East Lancashire Regiment
Dates | Locations | Higher Formation/Remarks |
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. | 4th Battalion, The East Lancashire Regiment | . |
1947.01.01 | Reconstituted in T.A. with HQ at Blackburn | 127 (East Lancashire) Infantry Brigade |
. | A Company at Darwen | . |
. | B Company at Accrington | . |
. | C Company at Burnley | . |
. | D Company at Blackburn | . |
1958.07.01 | transferred to the corps of The Lancashire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Volunteers) without change of title | . |
1967.04.01 | Disbanded and concurrently reconstituted as | . |
. | part of HQ Company (Lancashire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Volunteers), Lancastrian Volunteers in TAVR II at Warrington, but effectively losing East Lancashire affiliation [see 4th Bn The South Lancashire Regt] | . |
. | 4th (Territorial) Battalion, The East Lancashire Regiment in TAVR III with HQ at Blackburn | . |
. | A Company (4th East Lancashire Regiment) at Blackburn, successor to 4th Bn The East Lancashire Regt | . |
. | B Company (The Lancashire Fusiliers) at Rochdale, partial successor to 5th (Bury) Bn The Lancashire Fusiliers | . |
. | C Company (4th East Lancashire Regiment) at Burnley, successor 4th Bn The East Lancashire Regt | . |
. | D Company (The Bolton Artillery) at Bolton, successor to 253 Field Regt RA (the Bolton Artillery) | . |
1969.04.01 | TAVR III element reduced to cadre as 4th Battalion The East Lancashire Regiment at Blackburn, sponsored by 38 Signal Regiment (V); less some personnel to form 93 (East Lancashire) Signal Squadron 38 Signal Regiment (V) and E Company Lancastrian Volunteers at Lancaster and Barrow-in-Furness, the latter effectively losing its East Lancashire affiliation | . |
1971.04.01 | reorganised as two companies: | . |
. | A (East Lancashire) Company, 2nd Battalion, Lancastrian Volunteers at Burnley with det at Haslingden, reconstituted from cadre | . |
. | 93 (East Lancashire) Signal Squadron, 38 Signal Regiment (V) at Blackburn with Troop in Manchester | . |
1973.10.08 | A Coy omitted subtitle | . |
1975.04.01 | 2nd Bn Lancastrian Volunteers redesignated as 4th (Volunteer) Battalion, The Queen's Lancashire Regiment [q.v. for continuing central Lancashire lineages] | . |
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