442:
285:, 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:
45:
62:
517:, 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
685:') 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
536:
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
473:
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
743:
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
363:
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
1095:
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
388:
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
420:
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
241:, 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
257:. 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
1845:
489:
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
662:. 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
299:
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
739:. 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
261:), 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
416:. 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
2066:
413:
304:
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
1788:
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,
2061:
618:, 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
474:
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
453:
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
1049:
1838:
408:, 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
2051:
816:, 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
693:). 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.
457:
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).
533:
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.
321:
712:
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
1033:
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
1652:
583:
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.
719:
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.
1181:
1052:, 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.
900:
345:
809:
356:. Soon there were seven militia infantry regiments in Lancashire, each with a defined recruiting area: the 6th at Ashton recruited from the wider
2046:
829:
732:
600:
1931:
1916:
1901:
1874:
1867:
678:
397:
317:
557:
to guard and escort Boer prisoners. The battalion returned home on 4 September to be disembodied on 30 September 1902, having lost 8 ORs.
553:
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
1855:
941:
868:
333:
978:
764:, still in 3rd Reserve Bde at Brocton. The training staff retained their Manchesters badges. On 1 September 1917 the battalion became
1970:
1955:
1886:
1822:
781:
372:. The Militia Reserve introduced in 1867 consisted of present and former militiamen who undertook to serve overseas in case of war.
760:. On 1 September 1916 the 2nd Reserve battalions were transferred to the Training Reserve (TR) and the battalion was redesignated
591:
After the Boer War, the future of the Militia was called into question. There were moves to reform the Auxiliary Forces (Militia,
801:
797:
596:
832:
in 1924, but almost all militia battalions remained in abeyance after World War I. Until 1939 they continued to appear in the
736:
740:
681:
issued his call for volunteers in August 1914, the battalions of the 1st, 2nd and 3rd New Armies ('K1', 'K2' and 'K3' of '
573:
313:
245:
in 1761. These reformed regiments were 'embodied' for permanent service in home defence during the Seven Years' War, the
1021:
it was displayed beneath a crown and above the numeral 'VI', with the title 'Royal Lancashire' round the edge. When the
777:
667:
422:
246:
441:
2041:
963:
959:
671:
426:
1795:
History of the Great War: Order of Battle of Divisions, Part 3b: New Army Divisions (30–41) and 63rd (R.N.) Division
2056:
604:
430:
219:
1716:
1061:
853:
849:
329:
278:
250:
65:
2014:
1156:
1742:
700:
coast in the Humber Defences for the rest of the war, the 3rd Bn at Cleethorpes while the 4th was at Riby,
238:
227:
223:
1185:
753:
550:
353:
216:
1040:
When the 6th RLM joined the Manchesters in 1881, it adopted that regiment's white facings and insignia.
1014:
663:
526:
401:
204:
200:
180:
1797:, London: HM Stationery Office, 1939/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, 2007, ISBN 1-847347-41-X.
576:
with clasps for 'Cape Colony', 'Orange Free State' and 'South Africa' 1901 and 1902 as appropriate.
498:
with a strength of 26 officers and 780 other ranks (ORs) under the command of Lt-Col Henry Crosbie.
1231:
1076:
1030:
749:
682:
650:
on 4 August 1914 and the 3rd and 4th Manchesters proceeded from Ashton to their war station in the
549:
and Achterlong stations, a distance of 36 miles (58 km), together with the chain of forts and
514:
454:
234:
142:
24:
1790:
London: HM Stationery Office, 1937/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, 2007, ISBN 1-847347-39-8.
752:, where it trained drafts for the 11th , 12th and 13th (Service) Bns. In January 1916 it moved to
1071:
785:
580:
486:
405:
266:
212:
170:
134:
100:
393:
rather than their county lords lieutenant, and officers' commissions were signed by the Queen.
230:. However, between periods of national emergency the militia was regularly allowed to decline.
1966:
1951:
1927:
1912:
1897:
1882:
1863:
1828:
1818:
325:
309:
208:
192:
104:
145:. Although primarily intended for home defence, its battalions saw active service during the
1022:
450:
409:
381:
337:
282:
1849:
1066:
615:
611:
470:
385:
269:
the militia was allowed to decline again, the ballot and annual training being suspended.
