Loyal North Lancashire Regiment Loyal Regiment (North Lancashire) | |
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![]() Cap badge of the Loyal North Lancashire Regiment | |
Active | 1 July 1881 – 1 September 1970 |
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Type | Infantry |
Role | Line infantry |
Size | 1–2 Regular battalions 1 Militia and Special Reserve battalion Up to 16 Hostilities-only battalions |
Garrison/HQ | Fulwood Barracks, Preston, Lancashire |
Nickname(s) | Cauliflowers, the Lancashire Lads, and Wolfe's Own |
Motto(s) | Loyauté M'Oblige (Loyalty Binds Me) |
Colors | Scarlet with White Facings |
Anniversaries | 15 February (Kimberley) 4 July (Maida) 31 December (Tarifa) |
Engagements | Second Boer War First World War Second World War |
The Loyal Regiment (North Lancashire) (until 1921 known as the Loyal North Lancashire Regiment) was a line infantry regiment of the British Army that was in existence from 1881 to 1970. In 1970, the regiment was amalgamated with the Lancashire Regiment to form the Queen's Lancashire Regiment which was, in 2006, amalgamated with the King's Own Royal Border Regiment and the King's Regiment (Manchester and Liverpool) to form the Duke of Lancaster Regiment (King's, Lancashire and Border).