King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster)

The King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster)
Badge of the King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster)
Active	1680–1959
Country	Kingdom of England (1680–1707)  Kingdom of Great Britain (1707–1800)  United Kingdom (1801–1959)
Branch	British Army
Type	Infantry
Role	Line Infantry
Nickname	Barrell's Blues, The Lions
Colors	Blue Facings, Gold Braided Lace
March	Quick: Corn Riggs are Bonnie Slow: And Shall Trelawny Die?
Engagements	Nine Years War, War of the Spanish Succession, Battle of Culloden, Seven Years' War, French Revolutionary Wars, Peninsula War, War of 1812, Waterloo, Crimean War, Indian Rebellion of 1857, 1868 Expedition to Abyssinia, Anglo-Zulu War, Second Boer War, First World War, Second World War

The King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster) was an infantry regiment of the line of the British Army, which served under various titles from 1680 to 1959. Its lineage is continued today by the Duke of Lancaster's Regiment.

Contents 1 History 2 Battle honours 3 Victoria Crosses 4 King's Own Royal Regiment Museum 5 Colonels-in-Chief 6 Colonels 7 References 8 External links

History

The regiment was raised on July 13, 1680, as the 2nd Tangier, or Earl of Plymouth's Regiment of Foot. It saw service for nearly three centuries. In 1751, after various name changes, the regiment was titled 4th (King's Own) Regiment of Foot. The regiment retained this title until the Childers Reforms of 1881 when it became The King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment). In 1921, it was re-designated The King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster).

The regiment's first battle honour was gained at Namur (1695) during the War of the Augsburg League, 1688-1697. Soon after they again saw action at Gibraltar in 1704-1705, Guadeloupe 1759, and St. Lucia 1778. In 1746, the regiment received most of the government casualties at the Battle of Culloden.

During the Napoleonic Wars they fought at Corunna, Badajoz, Salamanca, Vittoria, San Sebastian, Nive, Bladensburg, and Waterloo.

During the Crimean War the regiment fought at Alma, Inkerman, Sevastopol, before also seeing action at Abyssinia, South Africa 1879, the Relief of Ladysmith, and South Africa 1899-1902.

The regiment also saw colonial service in Australia from 1832 until 1837, being stationed variously at Tasmania, Sydney, Victoria South Australia, and the Swan River Colony under the command of Lieut. Colonel J. K. McKenzie.

During the First World War, the regiment received battle honours for France, Greece, Turkey, and Mesopotamia, and during the Second World War, they received honours for France, NW Europe, Iraq, Syria, N. Africa, Italy, Malta, and Burma.

The regiment received the freedom of Lancaster in 1953, before being amalgamated with The Border Regiment into the The King's Own Royal Border Regiment on October 31, 1959.

Battle honours

• Namur 1695, Gibraltar 1704-05, Guadeloupe 1759, St. Lucia 1778, Corunna, Badajoz, Salamanca, Vittoria, San Sebastian, Nive, Peninsula, Bladensburg, Waterloo, Alma, Inkerman, Sevastopol, Abyssinia, South Africa 1879, Relief of Ladysmith, South Africa 1899-1902

• The Great War (16 battalions): Le Cateau, Retreat from Mons, Marne 1914, Aisne 1914, Armentières 1914, Ypres 1915 '17, Gravenstafel, St Julien, Frezenberg, Bellewaarde, Festubert 1915, Loos, Somme 1916 '18, Albert 1916 '18, Bazentin, Delville Wood, Pozières, Guillemont, Ginchy, Flers-Courcelette, Morval, Le Transloy, Ancre Heights, Ancre 1916, Arras 1917 '18, Scarpe 1917 '18, Arleux, Messines 1917, Pilckem, Menin Road, Polygon Wood, Broodseinde, Poelcappelle, Passchendaele, Cambrai 1917 '18, St. Quentin, Lys, Estaires, Hazebrouck, Béthune, Bapaume 1918, Drocourt-Quéant, Hindenburg Line, Canal du Nord, Selle, Valenciennes, Sambre, France and Flanders 1914-18, Struma, Doiran 1917 '18, Macedonia 1915-18, Suvla, Sari Bair, Gallipoli 1915, Egypt 1916, Tigris 1916, Kut al Amara 1917, Baghdad, Mesopotamia 1916-18

