Authors and Contributors this page: T.F. Mills
Page created 1 November 2005. Corrected and updated 01.11.2005
 
3rd Royal Lancashire Militia (The Duke of Lancaster's Own)
 
United Kingdom  
  Titles & Lineage
  History & War Service
  Battle Honours
  Colours, Standards and Guidons

  Badges and Uniforms
  Colonels
 Traditions
 Bibliography

Note: This is a battalion history of the part-time reserves, which are normally liable for full-time active service only in an emergency. See the main regimental page(s) as linked below for more information.
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  Titles and Lineage English County Index
Alphabetic Index of Titles
   
  1797 2nd Lancashire Supplementary Militia
raised at Preston
  1800 37th, or 3rd Royal Lancashire Militia
placed on permanent footing
  1803.06.11 52nd, or 3rd Royal Lancashire Militia
  1813.06.26 52nd, or 3rd, or Prince Regent's Own Regiment of Royal Lancashire Militia
  1831 52nd, or 3rd Royal Lancashire Militia (The Duke of Lancaster's Own)
  1833.04.30 125th, or 1st Royal Lancashire Militia (The Duke of Lancaster's Own)
  1881.07.01 reorganised to form two bns:
   
  1896.04.01 3rd Battalion, The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
formed by amalgamation of the 3rd Bn and 4th Bn
  1908.07.26 transferred to Special Reserve
  1921.01.01 3rd Battalion, The Loyal Regiment (North Lancashire)
  1921 Special Reserve redesignated Militia
  1924 transferred to Supplementary Reserve
  1953.04.01 disbanded
     
     
  History (Links) & War Service
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1798 embodied
1802 disembodied
1803 embodied
1816.01 disembodied aaa
1855 embodied
  1855 Mediterranean volunteered for garrison duty
1856.07.07 disembodied
1899.12.31 embodied
  1900 Mediterranean volunteered for garrison duty
  1901 South Africa  
1902.03.15 disembodied
1914.08.04 embodied
1919.08.02 disembodied (personnel to 2nd Bn)
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  Battle Honours Index of Battle Honours
Index of Wars

Mediterranean1, Mediterranean 1900-011, South Africa 1901-02

1. rescinded 1908 upon transfer to Special Reserve, and battalion assumed all honours of the whole regiment

  Colours, Standards and Guidons Introduction to Colours
  Uniforms and Badges
   
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  Honorary Colonels Index of Royal Colonels
  Traditions
 
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