Authors and Contributors this page:
Graham Watson, T.F. Mills
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Page created
1 July 2002
.
Corrected and updated
15.04.2006
Disclaimers
1st Battalion,
The Queen's Lancashire Regiment
1970-2007
United Kingdom
Note:
This is a battalion history of the Regular Army. See the main regimental page for full lineage and other information.
Colour Key
Lineage
War service
Overseas service
Home service
1970.03.25
1st Battalion,
The Queen's Lancashire Regiment
formed at Connaught Barracks, Dover by amalgamation of
1st Bn, The Lancashire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Volunteers)
, and
1st Bn, The Loyal Regiment (North Lancashire)
1970.03
England: Dover/Shorncliffe
1970.03.25
Colours
presented by FM Sir Gerald Templer at Dover
1970.04
Germany: Osnabrück
12 Mech Bde
1970.06
(
Northern Ireland
)
1970.09
Osnabrück
12 Mech Bde
1971.11
(
Northern Ireland
)
1972.02
Osnabrück
12 Mech Bde
1972.12
(
Northern Ireland
)
1973.04
Osnabrück
12 Mech Bde
1975.01
Northern Ireland
: Ballykinlar
39 Inf Bde
1976.05
England: London
1977.08
(
Northern Ireland
)
1977.12
London
1978.04
Cyprus
1980.11
England: Tern Hill
143 Bde
1980.10
(
Northern Ireland
)
1981.03
Tern Hill
143 Bde
1983
Cyprus
1984.11
Germany: Paderborn
33 Armd Bde
1987.03
(
Northern Ireland
)
1987.07
Germany: Paderborn
33 Armd Bde
1990.07
England: Weeton
42 Bde
1990.07.09
Colours
presented by HM The Queen at Weeton
1990
(
Northern Ireland
)
1992.04
Berlin
Berlin Bde
[last bn to leave Berlin]
1994.08
England: Tidworth
1 Mech Bde
1996.05
(
Bosnia
)
1996.08
England: Tidworth
1 Mech Bde
1997.06
Northern Ireland
: Omagh
3 Inf Bde
1999.12
England: Catterick
19 Mech Bde
2001.03
(
Northern Ireland
)
2001.09
England: Catterick
2003.06
(
Iraq
)
19 Mech Bde
2003.10
England: Catterick
19 Mech Bde
2004
Cyprus: Dhekelia
2005.12
Germany: Osnabrück (Belfast Barracks)
4 Armd Bde
<2006>
England: North Luffenham (St George's Barracks)
2006.07.01
3rd Battalion,
The Duke of Lancaster's Regiment (King's, Lancashire and Border)
2006.07
England: North Luffenham (St George's Barracks)
2007.03
amalgamated with
1st Battalion
,
and
2nd Battalion