King's Own Royal Regiment
Dates | Locations | Higher Formation/Remarks |
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. | 5th Battalion, The King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster) | . |
1947.01.01 | Reconstituted in T.A. with HQ at Lancaster | 126 (North Lancashire) Infantry Brigade |
. | A Company at Lancaster | . |
. | B Company at Fleetwood | . |
. | C Company at Carnforth | . |
. | D Company at Lancaster | . |
1959.10.01 | Transferred to the corps of The King's Own Royal Border Regiment without change of title | . |
1961.05.01 | 4th/5th Battalion, The King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster) amalgamated with R (King's Own) Bty, 380 Light Regt RA (King's Own) | . |
. | A Company at Furness, conversion of R Bty | . |
. | B Company | . |
. | C Company | . |
. | D Company | . |
1967.04.01 | Disbanded and concurrently reconstituted as: | . |
. | Part of A Company (King's Own Border), Lancastrian Volunteers in TAVR II at Carlisle | . |
. | 4th/5th (Territorial) Battalion The King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster) in TAVR III at Lancaster | . |
. | A Company (4/5 King's Own) at Lancaster, successor to 4th/5th Bn The King's Own Royal RegtÃÂ | . |
. | B Company (4/5 King's Own) at Barrow, successor to 4th/5th Bn The King's Own Royal RegtÃÂ | . |
. | C Company (2nd West Lancashire) at Blackpool, successor to 288 LAD Regt RA | . |
1969.04.01 | TAVR III element reduced to cadre as 4th/5th Battalion The King's Own Royal Regiment at Lancaster, sponsored by Lancastrian Volunteers, less some personnel of C Coy absorbed into D Company (Loyals), Lancastrian Volunteers forming det at Blackpool; and some personnel of HQ, A Coy and B Coy to form E Company (King's Own), Lancastrian Volunteers at Lancaster and Barrow-in-Furness | . |
1971.04.01 | Lancastrian Volunteers redesignated as 1st Battalion, Lancastrian Volunteers | . |
1973.10.08 | C Coy subtitle omitted | . |
1975.04.01 | Cadre disbanded, and C Coy transferred to 4th (Volunteer) Battalion, The King's Own Royal Border Regiment [q.v. for subsequent Cumbrian and Lancaster lineages] | . |
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