Duke of Lancashire's Regiment

The Duke of Lancashire's Regiment is a regiment of the British Army. It is headquartered in Preston, Lancashire. It was established in 1735 by Richard Wade. 
The regiment is special because its Regimental Colonels can only hold the rank of Colonel. 
During the Anglo-Egyptian War, First Battalion was assigned to 5th Brigade under Major General Douglas Campbell. 
During World War One, First Battalion was assigned to the 235th Brigade which was a part of 76th Division. 
== Wars ==
=== First battalion ===
Wars
War 	Year Start	Year End	Location
War of Jenkin's Ear 	1739 	1748 	Florida and Georgia
Seven Years War 	1754 	1763 	North America
American War of Independence	1775 	1783 	USA
Irish Rebellion 	1798 	1798 	Ireland
Peninsular War 	1808 	1814 	Portugal, Spain and France
Waterloo Campaign 	1815 	1815 	France, Netherlands
Crimean War 	1854 	1856 	Crimea
Anglo-Egyptian War 	1882 	1882 	Egypt
Second Boer War 	1899 	1902 	South Africa
World War One 	1914 	1918 	France
Irish War of Independence 	1919 	1921 	Ireland
North African Campaign 	1940 	1943 	Libya, Egypt, Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia
Operation Havest 	1956 	1962 	Northern Ireland
The Troubles 	1970 	1976 	Northern Ireland
Falklands War 	1982 	1982 	Falkland Islands
Operation Granby 	1991 	1991 	Kuwait
War in Afghanistan 	2015 	2021 	Afghanistan
=== Second Battalion ===
Wars
War 	Year Start	Year End	Location
Seven Years War 	1762 	1762 	Philippines
American Revolutionary War 	1776 	1777 	New York and New Jersey
Anglo-Russian Invasion of Holland 	1799 	1799 	Netherlands
Anglo-Russian Occupation of Naples	1805 	1806 	Italy
Gunboat War 	1807 	1807 	Copenhagen
War of 1812 	1813 	1815 	Alabama, Florida, Louisiana
First Opium War 	1840 	1842 	China
Crimean War 	1854 	1855 	Kars
Anglo-Zulu War 	1879 	1879 	South Africa
World War One 	1915 	1916 	Gallipoli, Turkey
World War II 	1939 	1945 	France, Netherlands, Belgium, Germany
Korean War 	1950 	1953 	Korea
Suez Crisis 	1956 	1956 	Egypt
The Troubles 	1976 	1985 	Northern Ireland, Ireland
Iraq War 	2003 	2005 	Iraq
War in Afghanistan 	2009 	2015 	Afghanistan
== Battles ==
=== First Battalion, WW1 ===
Battle Name 	Location 	Date Start 	Date End
Battle of La Bassée 	La Bassée, Hauts-de-France, France 	10 October 1914 	2 November 1914
Battle of Neuve Chapelle	Neuve-Chapelle, Hauts-de-France, France	10 March 1915 	13 March 1915
Second Battle of Ypres 	Ypres, West Flanders, Belgium 	22 April 1915 	25 May 1915
Actions of the Bluff 	Ypres, West Flanders, Belgium 	14 February 1916	2 March 1916
Battle of Arras 	Arras, Hauts-de-France, France 	9 April 1917 	16 May 1917
Battle of the Lys 	West Flanders, Belgium 	7 April 1918 	29 April 1918
=== First Battalion, WW2 ===
Battle Name 	Location 	Date Start 	Date End
Battle of Sidi Barrani 	Sidi Barrani, Matrouh Governorate, Egypt 	10 December 1940	11 December 1940
Battle of Alam el Halfa 	El Alamein, Matrouh Governorate, Egypt 	30 August 1942 	5 September 1942
Second Battle of El Alamein	El Alamein, Matrouh Governorate, Egypt 	23 October 1942 	11 November 1942
Battle of Kasserine Pass 	Kasserine, Kasserine Governorate, Tunisia	19 February 1943	24 February 1943
== Members ==
=== Colonels of the Regiment ===
Colonels of the Regiment
Name 	Year Appointed	Year Unbecome
Richard Wade 	1735 	1755
Thomas Hamilton 	1755 	1781
Johnathan Wade 	1781 	1787
Edmund Hamilton 	1787 	1794
Gerald Hamilton 	1797 	1803
Johnathan Hamilton	1803 	1810