254:
188:
154:
150:
146:
114:
69:
61:
1025:
replaced the coatee after the Crimean War the 'VI' was changed to 'Sixth'. The officers'
1771:
709:
196:
50:
2035:
1007:
889:
813:
793:
757:
561:
546:
341:
258:
184:
179:
was long established in England and its legal basis was updated by two acts of 1557 (
332:
of the new regiment, with Col John Henry Pringle (also of the Coldstream Guards) as
1106:
1034:
837:
697:
1988:
620:
3rd (Reserve) Battalion, Prince of Wales's Volunteers (South Lancashire Regiment)
199:
in the 1580s, and control of the militia was one of the areas of dispute between
655:
647:
538:
491:
301:
158:
138:
211:. The English Militia was re-established under local control in 1662 after the
1938:
H.G. Parkyn, 'English Militia Regiments 1757–1935: Their Badges and Buttons',
817:
769:
542:
466:
390:
357:
289:
1. 'Whenever a state of war exists between Her Majesty and any foreign power'.
191:
appointed by the monarch. This is seen as the starting date for the organised
176:
130:
2009:
893:
882:
805:
728:
554:
522:
518:
506:
349:
161:. After a shadowy postwar existence the unit was finally disbanded in 1953.
90:
1037:('VR') and crown within a circle inscribed '6th Royal Lancashire Militia'.
425:, 6th and 7th Royal Lancashire Militia formed 2nd Brigade of 3rd Division,
195:. It was an important element in the country's defence at the time of the
1937:
1896:, London: Samson Books, 1978/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, 2001,
1470:
592:
79:
1965:, Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1992/Sandpiper Books, 1999,
1843:, London:United Service Gazette, 1905/Ray Westlake Military Books, 1987
705:
525:. The battalion remained in the Smaldeel area until the signing of the
510:
369:
262:
1006:
The uniform of the Royal Lancashire Militia was scarlet with the blue
1018:
713:
701:
651:
828:
The SR resumed its old title of Militia in 1921 and then became the
2004:
501:
During the voyage the battalion exchanged its scarlet uniforms for
1860:
Soldiers: Army Lives and Loyalties from Redcoats to Dusty Warriors
1026:
502:
440:
2022:
625:
The two militia battalions of the Manchester Regiment became the
368:(6th RLM). In the early 1860s the regiment established itself at
773:
659:
380:
Under the 'Localisation of the Forces' scheme introduced by the
265:
disturbances. However, in the years of the long peace after the
1909:
Britain Against Napoleon: The Organization of Victory 1793–1815
1879:
Scarlet into Khaki: The British Army on the Eve of the Boer War
1841:
An Epitomized History of the Militia (The Constitutional Force)
292:
2. 'In all cases of invasion or upon imminent danger thereof'.
157:
it supplied reinforcements to the fighting battalions during
930:
After the battalions were administered separately from 1900:
906:
Charles D. Leyden, promoted (4th, later 6th Bn) 31 July 1896
863:
John H. Chambers, former CO, appointed Hon Col 25 April 1888
129:(6th RLM) was an auxiliary regiment raised in the county of
320:, appointed the Hon Edward Bootle-Wilbraham (second son of
1717:"Zeppelin Disaster Casualty List - Cleethorpes Lincs 1916"
727:
In October 1914, 14th (Service) Bn was already forming at
384:
of 1872, Militia regiments were brigaded with regular and
1977:
Instructions Issued by the War Office During October 1914
792:. By January 1918 it was stationed at Willsborough, near
2010:
Duke of Lancaster's Regiment, Lancashire Infantry Museum
1991:
History of the Old County Regiment of Lancashire Militia
1182:"Royal Lancashire Militia at Lancashire Infantry Museum"
607:. However, little of Brodrick's scheme was carried out.
599:) to take their place in the six army corps proposed by
412:
around which it was formed was actually provided by the
336:
Commandant and Thomas Edward Wilbraham (younger son of
1983:
Instructions Issued by the War Office During April 1915
952:
Henry Crosbie, retired major, appointed 5 December 1900
926:
William J. Bosworth, appointed (5th Bn) 4 November 1899
992:
J.H.M. Jebb, DSO, retired major, appointed 19 May 1913
404:
in Sub-District No 16 (Lancashire), with the depot at
1881:, London: Sampson Low, 1899/London: Greenhill, 1988,
860:
Hon Edward Bootle Wilbraham, appointed 8 January 1855
2067:
Military units and formations disestablished in 1881
1050:
St Michael and All Angels' Church, Ashton-under-Lyne
920:
Augustus Graham P. Foley, promoted 23 September 1893
812:
in 69th Division in April. In May 1918 it moved to
646:
The Special Reserve was embodied on the outbreak of
485:
The 5th Bn was embodied on 3 May 1900 and served at
175:
The universal obligation to military service in the
1989:Maj R.J.T. Williamson & Col J. Lawson Whalley,
1940:
Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research
237:a series of Militia Acts from 1757 reorganised the
110:
96:
85:
75:
56:
38:
30:
20:
2062:Military units and formations established in 1855
1242:Williamson & Whalley, pp. 2–3, 10–25, 29–84.
