In February 1900 the Manchesters formed two additional regular battalions, which took the 3rd and 4th places, causing the militia to be renumbered
464:
completed the Cardwell process by incorporating the militia battalions into the expanded county regiments. On 1 July 1881 the 63rd and 96th Foot became the 1st and 2nd Battalions of the
1060:
1849:
419:, Ashton-under-Lyne; the 6th RLM returned to Ashton from Salford by 1880. In line with these arrangements, the 6th RLM formed a 2nd Battalion on 20 September 1876, although the
2062:
827:, where it remained for the rest of the war. After the war it was converted into 52nd (Service) Bn of the Sherwood Foresters on 8 February 1919 and was eventually disbanded at
704:). 4th (Extra Reserve) Bn was intended to form a 15th Bn, but the order was cancelled for most Extra Reserve battalions on 25 October, and no 15th Manchesters was ever formed.
468:
at Ashton with the 6th Royal Lancashire Militia as its 3rd and 4th Battalions (though they continued to be administered as a double-battalion regiment until 1 August 1900).
544:
at Cape Town and arrived back at the depot at Ashton to disembody on 31 July. During its service the battalion lost one officer and 21 ORs killed or died of disease.
332:
723:
on the night of 31 March/1 April 1916, 29 soldiers of the 3rd Manchesters were killed and 53 were wounded when a bomb hit a chapel at Cleethorpes being used as a
1044:
plate of 1878–81 used the rose, in red and green enamel, as the centre badge. The officers' waistbelt plate of 1855–81 was of the universal pattern with the
1663:
594:
after the Boer War. In 1906 the regular 3rd and 4th Manchesters were disbanded and the 5th and 6th militia battalions reverted to their former numbers.
730:
After the war the 4th Bn was disembodied on 16 April 1919, and the 3rd Bn on 10 July 1919 once the remaining personnel had been drafted to the 1st Bn.
1192:
1063:, listing the 31 NCOs and men of 3rd Bn Manchesters killed in the Zeppelin raid on Cleethorpes on 1 April 1916. It was unveiled on 13 October 1918.
911:
356:
820:
367:. Soon there were seven militia infantry regiments in Lancashire, each with a defined recruiting area: the 6th at Ashton recruited from the wider
2057:
840:
743:
611:
1942:
1927:
1912:
1885:
1878:
689:
408:
328:
568:
to guard and escort Boer prisoners. The battalion returned home on 4 September to be disembodied on 30 September 1902, having lost 8 ORs.
564:
round the bridge at Norvalspont. On 14 April the battalion extended to take over the line as far as Tweedale, and provided a garrison at
1866:
952:
879:
344:
989:
775:, still in 3rd Reserve Bde at Brocton. The training staff retained their Manchesters badges. On 1 September 1917 the battalion became
1981:
1966:
1897:
1833:
792:
383:. The Militia Reserve introduced in 1867 consisted of present and former militiamen who undertook to serve overseas in case of war.
771:. On 1 September 1916 the 2nd Reserve battalions were transferred to the Training Reserve (TR) and the battalion was redesignated
602:
After the Boer War, the future of the Militia was called into question. There were moves to reform the Auxiliary Forces (Militia,
812:
808:
17:
607:
843:
in 1924, but almost all militia battalions remained in abeyance after World War I. Until 1939 they continued to appear in the
747:
751:
692:
issued his call for volunteers in August 1914, the battalions of the 1st, 2nd and 3rd New Armies ('K1', 'K2' and 'K3' of '
584:
324:
256:
in 1761. These reformed regiments were 'embodied' for permanent service in home defence during the Seven Years' War, the
1032:
it was displayed beneath a crown and above the numeral 'VI', with the title 'Royal Lancashire' round the edge. When the
788:
678:
433:
257:
452:
2052:
974:
970:
682:
437:
1806:
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615:
441:
230:
1727:
1072:
864:
860:
340:
289:
261:
76:
2025:
1167:
1753:
711:
coast in the Humber Defences for the rest of the war, the 3rd Bn at Cleethorpes while the 4th was at Riby,
249:
238:
234:
1196:
764:
561:
364:
227:
1051:
When the 6th RLM joined the Manchesters in 1881, it adopted that regiment's white facings and insignia.