Edward Barrow 	1810 	1814
Garret Hamilton 	1820 	1823
George Hamilton 	1823 	1857
Philip Hamilton 	1857 	1878
Charles Grant 	1878 	1882
Arthur Hamilton 	1882 	1886
Johnathan Barrow 	1886 	1894
Samuel Roberts 	1894 	1900
Charles Boulton 	1900 	1907
William Hamilton 	1907 	1915
Edward Hamilton 	1915 	1916
Archibald Barrow 	1916 	1917
Alfred Hamilton 	1918 	1927
Henry Hamilton 	1927 	1933
Alexander Smith II	1933 	1938
Bernard Wilson 	1941 	1943
Randolph Hamilton 	1964 	1973
Jerome Wilson 	1977 	1983
Philip Barrow 	1983 	1990
Oliver Hamilton 	1990 	1995
Alexander Smith IV	1995 	1998
James Wilson 	2006 	2010
Augustus Hamilton 	2014 	2020
Alexander Smith V 	2020 	2022
=== Regimental Adjutant ===
Name 	Year Appointed	Year Unbecome
Henry Wade 	1744 	1749
Thomas Barrow 	1749 	1755
Andrew Wade 	1755 	1762
Edmund Hamilton 	1778 	1781
Gerald Hamilton 	1793 	1797
William Grant 	1800 	1806
Dudley Hamilton 	1806 	1810
Alfred Wade 	1810 	1814
Garret Hamilton 	1817 	1820
Arthur Grant 	1833 	1837
Hugh Wade 	1837 	1839
Joseph Maxwell 	1841 	1846
Philip Smith 	1846 	1853
Nicholas Wade 	1866 	1869
Philip Boulton 	1869 	1872
Mark Hamilton 	1872 	1874
Johnathan Barrow 	1874 	1879
Horatio Hamilton 	1879 	1881
Arthur Hamilton 	1881 	1882
Horatio Hamilton 	1882 	1884
Arthur Turner 	1885 	1890
Edwin Bowles 	1890 	1895
William Hamilton 	1895 	1899
Edward Hamilton 	1899 	1907
Samuel Hamilton 	1907 	1910
Oswald Roberts 	1910 	1913
Lawrence Wade 	1913 	1915
Alfred Hamilton 	1917 	1918
Henry Howard 	1918 	1923
Randolph Hamilton	1955 	1964
James Wilson 	1998 	2006
=== Regimental Sergeant Majors ===
* Herbert Gibson 1885-1891
* Harry Down 1891-1900
* Wesley Baker 1906-
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=== First Battalion ===
==== Commanders ====
Name 	Year Become	Year Unbecome
Henry Wade 	1735 	1744
Thomas Barrow 	1744 	1749
Thomas Hamilton 	1749 	1755
Thomas Barrow 	1755 	1757
James Barrow 	1770 	1776
Richard Hamilton 	1776 	1781
Edmund Hamilton 	1781 	1787
Gerald Hamilton 	1787 	1793
William Grant 	1799 	1800
Johnathan Hamilton 	1800 	1803
Dudley Hamilton 	1803 	1806
Edward Barrow 	1806 	1810
Pierre-Jean de Bournand	1810 	1813
George Hamilton 	1813 	1823
Archibald Cotton 	1823 	1825
Joseph Maxwell 	1838 	1841
Stapleton Hamilton 	1841 	1844
Joseph Barrow 	1844 	1850
Jeffery Hamilton 	1850 	1853
Philip Hamilton 	1853 	1857
Alfred Wilson 	1857 	1865
Mark Hamilton 	1869 	1872
Charles Grant 	1872 	1876
Horatio Hamilton 	1876 	1879
Johnathan Barrow 	1879 	1886
Samuel Roberts 	1886 	1894
Alfred Barrow 	1894 	1895
Alfred Grantham 	1895 	1896
Robert Wilson 	1896 	1899
William Hamilton 	1899 	1907
Edward Hamilton 	1907 	1913
Johnathan Wilson 	1913 	1915
James Hamilton 	1915 	1915
Archibald Barrow 	1915 	1916
Philip Hamilton II 	1917 	1918
Henry Hamilton 	1918 	1927
Bernard Wilson 	1936 	1941
Randolph Hamilton 	1950 	1955
Jerome Wilson 	1971 	1977
Oliver Hamilton 	1979 	1986
Augustus Hamilton 	2007 	2014
==== Second in Command of First Battalion ====
Name 	Year Appointed	Year Unbecome
Thomas Barrow 	1741 	1744
Richard Hamilton 	1770 	1776
Edmund Hamilton 	1776 	1778
Gerald Hamilton 	1783 	1787
William Grant 	1795 	1799
Dudley Hamilton 	1799 	1803
Edward Barrow 	1803 	1806
Garret Hamilton 	1812 	1817
Arthur Grant 	1829 	1833
Joseph Maxwell 	1833 	1838
Joseph Barrow 	1838 	1844
Jeffery Hamilton 	1844 	1850
Alfred Wilson 	1854 	1857
Arthur Hamilton 	1861 	1864
Mark Hamilton 	1864 	1866
Johnathan Barrow 	1866 	1874
Horatio Hamilton 	1874 	1876
