1st Battalion
Formed 25 March 1970 by merger of 1st Battalion The Lancashire Regiment
and 1st Battalion The Loyal Regiment.
4th (Volunteer) Battalion The Queen's Lancashire Regiment
Formed 1 April 1975 with Headquarters at Kimberley Barracks, Preston by reorganisation of 2nd Battalion Lancastrian Volunteers.
COMPANIES:
HQ Company at Kimberley Barracks, Preston by redesignation of
'HQ'
Company 2nd Battalion Lancastrian Volunteers.
A Company at Burnley with Pltn at Haslingden by redesignation
of 'A' Company 2nd Battalion Lancastrian Volunteers.
B Company at Preston with detachments at Blackpool and Blackburn
by redesignation of 'D' Company 2nd Battalion Lancastrian Volunteers.
C Company at Ashton-under-Lyne with Pltn at Bolton by redesignation
of 'C' Company 2nd Battalion Lancastrian Volunteers.
1 April 1986: Battalion re-roled as four company NATO (MILAN)
Battalion.
Support platoons formed: MILAN Pltn in Bolton, Mortar Pltn in Preston
and Recce Pltn in Blackpool.
'D' Company formed at Blackburn and Haslingden from Haslingden
platoon 'A' Company and Blackburn platoon 'B' Company.
'B' Company consolidated at Blackpool with platoon at Preston.
'C' Company at Ashton-under-Lyne transferred as 'C' Company
5th
Battalion The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers, less Bolton detachment
which formed new 'C' Company at Bolton on 2 April 1986.
1992: unit reduced to three company order of battle.
'C' Company absorbed into 'B' Company; 'D' Company
merged with 'A' Company establishing 'A' Company at Blackburn
with Pltn at Burnley.
New 'C' Company (Fusilier) formed December 1992 at Bury by transfer
of 'D' Company 5th
Battalion The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers; company retained its
affiliation to The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers.
1996: Battle honours introduced as company subtitles as follows:
'HQ' (Waterloo) Company, 'A' (Somme) Company, 'B'
(Quebec) Company, 'C' (Gallipoli) Company (Fusilier).
1 July 1999: Battalion disbanded as result of the Strategic
Defence Review.
'HQ' Company and 'B' Company amalgamated, and 'A'
Company and 'C' Company amalgamated to form 'B' and 'D'
Company The
Lancastrian and Cumbrian Volunteers respectively.
Tue Feb 22 14:12:56 CET 2000