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47th (the Lancashire)
Regiment of Foot
 
United Kingdom 
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How to find information about individuals who served in this corps
 
1741.01.15 Sir John Mordaunt's Regiment of Foot
1743.03.13 Peregrine Lascelles' Regiment of Foot
1747 ranked as 58th Foot
1751.07.01 47th Regiment of Foot
1782.08.31 47th (the Lancashire) Regiment of Foot
1881.07.01 united with 81st (Loyal Lincoln Volunteers) Regiment of Foot, to form The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
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  Regulars:
    [1st Battalion] [1741-1881]
    2nd Battalion [1794-1795?, 1803-1815]
   
Depot and Reserves:
  ? Depot Battalion [1856-1871]
  12th Brigade Depot at Preston [1873-1881]
   
   
   

Tarifa, Vittoria, San Sebastian, Peninsula, Ava, Alma, Inkerman, Sevastopol

Note: see also successor for belatedly awarded battle honours.

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Uniform: 1741-1881: scarlet; facings: white
   
   
     
   
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1741.01.15 Gen. Sir John Mordaunt, KB
1743.03.13 Gen. Peregrine Lascelles
1771.04.02 Gen. Sir Guy (Carleton), 1st Baron Dorchester, KB [also 4th Dgns, 15th Lt Dgns, 24th Lt Dgns, 84th Hldrs, CinC North America]
1790.07.16 Lt-Gen. Sir Adam Williamson, KB
1794.03.19 Gen. William Dalrymple
1807.02.25 Gen. Hon. Richard Fitzpatrick
1813.04.26 Gen. Hon. Sir Alexander Hope, GCB
1835.03.25 Gen. Sir William Anson, Bt., KCB
1847.01.18 Lt-Gen. Sir Harry George Wakelyn Smith, Bt., GCB
1847.04.16 Lt-Gen. Thomas Dalmer
1854.08.27 Gen. Sir James Shaw Kennedy, KCB
1865.05.31 Gen. Sir Charles Thomas van Straubenzee, GCB
1867.12.08 Gen. John Patton
1875.11.02 Gen. Sir William O'Grady Haly, KCB
1878.03.20 Gen. Sir William Sherbrooke Ramsay Norcott, KCB
 
vc Victoria Crosses, by Mike Chapman (VC Reference).
   
 
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swords 47th Regiment of Foot, the Lancashire Lads [AWI; UK]
   
   
monument Queen's Lancashire Regiment Museum, Preston (Army Museums Ogilby Trust)
monument Lancashire County and Regimental Museum, Preston (Simonides listing)
monument Queen's Lancashire Regiment Museum, Preston (Simonides listing)
   
   
Regimental Journal:
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Full Histories:
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Short Histories:
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Manuscripts and Archives:
book Orderly Books of the Crown Forces in America 1775-1784, compiled by John K. Robertson, Don Hagist, Todd Braisted, and Don Londahl-Smidt (RevWar'75)