This Day In History

  • 1900 Having volunteered for foreign service, 3rd (Militia) Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment, embarks for South Africa and the Boer War. Strength 26 officers and 674 other ranks.
  • 1942 After the surrender in Singapore, 2nd Loyals are ordered to lay down their arms and remain in their final positions in Marlborough Camp. This is fortunate, as it was a pre-war RAOC barracks and they are able to collect food, clothing and medical supplies.
  • 1944 Anzio. Germans launch a massive counter-attack, aimed at splitting the beach-head in two and driving the Allies into the sea. 1st Loyals, manning part of the Corps reserve line in an area near a railway fly-over, stand to.
  • 1947 1st Loyals embarks on the troopship Empire Winchester at Haifa, Palestine, under orders for the former Italian colony of Eritrea, Africa.
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