Hugh Hamilton 	1876 	1877
Arthur Turner 	1879 	1885
Edwin Bowles 	1885 	1887
William Hamilton 	1889 	1895
Robert Wilson 	1895 	1896
Edward Hamilton 	1896 	1899
Samuel Hamilton 	1899 	1902
Oswald Roberts 	1904 	1907
Johnathan Wilson 	1907 	1913
James Hamilton 	1914 	1915
Cecil Grantham 	1915 	1917
Henry Hamilton 	1917 	1918
Bernard Wilson 	1931 	1936
George Wilson 	1938 	1940
Alexander Barrow 	1941 	1942
Randolph Hamilton	1945 	1950
Jerome Wilson 	1966 	1971
Oliver Hamilton 	1973 	1979
James Wilson 	1993 	1998
Augustus Hamilton	2002 	2007
==== Officers ====
* Thomas Barrow 1735-1757
* James Barrow 1759-1776
* Arthur Hamilton 1853-1886
*Edward Barrow 1792-1814
*Joseph Barrow 1826-1850
* Johnathan Barrow 1853-1894
* Samuel Roberts 1866-1900
*Alfred Wilson 1843-1865
* Henry Wilson 1875-1882
* Robert Wilson 1879-1899
* Alfred Grantham 1879-1896
*Richard Hamilton 1759-1781
*William Hamilton 1879-1915
*Horatio Hamilton 1859-1884
*Edward Hamilton 1882-1916
*James Osborne 1880-1900
*Arthur Turner 1869-1890
*Edwin Bowles 1872-1895
*Henry Howard 1866-1891
*Samuel Hamilton 1889-1910
*Robert Hamilton 1887-1911
*Edmund Hamilton 1766-1794
*Dudley Hamilton 1791-1810
*Johnathan Wilson 1897-1915
*James Hamilton 1904-1915
*Alfred Barrow 1879-1895
*Archibald Barrow 1906-1914
*Jeffery Hamilton 1830-1853
*Henry Hamilton 1914-1933
*Hugh Hamilton 1861-1877
*Charles Hamilton 1916-1918
*Michael Hamilton 1915-
*Philip Wilson 1904-1914
*Alexander Barrow 1932-1942
*Philip Hamilton II 1910-1915
*Albert Hamilton 1912-
*Peter Hamilton 1915-
*William Grant 1784-1809
*Arthur Grant 1822-1837
*Philip Grant 1883-1897
*Alfred Grant 1907-
*Winston Barrow 1985-1989
*Arthur Barrow 2014-2017
*Harry Chesney 1914-
*Joseph Maxwell 1826-1846
*Bernard Wilson 1922-1943
*Gerald Hamilton 1774-1803
*Garret Hamilton 1803-1823
*Stapleton Hamilton 1830-1844
*Mark Hamilton 1856-1874
*Archibald Cotton 1809-1825
*Oliver Hamilton 1962-1995
*Augustus Hamilton 1992-2020
*Colin Hamilton 2017-
*George Wilson 1929-1940
*Jerome Wilson 1955-1983
*James Wilson 1983-2010
*Roger Wilson 2011-2016
*Philip Hamilton III 1935-1943
*Pierre-Jean de Bournand 1793-1815
*Cecil Grantham 1907-1917
*Oswald Roberts 1894-1913
*Alfred Hamilton 1912-1927
*Neville Hamilton 1937-1942
*Randolph Hamilton 1938-1973
==== Common Ranks ====
===== Battalion Sergeant Majors =====
* Herbert Gibson 1881-1885
* Harry Down 1885-1891
* Arthur Brown 1894-1899
* Wesley Baker 1899-1906
* Arthur Cornwell 1914-1915
===== All Common Ranks =====
* James Rogers 1863-1892
*Harry Down 1864-1900
*Herbert Gibson 1860-1897
*Arthur Brown 1871-1899
*Patrick Gordon 1881-1882
*Wesley Baker 1875-
*Ian Stoneham
*Seamus O'Leary 1873-1882
*Conan O'Leary 1899-1902
*Arthur Cornwell 1888-1915
*
*
=== Second Battalion ===
==== Commanders ====
* Andrew Wade 1750-1755
* Andrew Wade 1762-1762
* Johnathan Wade 1777-1781
* George Maxwell 1796-1804
* Alfred Wade 1804-1810
* Alfred Wade 1814-1815
* Hugh Wade 1830-1837
* Philip Smith 1853-1855
* Nicholas Wade 1860-1866
*Philip Boulton 1866-1869
* Garnet Maxwell 1872-1878
* Alexander Smith 1878-1886
* Charles Boulton 1886-1900
* William Maxwell 1900-1905
* Joseph Smith 1905-1913
* Edward Hamilton 1913-1915
* Lawrence Wade 1915-1916
*Henry Howard 1916-1918
* Alexander Smith II 1926-1933
* George Wade 1941-1944
* Mallord Maxwell 1944-1945
* Philip Wade 1970-1975
* George Alexandrov 1975-1976
* Philip Barrow 1976-1983
* Alexander Smith IV 1983-1989
* Alexander Smith V 2009-2016
==== Second in Command ====