1025:
674:
537:
412:
215:
211:
191:
1808:, London: HM Stationery Office, 1939/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, 2007, ISBN 1-847347-41-X.
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with clasps for 'Cape Colony', 'Orange Free State' and 'South Africa' 1901 and 1902 as appropriate.
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with a strength of 26 officers and 780 other ranks (ORs) under the command of Lt-Col Henry Crosbie.
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1087:
1041:
760:
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on 4 August 1914 and the 3rd and 4th Manchesters proceeded from Ashton to their war station in the
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and Achterlong stations, a distance of 36 miles (58 km), together with the chain of forts and
525:
465:
245:
153:
35:
1801:
London: HM Stationery Office, 1937/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, 2007, ISBN 1-847347-39-8.
763:, where it trained drafts for the 11th , 12th and 13th (Service) Bns. In January 1916 it moved to
1082:
796:
591:
497:
416:
277:
223:
181:
145:
111:
404:
rather than their county lords lieutenant, and officers' commissions were signed by the Queen.
241:. However, between periods of national emergency the militia was regularly allowed to decline.
1977:
1962:
1938:
1923:
1908:
1893:
1874:
1839:
1829:
336:
320:
219:
203:
115:
156:. Although primarily intended for home defence, its battalions saw active service during the
1033:
461:
420:
392:
348:
293:
1860:
1077:
626:
622:
481:
396:
280:
the militia was allowed to decline again, the ballot and annual training being suspended.
265:
199:
165:
161:
157:
125:
80:
72:
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replaced the coatee after the Crimean War the 'VI' was changed to 'Sixth'. The officers'
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720:
207:
61:
2046:
1018:
900:
824:
804:
768:
572:
557:
352:
269:
195:
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was long established in England and its legal basis was updated by two acts of 1557 (
343:
of the new regiment, with Col John Henry Pringle (also of the Coldstream Guards) as
1117:
1045:
848:
708:
1999:
631:
3rd (Reserve) Battalion, Prince of Wales's Volunteers (South Lancashire Regiment)
210:
in the 1580s, and control of the militia was one of the areas of dispute between
666:
658:
549:
502:
312:
169:
149:
222:. The English Militia was re-established under local control in 1662 after the
1949:
H.G. Parkyn, 'English Militia Regiments 1757–1935: Their Badges and Buttons',
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780:
553:
477:
401:
368:
300:
1. 'Whenever a state of war exists between Her Majesty and any foreign power'.
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appointed by the monarch. This is seen as the starting date for the organised
187:
141:
2020:
904:
893:
816:
739:
565:
533:
529:
517:
360:
172:. After a shadowy postwar existence the unit was finally disbanded in 1953.
101:
1048:('VR') and crown within a circle inscribed '6th Royal Lancashire Militia'.
436:, 6th and 7th Royal Lancashire Militia formed 2nd Brigade of 3rd Division,
206:. It was an important element in the country's defence at the time of the
1948:
1907:, London: Samson Books, 1978/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, 2001,
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603:
90:
1976:, Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1992/Sandpiper Books, 1999,
1854:, London:United Service Gazette, 1905/Ray Westlake Military Books, 1987
716:
536:. The battalion remained in the Smaldeel area until the signing of the
521:
380:
273:
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The uniform of the Royal Lancashire Militia was scarlet with the blue
1029:
724:
712:
662:
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The SR resumed its old title of Militia in 1921 and then became the
2015:
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During the voyage the battalion exchanged its scarlet uniforms for
1871:
Soldiers: Army Lives and Loyalties from Redcoats to Dusty Warriors
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513:
451:
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636:
The two militia battalions of the Manchester Regiment became the
379:(6th RLM). In the early 1860s the regiment established itself at
18:
3rd (6th Royal Lancashire Militia) Battalion, Manchester Regiment
784:
670:
391:
Under the 'Localisation of the Forces' scheme introduced by the
276:
disturbances. However, in the years of the long peace after the
1920:
Britain Against Napoleon: The Organization of Victory 1793–1815
1890:
Scarlet into Khaki: The British Army on the Eve of the Boer War
1852:
An Epitomized History of the Militia (The Constitutional Force)
303:
2. 'In all cases of invasion or upon imminent danger thereof'.
