Useful Links
The Duke of Lancaster’s Regiment
The Duke of Lancaster’s Regiment | http://www.army.mod.uk/infantry/regiments/23996.aspx |
King’s Own Royal Regiment Museum, Lancaster | http://www.kingsownmuseum.plus.com |
Border & King’s Own Border Regiment Museum, Carlisle | http://kingsownbordermuseum.btck.co.uk/ |
Museum of the Manchester Regiment | http://www.tameside.gov.uk/museumsgalleries/mom |
Museum of Liverpool (King’s Regiment) | http://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 |
Towneley Hall, Burnley | Items and information relating to the East Lancashire Regiment |
Warrington Museum | Items and information relating to the South Lancashire Regiment |
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. |
Carole Divall | Carole has made a special study of the 30th Regiment of Foot in the Napoleonic Wars. There is no better source of information on the regiment at that time. |
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) |
8th East Lancashire Regiment | Dedicated to the memory of the 8th (Service) Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment |
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 | http://www.armymuseums.org.uk/ |
National Army Museum | http://www.nam.ac.uk/ |
North West
The Fusilier Museum, Bury | Tells the story of The Lancashire Fusiliers |
Cheshire Military Museum, Chester | Represents the regiments of Cheshire |
Imperial War Museum North, Manchester |
Research
National Archives | http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ | Records relating to all regiments. Some personnel records, medal rolls, war diaries etc |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission | http://www.cwgc.org/ | Records for every serviceman killed in either WWI or WWII |
North East Medals – Medals of the Regiments | http://www.northeastmedals.co.uk | Individual regimental histories by campaign and battle honour |
World War I
The Long , Long Trail | www.1914-1918.net | Excellent information on all aspects of the British Army in WWI |
Visiting The Lancashire Infantry Museum
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