* Andrew Wade 1747-1750
* Johnathan Wade 1775-1777
* George Maxwell 1791-1796
* Alfred Wade 1798-1804
* Hugh Wade 1825-1830
* Philip Smith 1841-1846
* Nicholas Wade 1855-1860
*Philip Boulton 1860-1866
* Alexander Smith 1872-1878
* Charles Boulton 1887-1891
* William Maxwell 1891-1900
* Joseph Smith 1900-1905
* Lawrence Wade 1908-1913
* Walter Tate 1912-1915
* James Maxwell 1915-1915
*Henry Howard 1916-1916
* Alexander Smith II 1920-1926
* George Wade 1937-1941
* Mallord Maxwell 1942-1944
* Philip Wade 1966-1969
* Philip Barrow 1969-1976
* Alexander Smith IV 1976-1983
* Alexander Smith V 2003-2009
==== Officers ====
* Alexander Smith 1861-1886
*Charles Boulton 1877-1907
*Michael Alexandrov 1935-1945
*George Alexandrov 1957-1976
*Peter Alexandrov II 1986-1991
*Edward Hamilton 1882-1916
*Andrew Wade 1742-1762
*Johnathan Wade 1767-1787
*Alfred Wade 1792-1815
*Hugh Wade 1818-1839
*Nicholas Wade 1846-1869
*Philip Boulton 1851-1872
*Geoffrey Wade 1874-1896
*Lawrence Wade 1899-1916
*Philip Barrow 1958-1990
*George Wade 1926-1944
*Philip Wade 1954-1983
*Garnet Maxwell 1853-1878
*Philip Smith 1832-1855
*Edward Wade 1975-1979
*Henry Haworth 1908-1923
*George Maxwell 1782-1804
*William Maxwell 1880-1905
*James Maxwell 1909-1915
*Mallord Maxwell 1934-1945
*Johnathan Maxwell 1960-1971
*Alexander Smith II 1914-1938
*Alexander Smith III 1939-1944
*Alexander Smith IV 1964-1998
*Alexander Smith V 1994-2022
*Alexander Smith VI 2019-
=== Common Ranks ===
== Headquarters ==
=== Regimental HQ ===
Place 	Year From	Year Until
Preston, Lancashire, United Kingdom	1735 	Present
 	 	
 	 	
=== 1st Battalion ===
Place 	Year From	Year Until
Preston, Lancashire, United Kingdom 	1735 	1739
North America 	1739 	1783
Preston, Lancashire, United Kingdom 	1783 	1808
Portugal, Spain and France 	1808 	1814
Preston, Lancashire, United Kingdom 	1814 	1854
Corfu, Ionian Islands, Greece 	1854 	1856
Preston, Lancashire, United Kingdom 	1856 	1882
Alexandria, Alexandria Governorate, Egypt 	1882 	1884
Preston, Lancashire, United Kingdom 	1884 	1899
South Africa 	1899 	1905
Preston, Lancashire, United Kingdom 	1905 	1914
Carrybridge, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom	1956 	1962
Preston, Lancashire, United Kingdom 	1962 	1970
Carrybridge, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom	1970 	1976
=== 2nd Battalion ===
Place 	Year From	Year Until
Dundalk, County Louth, Ireland 	1745 	1762
Manila, Metro Manila, Philippines 	1762 	1764
Canterbury, Kent, United Kingdom 	1798 	1805
Naples, Campania, Italy 	1805 	1806
Malmö, Skåne County, Sweden 	1806 	1811
Skippool, Lancashire, United Kingdom 	1811 	1813
Freeport, Bahamas 	1813 	1815
Skippool, Lancashire, United Kingdom 	1815 	1822
Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada 	1822 	1829
Cork, County Cork, Ireland 	1829 	1836
Singapore 	1836 	1845
Skippool, Lancashire, United Kingdom 	1845 	1854
Erzurum, Northeast Anatolia Region, Turkey	1854 	1855
Skippool, Lancashire, United Kingdom 	1855 	1860
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India 	1860 	1867
Skippool, Lancashire, United Kingdom 	1867 	1872
Cape Coast, Central Region, Ghana 	1872 	1879
Skippool, Lancashire, United Kingdom 	1879 	1882
Preston, Lancashire, United Kingdom 	1882 	1884
Kingston, Jamaica 	1884 	1899
Preston, Lancashire, United Kingdom 	1899 	1905
Lagos, Lagos State, Nigeria 	1905 	1912
Skippool, Lancashire, United Kingdom 	1912 	1915
Kyrenia, Kyrenia District, Cyprus 	1915 	1918