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created 1 November 1999. Corrected and updated
22.07.2004
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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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1971.04.01 |
2nd Battalion, Lancastrian Volunteers
formed with HQ at Preston from cadres of former
TAVR III units and an existing company:
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- A (East Lancashire) Company at Burnley
with detachment at Haslingden, formed from cadre 4th Bn The East
Lancashire Regt
- B Company at Liverpool, newly raised
- C (Manchester) Company at Ashton under
Lyne, formed from cadre 8th/9th Bn The Manchester Regt
- D Company at Preston with detachments
at Blackpool and Blackburn, redesignation of D Coy 1st
Battalion
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1973.10.08 |
company subtitles omitted
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1975.04.01 |
4th (Volunteer) Battalion, The
Queen's Lancashire Regiment
redesignated with HQ at Kimberley Barracks, Preston,
less B Coy
at Liverpool redesignated as D
Company, 5th/8th (V) Bn, The King's Regiment
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- HQ Company at
Kimberley Barracks, Preston, redesignation of HQ Coy
- A Company at Burnley with Pln at Haslingden,
redesignation of A Coy
- B Company at Preston with dets at Blackpool
and Blackburn, redesignation of D Coy
- C Company at Ashton-under-Lyne with
Pln at Bolton, redesignation of C Coy
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1986.04.01 |
re-roled as four-company NATO (MILAN) Battalion;
Support platoons formed: MILAN Pln in Bolton, Mortar Pln in Preston
and Recce Pln in Blackpool; C Coy
at Ashton-under-Lyne transferred as C Company 5th
Bn, The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers (less Bolton det)
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- HQ Company at
Kimberley Barracks, Preston
- A Company at Burnley
- B Company consolidated at Blackpool
with pln at Preston
- C Company at Bolton, formed from Bolton
det old C Coy
- D Company at Blackburn and Haslingden,
formed from Haslingden platoon A Coy and Blackburn platoon B Coy
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1992 |
reorganised in three rifle company order of battle:
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- HQ Company at Preston
- A Company at Blackburn with Pln at
Burnley, absorbed D Coy
- B Company at Blackpool with platoon
at Preston, absorbed C Company
- C Company (Fusilier)
at Bury, redesignation Dec. 1992 of D Company 5th
Battalion The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers (retaining its RRF
affiliation)
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1996 |
companies redesignated:
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- HQ (Waterloo) Company
- A (Somme) Company
- B (Quebec) Company
- C (Gallipoli) Company (Fusilier)
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1999.07.01 |
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(amalgamation of 4th
(V) Bn The King's Own Royal Border Regiment and 4th (V)
Bn The Queen's Lancashire Regiment) |
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1975.04.01 |
Lt-Col. (Bt. Col.) Edward John (Stanley),
18th Earl of Derby, MC |
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