Lancashire Regiment
Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox military unit The Lancashire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Volunteers) was an infantry regiment of the British Army that had a very short existence.
HistoryEdit
The regiment was formed, as a consequence of defence cuts instigated by the 1957 Defence White Paper, by the amalgamation of the 1st Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment and the 1st Battalion, South Lancashire Regiment (The Prince of Wales's Volunteers) on 1 July 1958.<ref name=bau>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
The regiment was first based in Hong Kong where both of its predecessor regiments had been based when they amalgamated.<ref name=bau/> In 1961 the regiment arrived in Hilden, West Germany as part of the British Army of the Rhine.<ref name=bau/> Shortly after Swaziland's first-ever elections in 1964, the regiment arrived in there to maintain order.<ref name=bau/> The regiment remained in that country until early the following year when it returned to Britain, being based in Catterick.<ref name=bau/>
In 1967 the Lancashires arrived in Aden in the Middle East a number of months before Aden gained independence from the British Empire.<ref name=bau/> In 1968 the regiment was posted to the garrison in Malta.<ref name=bau/> The following year the Lancashires again returned home to the United Kingdom.<ref name=bau/>
On 25 March 1970, after a relatively brief existence, the regiment was amalgamated with the 1st Battalion, Loyal Regiment (North Lancashire), to form the 1st Battalion, Queen's Lancashire Regiment.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Regimental museumEdit
The Lancashire Infantry Museum is based at Fulwood Barracks in Preston.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
AlliancesEdit
Alliances were as follows:<ref name=regiments>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
- Template:CAN The Princess of Wales' Own Regiment (1958-1970)
- Template:CAN The West Nova Scotia Regiment (1958-1970)
- Template:AUS 40th Infantry Battalion (The Derwent Regiment) (1958-1960)
- Template:AUS The Royal Tasmania Regiment (1967-1970)
- Template:NZ The Hawke's Bay Regiment
- Template:PAK 8th Battalion, The Punjab Regiment