Prince of Wales's Volunteers (South Lancashire Regiment) South Lancashire Regiment (The Prince of Wales's Volunteers)
Cap badge of the South Lancashire Regiment.
Active
1881–1958
Country
United Kingdom
Branch
British Army
Type
Infantry
Role
Line infantry
Size
1–2 Regular battalions 1 Militia and Special Reserve battalion 2 Territorial and Volunteer battalions Up to 15 Hostilities-only battalions
RHQ
Peninsula Barracks, Warrington, South Lancashire
Nickname(s)
The Excellers[1]
Motto(s)
Ich dien (I serve)
Engagements
Second Boer War World War I World War II
Military unit
The South Lancashire Regiment was a line infantry regiment of the British Army in existence from 1881 to 1958.
The regiment, which recruited, as its title suggests, primarily from the South Lancashire area, was created as part of the Childers Reforms in 1881 as the Prince of Wales's Volunteers (South Lancashire Regiment) by the amalgamation of the 40th (the 2nd Somersetshire) Regiment of Foot and the 82nd Regiment of Foot (Prince of Wales's Volunteers).[2] In 1938, it was renamed the South Lancashire Regiment (The Prince of Wales's Volunteers)[3] and on 1 July 1958 the regiment was amalgamated with the East Lancashire Regiment to form the Lancashire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Volunteers).[3]
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