168:
it supplied reinforcements to the fighting battalions during
941:
After the battalions were administered separately from 1900:
917:
Charles D. Leyden, promoted (4th, later 6th Bn) 31 July 1896
874:
John H. Chambers, former CO, appointed Hon Col 25 April 1888
140:(6th RLM) was an auxiliary regiment raised in the county of
331:, appointed the Hon Edward Bootle-Wilbraham (second son of
1728:"Zeppelin Disaster Casualty List - Cleethorpes Lincs 1916"
738:
In October 1914, 14th (Service) Bn was already forming at
395:
of 1872, Militia regiments were brigaded with regular and
1988:
Instructions Issued by the War Office During October 1914
803:. By January 1918 it was stationed at Willsborough, near
2021:
Duke of Lancaster's Regiment, Lancashire Infantry Museum
2002:
History of the Old County Regiment of Lancashire Militia
1193:"Royal Lancashire Militia at Lancashire Infantry Museum"
618:. However, little of Brodrick's scheme was carried out.
610:) to take their place in the six army corps proposed by
423:
around which it was formed was actually provided by the
347:
Commandant and Thomas Edward Wilbraham (younger son of
1994:
Instructions Issued by the War Office During April 1915
963:
Henry Crosbie, retired major, appointed 5 December 1900
937:
William J. Bosworth, appointed (5th Bn) 4 November 1899
1003:
J.H.M. Jebb, DSO, retired major, appointed 19 May 1913
415:
in Sub-District No 16 (Lancashire), with the depot at
1892:, London: Sampson Low, 1899/London: Greenhill, 1988,
871:
Hon Edward Bootle Wilbraham, appointed 8 January 1855
2078:
Military units and formations disestablished in 1881
1061:
St Michael and All Angels' Church, Ashton-under-Lyne
931:
Augustus Graham P. Foley, promoted 23 September 1893
823:
in 69th Division in April. In May 1918 it moved to
657:
The Special Reserve was embodied on the outbreak of
496:
The 5th Bn was embodied on 3 May 1900 and served at
186:
The universal obligation to military service in the
2000:Maj R.J.T. Williamson & Col J. Lawson Whalley,
1951:
Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research
248:a series of Militia Acts from 1757 reorganised the
121:
107:
96:
86:
67:
49:
41:
31:
2073:Military units and formations established in 1855
1253:Williamson & Whalley, pp. 2–3, 10–25, 29–84.
925:John Copley Wray, appointed (2nd Bn) 9 July 1879
886:Col John Henry Pringle, appointed 8 January 1855
233:in 1690–91, and against the Jacobite Risings in
1935:The German Air Raids on Great Britain 1914–1918
851:and were all formally disbanded in April 1953.
333:Edward Bootle-Wilbraham, 1st Baron Skelmersdale
306:3. 'In all cases of rebellion or insurrection'.
1937:, first published 1925/Stroud: Nonsuch, 2007,
1828:, Vol I, Wakefield: Microform Academic, 1984,
1683:War Office Instruction 280 of 25 October 1914.
1614:
1612:
1261:
1259:
665:Garrison. By October the 3rd was stationed at
1826:Lineage Book of British Land Forces 1660–1978
1819:The Development of the British Army 1899–1914
1424:
1422:
1420:
1418:
1416:
1414:
1243:Militia at Museum of the Manchester Regiment.
1187:
1185:
1183:
1181:
1179:
934:J.B. Irving, appointed (3rd Bn) 1 August 1896
889:Thomas Edward Wilbraham, promoted 25 May 1861
194:cc. 2 and 3) which placed selected men, the '
8:
1412:
1410:
1408:
1406:
1404:
1402:
1400:
1398:
1396:
1394:
1000:Herbert Alfred Johnson, promoted 19 May 1905
928:Thomas Pery Powell, appointed 6 October 1888
540:on 31 May 1902. On 9 July it boarded the SS
2063:Military units and formations in Lancashire
2016:Imperial War Museum, War Memorials Register
1953:, Vol 15, No 60 (Winter 1936), pp. 216–248.
