Chapter 16 – BETWEEN THE WARS | Lancashire Infantry Museum

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1758 30^th Foot (later 1^st East Lancashires) sails from Spithead as part of an amphibious force detailed to raid and destroy the port of Cherbourg.

1857 2 Companies (117 officers and men) of the 59^th Foot (later 2^nd East Lancashires), embark at Singapore for Calcutta, India, where the Mutiny has broken out. Survivors of the wreck of their transport HMS Transit, they had been in Singapore for 6 days, awaiting onward transportation to their Regiment in Hong Kong, when they were diverted.

Chapter 16 – BETWEEN THE WARS

The 40th had remained on the North West Frontier of India throughout the war, earning the battle honour Baluchistan 1918 and Afghanistan 1919.

Between wars Lancashire battalions saw active service in Ireland, Turkey, Palestine and on the North West Frontier of the India, while other postings took them to Bermuda, Jamaica, Germany, Malta, Egypt, Sudan, China, Hong Kong and Singapore.

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