The 47th was raised in 1740 as Mordaunts Regiment, it became Lancashire Regiment in 1782. The 81st raised in 1793 were linked as 1st & 2nd Battalions in 1881.

The title "Loyal" originated from the 81st, the men of Lincoln volunteered to such a degree that they earned the title "Loyal".

In 1881 the title was The Loyal North Lancashire and in 1970 the Loyals were absorbed into The Queens Lancashire Regiment.

1881.07.01 The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
organised as the county regiment of north central Lancashire, encompassing its Militia and Volunteer infantry [see below] and uniting two regular battalions:
1st Battalion, redesignation of 47th (Lancashire) Regiment of Foot
2nd Battalion, redesignation of 81st (Loyal Lincoln Volunteers) Regiment of Foot

1921.01.01 The Loyal Regiment (North Lancashire)
1970.03.25 amalgamated with The Lancashire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Volunteers), to form
The Queen's Lancashire Regiment

Battle Honours WW1

The Great War [21 battalions]: Mons, Retreat from Mons, Marne 1914 '18, Aisne 1914 '18, Ypres 1914 '17 '18, Langemarck 1914, Gheluvelt, Nonne Bosschen, Givenchy 1914, Aubers, Festubert 1915, Loos, Somme 1916 '18, Albert 1916, Bazentin, Pozières, Guillemont, Ginchy, Flers-Courcelette, Morval, Ancre Heights, Ancre 1916, Arras 1917 '18, Scarpe 1917, Arleux, Messines 1917 '18, Pilckem, Menin Road, Polygon Wood, Poelcappelle, Passchendaele, Cambrai 1917 '18, St. Quentin, Bapaume 1918, Lys, Estaires, Bailleul, Kemmel, Béthune, Scherpenberg, Soissonais- Ourcq, Drocourt Quéant, Hindenburg Line, Épéhy, Canal du Nord, St. Quentin Canal, Courtrai, Selle, Sambre, France and Flanders 1914-18, Doiran 1917, Macedonia 1917, Suvla, Sari Bair, Gallipoli 1915, Egypt 1916, Gaza, Nebi Samwil, Jerusalem, Jaffa, Tell 'Asur, Palestine 1917-18, Tigris 1916, Kut al Amara 1917, Baghdad, Mesopotamia 1916-18, Kilimanjaro, East Africa 1914-16

Battle Honours WW2

The Second World War: Dunkirk 1940, North-West Europe 1940, Banana Ridge, Djebel Kesskiss, Medjez Plain, Gueriat el Atach Ridge, Djebel Bou Aoukaz 1943 I, Gab Gab Gap, North Africa 1943, Anzio, Rome, Fiesole, Gothic Line, Monte Gamberaldi, Monte Ceco, Monte Grande, Italy 1944-45, Johore, Batu Pahat, Singapore Island, Malaya 1941-42

 

Queen's Lancashire Regiment Museum, Preston (Army Museums Ogilby Trust)

Deployment

1st Battalion

1881.07.01 1st Battalion, The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
1881 Ireland: Dublin
1882 Gibraltar
1884 India: Quetta
<1889> Mhow
<1892> Kemptee
1896 Ceylon
1898 Cape Colony
1899.10 South Africa
1902 England: Devonport
1904 Ireland: Kinsale
1906 Curragh
1908 Tidworth
1910 Aldershot 2 Bde
1914.08 France and Flanders 1 Div
1919 Malta
1921 1st Battalion, The Loyal Regiment (North Lancashire)
1922 Turkey Army of Occupation
1922 Guernsey
1923 China: Tientsin
1924 India: Secunderabad
1929 Calcutta
1931 Waziristan
1932 Cawnpore
1936 Palestine
1937 England: Tidworth MG bn, 3 Div
1939 Aldershot
1939.09 France & Belgium 1 Inf Div
1940.06 UK
1943.03 North Africa : Tunisia 2 Bde, 1 Inf Div
1943.12 Italy
1945.02 Palestine
1947 Cyprus
1948 Eritrea Occupation force
1949 Cyprus
1949.03.12 amalgamated with 2nd Battalion at Nicosia, Cyprus, without change of title
1950 Egypt
1951 UK
1953 Trieste
1954 UK
1957.05 Malaya 28 Commonwealth Bde
1960.01 Germany: Minden 5 Bde
1960.11 Germany: Minden 6 Bde
1963.02 UK 3 Div
1966 Malta
1967 (Aden) (one coy)
1967 Malta
1968 England: Dover
1970.03.25 amalgamated at Connaught Barracks, Dover with 1st Bn, The Lancashire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Volunteers), to form 1st Bn, The Queen's Lancashire Regiment

2nd Battalion

1793 81st Regiment of Foot

1794.12.17 at sea
1795.01 Santo Domingo


1809 Walcheren



1881.07.01 2nd Battalion, The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
1881 India: Bengal
1883 England: Portsmouth
1885 Pembroke Dock
1887 Jersey
1890 Ireland: Enniskillen
1893 Mullingar
1895 England: Preston
1897 Aldershot
1899 Malta
1902 Gibraltar
1904 South Africa
1907 Mauritius
1910 India: Poona/Bangalore
1914.11 German East Africa 27 Ind Bde
1916.12 Egypt LofC
1918.06 France and Flanders 31 Div
1918.06 France and Flanders 34 Div
1919 Ireland: Tralee
1921.01.01 2nd Battalion, The Loyal Regiment (North Lancashire)
1922 England: Tidworth
1925 Shorncliffe
1928 Aldershot 5 Bde
1931 Blackdown 6 Bde
1933 Tidworth 7 Bde
1937 China: Shanghai MG bn
1938 Malaya
1939 Singapore
1942.02.15 captured by the Japanese at Singapore
1942.05.28 reconstituted in UK by redesignation of 10th Battalion
1942.05 UK 77 Div
1942.09 UK 55 Div
1944.10 Italy Corps Troops
1945 Austria
1946.12.15 reduced to cadre at Graz, Austria
1949.03.12 amalgamated with 1st Battalion at Nicosia, Cyprus