914:John Copley Wray, appointed (2nd Bn) 9 July 1879
875:Col John Henry Pringle, appointed 8 January 1855
222:in 1690–91, and against the Jacobite Risings in
1924:The German Air Raids on Great Britain 1914–1918
840:and were all formally disbanded in April 1953.
322:Edward Bootle-Wilbraham, 1st Baron Skelmersdale
295:3. 'In all cases of rebellion or insurrection'.
1926:, first published 1925/Stroud: Nonsuch, 2007,
1817:, Vol I, Wakefield: Microform Academic, 1984,
1672:War Office Instruction 280 of 25 October 1914.
1603:
1601:
1250:
1248:
654:Garrison. By October the 3rd was stationed at
1815:Lineage Book of British Land Forces 1660–1978
1808:The Development of the British Army 1899–1914
1413:
1411:
1409:
1407:
1405:
1403:
1232:Militia at Museum of the Manchester Regiment.
1176:
1174:
1172:
1170:
1168:
923:J.B. Irving, appointed (3rd Bn) 1 August 1896
878:Thomas Edward Wilbraham, promoted 25 May 1861
183:cc. 2 and 3) which placed selected men, the '
8:
1401:
1399:
1397:
1395:
1393:
1391:
1389:
1387:
1385:
1383:
989:Herbert Alfred Johnson, promoted 19 May 1905
917:Thomas Pery Powell, appointed 6 October 1888
529:on 31 May 1902. On 9 July it boarded the SS
2052:Military units and formations in Lancashire
2005:Imperial War Museum, War Memorials Register
1942:, Vol 15, No 60 (Winter 1936), pp. 216–248.
1692:
1690:
1680:
1678:
1310:
1308:
1127:
1125:
784:. On 27 October 1917 it transferred to the
437:3rd and 4th Battalions, Manchester Regiment
233:Under threat of French invasion during the
1911:, London: Allen Lane, 2013/Penguin, 2014,
1833:The New Annual Army List, and Militia List
1801:Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage,
1227:
1225:
1223:
1152:
1150:
1148:
1146:
966:, retired captain, promoted 26 August 1917
579:Wellington Barracks at Ashton was renamed
572:for 6th Bn. The participants received the
312:at the end of 1854. On 8 January 1855 the
1466:
1464:
1462:
1271:
1269:
1221:
1219:
1217:
1215:
1213:
1211:
1209:
1207:
1205:
1203:
614:of 1908, the Militia was replaced by the
1653:Manchester Regiment at Long, Long Trail.
1648:
1646:
1644:
1642:
1632:
1630:
1628:
1626:
445:The entrance to Ladysmith Barracks today
1427:
1425:
1423:
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1350:
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1346:
1344:
1342:
1121:
1105:Another account attributes the raid to
1088:
910:The following served as second Lt-Col:
899:Thomas Pery Powell, former lieutenant,
796:.The following month it transferred to
215:, and the Lancashire Militia fought in
1452:
1450:
1448:
1446:
1444:
1442:
1440:
1109:and gives the casualties as 31 killed.
696:The two SR battalions remained on the
17:
1743:Training Reserve at Long, Long Trail.
1302:Williamson & Whalley, pp. 87–246.
836:, but they were not activated during
7:
1663:WO Instruction 76 of 8 October 1914.
1529:Williamson & Whalley, pp. 327–8.
1048:There is a brass memorial plaque in
1733:WO Instruction 96 of 10 April 1915.
1993:, London: Simpkin, Marshall, 1888.
1010:appropriate to 'Royal' regiments.
979:Edward Stanley, 17th Earl of Derby
881:John H. Chambers, former captain,
14:
1963:The Late Victorian Army 1868–1902
1017:: on the buttons of the original
1013:The badge of the 6th RLM was the
955:H.K. Oram, promoted 8 August 1912
560:The battalions were both awarded
509:on 10 July 1901 and proceeded to
396:The 6th RLM was linked with the
60:
43:
1985:, London: HM Stationery Office.
1979:, London: HM Stationery Office.
1696:James, Appendices II & III.
888:Henry Garland-Matthews, former
731:as a K3 battalion intended for
1948:The Army and Society 1815–1914
1753:Becke, Pt 2b, pp. 75–82, 91–8.
766:278th (Infantry) Battalion, TR
708:. During a raid by the German
631:4th (Extra Reserve) Battalions
149:. Following conversion to the
141:. It later became part of the
1:
2047:Militia of the United Kingdom
1862:, London: HarperPress, 2011,
820:in Ireland on 31 March 1920.
314:Lord Lieutenant of Lancashire
279:Militia of the United Kingdom
1877:(Col Peter S. Walton, ed.),
981:, appointed 24 December 1902
885:, promoted 20 September 1876
748:, remaining at Lichfield in
366:6th Royal Lancashire Militia
273:6th Royal Lancashire Militia
247:War of American Independence
127:6th Royal Lancashire Militia
21:6th Royal Lancashire Militia
1573:Dunlop, pp. 131–40, 158-62.
