Lancastrian and Cumbrian Volunteers

Lancastrian and Cumbrian Volunteers
Active	1999 – 2006
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Branch	British Army
Role	Line Infantry
Size	One Battalion
Insignia
Tactical Recognition Flash

The Lancastrian and Cumbrian Volunteers was a Territorial Army unit of the British Army.

It was formed on 1 July 1999 following the Strategic Defence Review by the amalgamation of the 4th Battalion Queen's Lancashire Regiment and the 4th (Volunteer) Battalion of the King's Own Royal Border Regiment. On 1 July 2006,^[1] the Lancastrian and Cumbrian Volunteers were amalgamated with the King's Regiment companies of the King's and Cheshire Regiment to form the new 4th Battalion (Volunteers), Duke of Lancaster's Regiment (King's Lancashire and Border).

References

Predecessors

1st generation	King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster) (1680–1959) 34th (Cumberland) Regiment of Foot (1702–1881) 55th (Westmorland) Regiment of Foot (1755–1881) King's Regiment (Liverpool) (1685–1958) 63rd (West Suffolk) Regiment of Foot (1744–1881) 96th Regiment of Foot (1798–1881) 30th (Cambridgeshire) Regiment of Foot (1702–1881) 59th (2nd Nottinghamshire) Regiment of Foot (1755–1881) 40th Regiment of Foot (1717–1881) 82nd Regiment of Foot (Prince of Wales's Volunteers) (1793–1881) 47th (Lancashire) Regiment of Foot (1741–1881) 81st Regiment of Foot (Loyal Lincoln Volunteers) (1793–1881)

2nd generation	Border Regiment (1881–1959) Manchester Regiment (1881–1958) Loyal Regiment (North Lancashire) (1881–1970) East Lancashire Regiment (1881–1958) South Lancashire Regiment (1881–1958)

3rd generation	King's Own Royal Border Regiment (1959–2006) King's Regiment (1958–2006) Lancashire Regiment (1958–1970) Queen's Lancashire Regiment (1970–2006)