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Useful Links
The Duke of Lancaster's Regiment
The Duke of Lancaster’s Regiment
www.army.mod.uk/infantry/regiments/23996.aspx
King’s Own Royal Regiment Museum, Lancaster
www.kingsownmuseum.com
Cumbria's Museum of Military Life, Carlisle
(For Kings Own Royal Border Regiment)
www.cumbriasmuseumofmilitarylife.org
Museum of the Manchester Regiment
www.tameside.gov.uk/museumsgalleries/mom
Museum of Liverpool
(King’s Regiment)
www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/mol/visit/galleries/soldiers
Museums Affiliated to The Lancashire Infantry Museum
Blackburn Museum
Items and information relating to the East Lancashire Regiment
www.blackburnmuseum.org.uk
Towneley Hall, Burnley
Items and information relating to the East Lancashire Regiment
www.towneley.org.uk
Warrington Museum
Items and information relating to the South Lancashire Regiment
www.wmag.culturewarrington.org
Sites of Special Regimental Interest
The Accrington Pals
The story of the 11th (Service) Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment, better known to history as “The Accrington Pals,” has come to represent the tragedy of all the WWI Pals Battalions.
Colonial Re-Enactment Society & 40th Regiment of Foot
A re-enactment society based in Melbourne, Australia, which has researched and published a wealth of material relating to the 40th Foot’s time in Australia and New Zealand in the mid-19th Century
Chorley Pals Memorial
Dedicated to the memory of the Chorley Pals (Y Company, 11th (Service) Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment – the Accrington Pals)
Preston Pals War Memorial
Dedicated to the memory of the Preston Pals (D Company, 7th (Service) Battalion, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment, and the creation of a Memorial in their memory on Preston Station.
The Wrecking of the Sea Horse, Lord Melville & Boadicea
The Regiment's greatest tragedy, when 510 men, women and children from the our antecedent regiments, the 59th and 82nd Foot, lost their lives in three shipwrecks on the Irish coast in 1816. Ivan Fitzgerald, of Dublin, has studied the disaster for many years, and reports his findings here.
Military & Related Museums
National
Army Museums Ogilby Trust
www.armymuseums.org.uk
National Army Museum
www.nam.ac.uk
North West
The Fusilier Museum, Bury
Tells the story of The Lancashire Fusiliers
www.fusiliermuseum.com
Cheshire Military Museum, Chester
Represents the regiments of Cheshire
www.cheshiremilitarymuseum.co.uk
Imperial War Museum North, Manchester
www.iwm.org.uk/visits/iwm-north
Research
National Archives
Records relating to all regiments. Some personnel records, medal rolls, war diaries etc
www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Records for every serviceman killed in either WWI or WWII
www.cwgc.org/
North East Medals – Medals of the Regiments
Individual regimental histories by campaign and battle honour
www.northeastmedals.co.uk
World War One
The Long , Long Trail
Excellent information on all aspects of the British Army in WWI
www.1914-1918.net
PRESERVING THE HERITAGE OF FIVE LANCASHIRE REGIMENTS
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