The Royal Lincolnshire Regiment

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Cap badge of the Royal Lincolnshire Regiment (bottom), with those of the affiliated Bermuda Volunteer Rifle Corps (re-named the Bermuda Rifles), which provided it with drafts in both world wars.

The Royal Lincolnshire Regiment was raised on June 20, 1685 as the Earl of Bath's Regiment for its first Colonel, John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath. The regiment would see action during the War of the Grand Alliance, the War of the League of Augsburg and the War of the Spanish Succession at the Battle of Blenheim, Battle of Ramillies and the Battle of Malplaquet. In 1751 the regiment was given the title of the 10th Regiment of Foot, as all British regiment were given numbers instead of Colonel's name for identification. The regiment would next see action during the American War of Independence at the Battle of Lexington and Concord, the Battle of Bunker Hill, the New York Campaign, the Battle of Germantown, the Battle of Monmouth and the Battle of Rhode Island. In 1778 the 10th Returned home to England after 19 years service overseas. In 1781 the regiment was linked to the County of Lincolnshire for recruiting. During the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars, the 10th regiment would see service in Egypt and in Portugal and Spain in the Peninsular War. The 10th would be in India for the First Anglo-Sikh War and the bloody Battle of Sobraon where they met "Our Cousins" the 29th Regiment of Foot in the captured trenches. The 10th would also see action during the Second Anglo-Sikh War and the Indian Mutiny.

In 1881, the 10th Regiment of Foot became The Lincolnshire Regiment, as all British regiments were give County names.

The Regiment started the Great War with three regular battalions and two territorial battalions. The 1st Lincolns were stationed in Portsmouth, the 2nd Lincolns on Garrison in Bermuda, and the 3rd in Lincoln. The Territorial battalions were 4 and 5 Lincolns. The Commanding Officer of 2 Lincolns, Lieut.-Col. George B. McAndrew, found himself acting Governor, Commander-In-Chief, and Vice-Admiral of Bermuda in the absence of the Governor, Lieut.-General Sir George Bullock, and oversaw that colony's placement onto a war footing. The battalion returned to England on 3rd October, 1914, and was sent to the Western Front soon after. A Contingent from the Bermuda Volunteer Rifle Corps was detached in December 1914 to train for the Front. It was hoped this could join 2 Lincolns, but it arrived in England to late and served, with a second Contingent that arrived the following year, on attachment to 1 Lincolns. Both the 1st and 2nd battalions served on the Western Front throughout the War. On the end of the War, in 1918, 3 Lincolns and 1 Lincolns were sent to Ireland to battle with the unrecognised Irish Republic. Thirteen other battalions were raised during the course of the War, including the 10th, the Grimsby Chums.

Currently the 2nd Battalion of the Royal Anglian Regiment is the modern unit descended partly from the 10th Regiment of Foot.