1284:Knight, pp. 78–9, 111, 255.
903:, promoted 2 September 1893
213:Restoration of the monarchy
2083:
2015:Lancashire Record Office,
1950:, London: Longmans, 1980,
790:52nd (Graduated) Battalion
605:Secretary of State for War
574:Queen's South Africa Medal
168:
1894:British Regiments 1914–18
1684:Becke, Pt 3b, Appendix I.
997:Heritage & ceremonial
431:Melrose, Scottish Borders
193:county militia in England
34:8 January 1855–April 1953
1875:James Moncrieff Grierson
1839:Col George Jackson Hay,
1810:, London: Methuen, 1938.
1803:100th Edn, London, 1953.
1293:Knight, pp. 411, 437–47.
1062:Militia (United Kingdom)
971:6th, later 4th Battalion
944:, appointed 24 June 1905
933:5th, later 3rd Battalion
867:The following served as
848:The following served as
762:14th Training Reserve Bn
723:14th (Reserve) Battalion
642:3rd & 4th Battalions
251:French Revolutionary War
243:Royal Lancashire Militia
239:county militia regiments
187:', under the command of
1538:Dunlop, pp. 77–9, 91–3.
1263:Hay, pp. 138–44, 242–3.
1002:Uniforms & insignia
896:, promoted 27 June 1883
850:Colonel of the Regiment
465:After the disasters of
1721:WEST-RIDING-L Archives
1607:Frederick, pp. vi–vii.
494:on 17 June aboard the
446:
402:96th Regiments of Foot
306:6th Lancashire Militia
181:4 & 5 Ph. & M.
1715:Cook, Vernon (1999).
1494:, pp. 97, 102, 126–7.
1417:Frederick, pp. 131–4.
1140:Hay, pp. 11–17, 25–6.
1107:Zeppelin LZ 61 (L 21)
1029:plate of 1869–78 and
1015:Red Rose of Lancaster
830:Supplementary Reserve
527:Treaty of Vereeniging
444:
2025:The Long, Long Trail
1922:Capt Joseph Morris,
1806:Col John K. Dunlop,
1705:Morris, pp. 71, 179.
566:South Africa 1901–02
521:, with D Company at
469:at the start of the
386:Volunteer battalions
1852:ISBN 0-9508530-7-0.
1848:11 May 2021 at the
1562:Late Victorian Army
1518:Late Victorian Army
1492:Late Victorian Army
1323:Grierson, pp. 27–9.
1275:Holmes, pp. 94–100.
1077:Manchester Regiment
750:3rd Reserve Brigade
622:, on 27 July 1908.
610:Under the sweeping
515:Orange River Colony
455:Manchester Regiment
406:Wellington Barracks
398:63rd (West Suffolk)
324:), formerly of the
281:was revived by the
220:campaign in Ireland
143:Manchester Regiment
25:Manchester Regiment
2042:Lancashire Militia
1961:Edward M. Spiers,
1946:Edward M. Spiers,
1813:J.B.M. Frederick,
1772:IWM WMR ref 47711.
1618:Army & Society
1595:Dunlop, pp. 270–2.
1584:Army & Society
1505:Army & Society
1334:Army & Society
1314:Dunlop, pp. 42–52.
1254:Frederick, p. 119.
1188:on 17 January 2021
1131:Grierson, pp. 6–7.
1072:Lancashire Militia
958:C.M. Thornycroft,
869:Lieutenant-Colonel
786:Sherwood Foresters
768:, and it moved to
633:on 9 August 1908.
581:Ladysmith Barracks
541:and took over the
447:
334:Lieutenant-Colonel
277:The long-standing
267:Battle of Waterloo
217:King William III's
171:Lancashire Militia
135:North West England
101:Ladysmith Barracks
23:3rd & 4th Bns
2057:Ashton-under-Lyne
1932:978-1-84588-379-9
1917:978-0-141-03894-0
1902:978-1-84342-197-9
1892:Brig E.A. James,
1868:978-0-00-722570-5
1586:, pp. 243–2, 254.
1377:: 'Skelmersdale'.
856:of the regiment:
746:13th (Reserve) Bn
687:14th (Service) Bn
670:, the 2nd on the
570:South Africa 1902
326:Coldstream Guards
310:Ashton-under-Lyne
209:English Civil War
120:
119:
105:Ashton-under-Lyne
2074:
1999:External sources
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308:raised at
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177:Shire levy
165:Background
131:Lancashire
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1363:Army List
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936:Hon Col:
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894:44th Foot
883:46th Foot
834:Army List
810:208th Bde
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729:Lichfield
691:see below
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