• The Second World War: St Omer-La Bassée, Dunkirk 1940, North-West Europe 1940, Defence of Habbaniya, Falluja, Iraq 1941, Merjayun, Jebel Mazar, Syria 1941, Tobruk 1941, Tobruk Sortie, North Africa 1940-42, Montone, Citta di Castello, San Martino Sogliano, Lamone Bridgehead, Italy 1944-45, Malta 1941-42, Chindits 1944, Burma 1944

Victoria Crosses

The following members of the regiment were awarded the Victoria Cross:

• Private (later Sergeant) Thomas Grady, Crimean War
• Private Albert Halton, Great War
• Private Harry Christian, Great War
• Lance-Sergeant Tom Fletcher Mayson, Great War
• Second Lieutenant Joseph Henry Collin, Great War
• Lance-Corporal (later Corporal) James Hewitson, Great War
• Lance-Corporal Jack White, Great War
• Private James Miller, Great War
• Corporal Thomas Neely, Great War

King's Own Royal Regiment Museum

The King's Own Royal Regiment Museum is part of the Lancaster City Museum in Lancaster, Lancashire. Opened in 1929,^[1] the exhibits include regimental uniforms, medals, regalia, silver, paintings, medals, weapons and other memorabilia reflecting the regiment's history since 1680 to 1960.

Colonels-in-Chief

• 1903 F.M. HM King Edward VII
• 1913 F.M. HM King George V

Colonels

• 1680 Col. Charles FitzCharles, 1st Earl of Plymouth (bastard son of Charles II, d. 1680)
• 1680 Lt-Gen. Hon Percy Kirke (senior)
• 1682 Col. Charles Trelawny
• 1688 Col. Sir Charles Orby, 2nd Bt.
• 1688 Maj-Gen. Charles Trelawny [reappointed]
• 1692 Brig-Gen. Henry Trelawny
• 1702 Lt-Gen. William Seymour (also Seymour's Regt, 24th Foot; Brig-Gen. of Marine Regements)
• 1717 Brig-Gen. The Hon. Henry Berkeley
• 1719 Gen. Charles Cadogan, 2nd Baron Cadogan
• 1734 Lt-Gen. William Barrell (also 22nd Foot, 28th Foot)
• 1749 Lt-Gen. Sir Robert Rich, 5th Baronet
• 1756 Lt-Gen. Alexander Duroure
• 1765 Col. The Hon. Robert Brudenell
• 1768 F.M. Studholme Hodgson
• 1782 Lt-Gen. Sir John Burgoyne
• 1792 Gen. George Morrison [also 17th Foot, 75th Foot; Quartermaster General)
• 1799 Gen. John Pitt, 2nd Earl of Chatham, KG
• 1835 Gen. John Hodgson (also 83rd Foot)
• 1846 Gen. Sir Thomas Bradford, GCB, GCH (also 30th Foot, 94th Foot; C-in-C Bombay 1825-29)
• 1853 Gen. Sir John Bell, GCB
• 1876 Gen. Studholme John Hodgson
• 1890 Gen. William Sankey, CB
• 1892 Lt-Gen. William Wilby, CB
• 1894 Gen. Sir William Gordon Cameron, GCB, VD [also Hon. Col. 9th Bn Middlesex Regt]
• 1913 Gen. Sir Archibald Hunter, GCB, GCVO, DSO, LLD, TD [also Hon. Col. 5th Bn]
• 1926 Lt-Gen. Sir Oswald Cuthbert Borrett, KCB, CMG, CBE, DSO
• 1945 Maj-Gen. Russell Mortimer Luckock, CB, CMG, DSO [also Hon. Col. The Cambridgeshire Regt]
• 1947 Brig. John Herbert Hardy, CBE, MC
• 1957 Maj-Gen. Richard Neville Anderson, CB, CBE, DSO (continued 1961 in K O R Border Regt; also 10th Gurkha Rifles)

References

• Mills, T.F.. "The King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster)". regiments.org. http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/004KORR.htm. Retrieved February 7, 2007.  Includes chronological index of titles.

• Donnelly, P. "The King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster)". www.kingsownmuseum.plus.com. http://www.kingsownmuseum.plus.com. Retrieved November 30, 2007.  The official website of the King's Own Royal Regiment Museum, Lancaster, United Kingdom.

External links

• King's Own Royal Regiment Museum

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