Duke of Lancaster's Regiment

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The Duke of Lancaster's Regiment
(King's, Lancashire and Border)

Cap badge of the Duke of Lancaster's Regiment
Active 1 July 2006-
Country United Kingdom
Branch Army
Type Line Infantry
Role 1st Battalion - Mechanised Infantry
2nd Battalion - Armoured Infantry
4th Battalion - TA Reserve
Size Three battalions
Part of King's Division
Garrison/HQ RHQ - Preston
1st Battalion - Osnabruck, Germany
2nd Battalion - Catterick
4th Battalion - Preston
Motto Nec Aspera Terrent (Difficulties be Damned) (Latin)
March Quick - King's Own Royal Border Regiment March
Slow - The Red Rose
Anniversaries Ladysmith (28 February), St George’s Day (23 April), Waterloo (18 June)
Commanders
Colonel in Chief HM The Queen, Duke of Lancaster
Colonel of
the Regiment		 Major General Hamish Rollo, CBE
Insignia
Tactical Recognition Flash
Arm Badge Glider
From King's Own Royal Border Regiment
Abbreviation LANCS

The Duke of Lancaster's Regiment (King's, Lancashire and Border) (LANCS) is one of the new large infantry regiments of the British Army. The regiment's formation was announced on 16 December 2004 by Geoff Hoon and General Sir Mike Jackson as part of the restructuring of the infantry, when it was initially to be known as the King's, Lancashire and Border Regiment. The regiment was given its new name in November 2005. Initially formed of three regular army battalions, it was eventually reduced to two regular battalions, plus a Territorial Army battalion. The regiment was formed through the merger of three single battalion regiments:

The regiment was formed on July 1, 2006. Initially, on formation, the regiment contained three regular battalions, with each battalion simply being renamed:

  • 1st Battalion, Queen's Lancashire Regiment - 1st Battalion, Duke of Lancaster's Regiment (King's, Lancashire and Border)
  • 1st Battalion, King's Regiment - 2nd Battalion, Duke of Lancaster's Regiment (King's, Lancashire and Border)
  • 1st Battalion, King's Own Royal Border Regiment - 3rd Battalion, Duke of Lancaster's Regiment (King's, Lancashire and Border)

However, very soon after formation the regiment gained its own character as a result of the cross-posting of individuals of the antecedent regiments.

In March 2007, the 3rd Battalion was disbanded, with its personnel dispersed to the other two, leaving the final roll of two regular battalions and one TA battalion. The 4th Battalion (Volunteers) was completed in late 2006 by adding the two King's Regiment companies from the King's and Cheshire Regiment to the battalion which had been initially formed from the Lancastrian and Cumbrian Volunteers.

Private soldiers inherited the rank of Kingsman from The King's Regiment. The cap badge is a Lancaster rose in a Fontenoy laurel surmounted by a crown. At the base is a scroll with the motto Nec Aspera Terrent (Difficulties be Damned). The regiment's Colonel-in-Chief is HM The Queen, who also bears the title Duke of Lancaster.

The regiment has brought forward a number of Golden Threads from its antecendents, as displays of its history and heritage:

  • Lion of England - the English Lion, facing inwards as worn by the KORBR, has been adopted as the regiment's collar badge.
  • Glider Flash - the Glider awarded as an honour to the KORBR is worn on the sleeve of No. 1 and No. 2 dress. The glider is also incorporated on the regiment's TRF.
  • Fleur-de-Lys - the fleur-de-lys worn by the King's Regiment is featured on the regiment's buttons.

The Duke of Lancaster's Regiment serves as the county regiment for the following counties:

The 1st Battalion is a mechanised infantry battalion based in Germany (moving to Catterick by 2009), while the 2nd Battalion is initially an armoured infantry unit stationed at Catterick Garrison. However, as part of the final round of the arms plot, it will convert to light infantry and move to Cyprus as a resident battalion. The 3rd Battalion was a light infantry battalion stationed at St George's Barracks, North Luffenham in Rutland before being amalgamated with the 1st and 2nd Battalions.

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[edit] Roll of Honour

Since the formation of the regiment, seven of its members have been killed, all from the 2nd Battalion during its tour of Iraq:

  • 2nd Lt Joanathan Brancho-Cooke - 05/02/07
  • Sergeant Graham Hesketh - 28/12/06
  • Kingsman Alan Jones - 23/04/07
  • Kingsman Adam Smith - 05/04/07
  • Kingsman Danny Wilson - 01/04/07
  • Kingsman Alexander Green - 13/01/07
  • Kingsman Jamie Hancock - 06/11/06

In addition 2nd Lt Joanna Yorke Dyer, Intelligence Corp attached to the 2nd Battalion, was killed on this tour of Iraq on 05/04/07

[edit] Alliances

[edit] Order of Precedence

Preceded by:
Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment
(Queen's and Royal Hampshires)		 Infantry Order of Precedence Succeeded by:
Royal Regiment of Fusiliers

[edit] Lineage

Lineage
The Duke of Lancaster's Regiment (King's, Lancashire and Border) The King's Own Royal Border Regiment The King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster)
The Border Regiment The 34th (Cumberland) Regiment of Foot
The 55th (Westmorland) Regiment of Foot
The King's Regiment The King's Regiment (Liverpool)
The Manchester Regiment The 63rd (West Suffolk) Regiment of Foot
The 96th Regiment of Foot
The Queen's Lancashire Regiment The Lancashire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Volunteers) The East Lancashire Regiment The 30th (Cambridgeshire) Regiment of Foot
The 59th (2nd Nottinghamshire) Regiment of Foot
The South Lancashire Regiment (The Prince of Wales's Volunteers) The 40th (2nd Somersetshire) Regiment of Foot
The 82nd Regiment of Foot (Prince of Wales's Volunteers)
The Loyal Regiment (North Lancashire) The 47th (Lancashire) Regiment of Foot
The 81st Regiment of Foot (Loyal Lincoln Volunteers)

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