The Lancashire Militia was an auxiliary military force in Lancashire in North West England. From their formal organisation as Trained Bands in 1558 and...
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The 6th Royal Lancashire Militia (6th RLM) was an auxiliary regiment raised in the county of Lancashire in North West England just before the Crimean...
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The 7th Royal Lancashire Militia (Rifles) (7th RLM) was an auxiliary regiment raised in the county of Lancashire in North West England just before the...
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The 5th Royal Lancashire Militia (5th RLM) was an auxiliary regiment raised in the county of Lancashire in North West England just before the Crimean...
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The 4th Royal Lancashire Militia (The Duke of Lancaster's Own Light Infantry) was an auxiliary regiment raised in the county of Lancashire in North West...
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Foot with the militia and rifle volunteer units of eastern Lancashire. In 1958 the regiment was amalgamated with the South Lancashire Regiment to form...
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amalgamation of the 47th (Lancashire) Regiment of Foot, 81st Regiment of Foot (Loyal Lincoln Volunteers), 3rd Royal Lancashire Militia (The Duke of Lancaster's...
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Manchester Regiment (category Military units and formations in Lancashire)
96th Regiment of Foot as the 1st and 2nd battalions; the 6th Royal Lancashire Militia became the 3rd (Reserve) and 4th (Extra Reserve) battalions and the...
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regular or "line" battalions and two militia battalions. In Ireland, there were to be two line and three militia battalions. This was done by renaming...
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Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener (category Lancashire Militia officers)
Colonel, 5th (7th Royal Lancashire Militia) Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers – 11 June 1902; later 3rd (Reserve) Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers Honorary Colonel...
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Frederick Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby (category Lancashire Militia officers)
served as Lieutenant-Colonel Commandant of the part-time 1st Royal Lancashire Militia (The Duke of Lancaster's Own) from 23 June 1874 (though his political...
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The 2nd Royal Lancashire Militia (The Duke of Lancaster's Own Rifles) was an auxiliary regiment raised in the county of Lancashire in North West England...
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Lancashire Militia (Rifles), raised in 1855 and recruited from Bury, Manchester and Salford. This formed the 3rd and 4th Battalions of the Lancashire...
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The Royal Lancashire Militia Artillery was a part-time reserve unit of Britain's Royal Artillery based in Lancashire from 1853 to 1909. The long-standing...
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The 3rd Royal Lancashire Militia (The Duke of Lancaster's Own) was an auxiliary regiment raised in the county of Lancashire in North West England during...
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and 82nd regiments amalgamated to form the South Lancashire Regiment, the 4th Royal Lancashire Militia (The Duke of Lancaster's Own Light Infantry) became...
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(Melrose) East York Militia (Beverley), North York Militia (Richmond), Westmoreland Militia (Carlisle) 2nd Brigade 5th Royal Lancashire Militia (Burnley), 6th...
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Edward Stanley, 17th Earl of Derby (category Lancashire Militia officers)
[citation needed] Stanley initially received a lieutenant's commission in a militia unit, the 3rd Battalion, King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster) (commanded...
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The 1st Royal Lancashire Militia (The Duke of Lancaster's Own) was an auxiliary regiment raised in the county of Lancashire in North West England during...
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Edward Smith-Stanley, 13th Earl of Derby (category Lancashire Militia officers)
of the 1st Royal Lancashire Supplementary Militia on 1 March 1797; this regiment subsequently became the 2nd Royal Lancashire Militia. He was breveted...
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Ian Hamilton (British Army officer) (category Lancashire Militia officers)
General Sir Ian Standish Monteith Hamilton, GCB, GCMG, DSO, TD (16 January 1853 – 12 October 1947) was a senior British Army officer who had an extensive...
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Claude Dansey (category Lancashire Militia officers)
African Police. On 13 June 1898 he joined the militia as second lieutenant in the 5th and 6th Battalions, Lancashire Fusiliers, being promoted to lieutenant...
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battalions formed by the antecedent Lancashire regiments during the First World War, and all associated Militia, Rifle Volunteers, Territorials, Home...
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Frank Percy Crozier (category Lancashire Militia officers)
lieutenant and then the part-time 3rd (Reserve) Battalion, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment as a captain in the Special Reserve. However, in 1908, he was...
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Edward Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby (category Lancashire Militia officers)
On 11 March 1853, he was commissioned a captain in the 3rd Royal Lancashire Militia. From the outset of his career, he was known to be more politically...
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suffered heavy casualties) The Duke's (or The Duke's Own) – 1st Royal Lancashire Militia (The Duke of Lancaster's Own) (especially after they were linked to...
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the 20th (East Devonshire) Regiment with the Bury-based 7th Royal Lancashire Militia (Rifles). Following the Childers Reforms, these regiments merged (with...
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James Walter Sandilands (category Lancashire Militia officers)
China. Sandilands joined the Militia and was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the 3rd & 4th (6th Royal Lancashire Militia) Battalions, Manchester Regiment...
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Edward Smith-Stanley, 12th Earl of Derby (category Lancashire Militia officers)
1771. Derby was returned to Parliament as one of two representatives for Lancashire in 1774, a seat he held until 1776, when he succeeded his grandfather...
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The British Militia was the principal military reserve force of the Kingdom of Great Britain. Militia units were repeatedly raised in Great Britain during...
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