1703:
1701:
1691:
1689:
1321:
1319:
1138:
1136:
795:. On 27 October 1917 it transferred to the
448:3rd and 4th Battalions, Manchester Regiment
244:Under threat of French invasion during the
1922:, London: Allen Lane, 2013/Penguin, 2014,
1844:The New Annual Army List, and Militia List
1812:Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage,
1238:
1236:
1234:
1163:
1161:
1159:
1157:
977:, retired captain, promoted 26 August 1917
590:Wellington Barracks at Ashton was renamed
583:for 6th Bn. The participants received the
323:at the end of 1854. On 8 January 1855 the
1477:
1475:
1473:
1282:
1280:
1232:
1230:
1228:
1226:
1224:
1222:
1220:
1218:
1216:
1214:
625:of 1908, the Militia was replaced by the
1664:Manchester Regiment at Long, Long Trail.
1659:
1657:
1655:
1653:
1643:
1641:
1639:
1637:
456:The entrance to Ladysmith Barracks today
1438:
1436:
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1132:
1116:Another account attributes the raid to
1099:
921:The following served as second Lt-Col:
910:Thomas Pery Powell, former lieutenant,
807:.The following month it transferred to
226:, and the Lancashire Militia fought in
1463:
1461:
1459:
1457:
1455:
1453:
1451:
1120:and gives the casualties as 31 killed.
707:The two SR battalions remained on the
28:
1754:Training Reserve at Long, Long Trail.
1313:Williamson & Whalley, pp. 87–246.
847:, but they were not activated during
7:
1674:WO Instruction 76 of 8 October 1914.
1540:Williamson & Whalley, pp. 327–8.
1059:There is a brass memorial plaque in
1744:WO Instruction 96 of 10 April 1915.
2004:, London: Simpkin, Marshall, 1888.
1021:appropriate to 'Royal' regiments.
990:Edward Stanley, 17th Earl of Derby
892:John H. Chambers, former captain,
25:
1974:The Late Victorian Army 1868–1902
1028:: on the buttons of the original
1024:The badge of the 6th RLM was the
966:H.K. Oram, promoted 8 August 1912
571:The battalions were both awarded
520:on 10 July 1901 and proceeded to
407:The 6th RLM was linked with the
71:
54:
1996:, London: HM Stationery Office.
1990:, London: HM Stationery Office.
1707:James, Appendices II & III.
899:Henry Garland-Matthews, former
742:as a K3 battalion intended for
1959:The Army and Society 1815–1914
1764:Becke, Pt 2b, pp. 75–82, 91–8.
777:278th (Infantry) Battalion, TR
719:. During a raid by the German
642:4th (Extra Reserve) Battalions
160:. Following conversion to the
152:. It later became part of the
1:
2058:Militia of the United Kingdom
1873:, London: HarperPress, 2011,
831:in Ireland on 31 March 1920.
325:Lord Lieutenant of Lancashire
290:Militia of the United Kingdom
1888:(Col Peter S. Walton, ed.),
992:, appointed 24 December 1902
896:, promoted 20 September 1876
759:, remaining at Lichfield in
377:6th Royal Lancashire Militia
284:6th Royal Lancashire Militia
258:War of American Independence
138:6th Royal Lancashire Militia
32:6th Royal Lancashire Militia
1584:Dunlop, pp. 131–40, 158-62.
1295:Knight, pp. 78–9, 111, 255.
914:, promoted 2 September 1893
224:Restoration of the monarchy
2094:
2026:Lancashire Record Office,
1961:, London: Longmans, 1980,
801:52nd (Graduated) Battalion
616:Secretary of State for War
585:Queen's South Africa Medal
179:
1905:British Regiments 1914–18
1695:Becke, Pt 3b, Appendix I.
1008:Heritage & ceremonial
442:Melrose, Scottish Borders
204:county militia in England
45:8 January 1855–April 1953
1886:James Moncrieff Grierson
1850:Col George Jackson Hay,
1821:, London: Methuen, 1938.
1814:100th Edn, London, 1953.
1304:Knight, pp. 411, 437–47.
1073:Militia (United Kingdom)
982:6th, later 4th Battalion
955:, appointed 24 June 1905
944:5th, later 3rd Battalion
878:The following served as
859:The following served as
773:14th Training Reserve Bn
734:14th (Reserve) Battalion
653:3rd & 4th Battalions
262:French Revolutionary War
254:Royal Lancashire Militia
250:county militia regiments
198:', under the command of
1549:Dunlop, pp. 77–9, 91–3.
1274:Hay, pp. 138–44, 242–3.
1013:Uniforms & insignia
907:, promoted 27 June 1883
861:Colonel of the Regiment
476:After the disasters of
1732:WEST-RIDING-L Archives
1618:Frederick, pp. vi–vii.
505:on 17 June aboard the
457:
413:96th Regiments of Foot
317:6th Lancashire Militia
192:4 & 5 Ph. & M.
1726:Cook, Vernon (1999).
1505:, pp. 97, 102, 126–7.
1428:Frederick, pp. 131–4.
1151:Hay, pp. 11–17, 25–6.
1118:Zeppelin LZ 61 (L 21)
1040:plate of 1869–78 and
1026:Red Rose of Lancaster
841:Supplementary Reserve
538:Treaty of Vereeniging
455:
2036:The Long, Long Trail
1933:Capt Joseph Morris,
1817:Col John K. Dunlop,
1716:Morris, pp. 71, 179.
577:South Africa 1901–02
532:, with D Company at
480:at the start of the
397:Volunteer battalions
1863:ISBN 0-9508530-7-0.
1859:11 May 2021 at the
1573:Late Victorian Army
1529:Late Victorian Army
1503:Late Victorian Army
1334:Grierson, pp. 27–9.
1286:Holmes, pp. 94–100.
1088:Manchester Regiment
761:3rd Reserve Brigade
633:, on 27 July 1908.
621:Under the sweeping
526:Orange River Colony
466:Manchester Regiment
417:Wellington Barracks
409:63rd (West Suffolk)
335:), formerly of the
292:was revived by the
231:campaign in Ireland
154:Manchester Regiment
36:Manchester Regiment
2053:Lancashire Militia
1972:Edward M. Spiers,
1957:Edward M. Spiers,
1824:J.B.M. Frederick,
1783:IWM WMR ref 47711.
1629:Army & Society
1606:Dunlop, pp. 270–2.
1595:Army & Society
1516:Army & Society
1345:Army & Society
1325:Dunlop, pp. 42–52.
1265:Frederick, p. 119.
1199:on 17 January 2021
1142:Grierson, pp. 6–7.
1083:Lancashire Militia
969:C.M. Thornycroft,
880:Lieutenant-Colonel
797:Sherwood Foresters
779:, and it moved to
644:on 9 August 1908.
592:Ladysmith Barracks
552:and took over the
458:
345:Lieutenant-Colonel
288:The long-standing
278:Battle of Waterloo
228:King William III's
182:Lancashire Militia
146:North West England
112:Ladysmith Barracks
34:3rd & 4th Bns
2068:Ashton-under-Lyne
1943:978-1-84588-379-9
1928:978-0-141-03894-0
1913:978-1-84342-197-9
1903:Brig E.A. James,
1879:978-0-00-722570-5
1597:, pp. 243–2, 254.
1388:: 'Skelmersdale'.
867:of the regiment:
757:13th (Reserve) Bn
698:14th (Service) Bn
681:, the 2nd on the
581:South Africa 1902
337:Coldstream Guards
321:Ashton-under-Lyne
220:English Civil War
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116:Ashton-under-Lyne
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150:Crimean War
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781:Canterbury
608:Volunteers
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478:Black Week
438:VIII Corps
402:War Office
369:Manchester
319:raised at
216:Parliament
188:Shire levy
176:Background
142:Lancashire
102:Battalions
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1374:Army List
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947:Hon Col:
912:83rd Foot
905:44th Foot
894:46th Foot
845:Army List
821:208th Bde
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702:see below
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