Lancashire Infantry Museum

Coordinates: 53°46′44″N 2°41′10″W / 53.779°N 2.686°W / 53.779; -2.686 The Lancashire Infantry Museum, formerly known as the Queen's Lancashire Regiment Museum, is located at Fulwood Barracks in Preston, Lancashire, England. The museum claims to be "largest Regimental archive and the premier centre for military historical research in the North of England.".^[1]

It chronicles the men of Lancashire who fought for their country during the wars. It also acts as an archive of battles fought by the Duke of Lancaster's Regiment and its antecedent regiments, including the Queen's Lancashire Regiment, the East Lancashire, South Lancashire, Loyal North Lancashire, and Lancashire (Prince of Wales's Volunteers) Regiments. In all, the museum's collections cover 120 separate units, including the 59 battalions formed by the antecedent Lancashire regiments during the First World War, and all associated Militia, Rifle Volunteers, Territorials, Home Guard and Cadet units.

The museum's displays include uniforms, weapons, medals, regalia, paintings, silver, musical instruments, flags and photographs.

The museum also displays items from its collections in other area museums, including the Museum of Lancashire, Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery, Towneley Hall and Warrington Museum & Art Gallery.^[2]

References

↑ "Official site". Lancashire Infantry Museum. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
↑ "The Museum". Lancashire Infantry Museum. Retrieved 16 March 2015.

External links

Lancashire Infantry Museum - official site
Army museums information
Entry in 24 Hour Museum
VisitPreston.com information

Duke of Lancaster's Regiment

Predecessors

1st generation	King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster) (1680–1959) 34th (Cumberland) Regiment of Foot (1702–1881) 55th (Westmorland) Regiment of Foot (1755–1881) King's Regiment (Liverpool) (1685–1958) 63rd (West Suffolk) Regiment of Foot (1744–1881) 96th Regiment of Foot (1798–1881) 30th (Cambridgeshire) Regiment of Foot (1702–1881) 59th (2nd Nottinghamshire) Regiment of Foot (1755–1881) 40th Regiment of Foot (1717–1881) 82nd Regiment of Foot (Prince of Wales's Volunteers) (1793–1881) 47th (Lancashire) Regiment of Foot (1741–1881) 81st Regiment of Foot (Loyal Lincoln Volunteers) (1793–1881)

2nd generation	Border Regiment (1881–1959) Manchester Regiment (1881–1958) Loyal Regiment (North Lancashire) (1881–1970) East Lancashire Regiment (1881–1958) South Lancashire Regiment (1881–1958)

3rd generation	King's Own Royal Border Regiment (1959–2006) King's Regiment (1958–2006) Lancashire Regiment (1958–1970) Queen's Lancashire Regiment (1970–2006)

Victoria Cross

See also

Buildings and structures in the City of Preston

Grade I

Harris Museum Preston Cenotaph

Places of worship	Preston: St Walburge

Grade II*

Places of worship

Preston: St George the Martyr St Ignatius St John's Minster St Mark St Peter St Wilfrid Ashton-on-Ribble: St Michael & All Angels

Broughton: St John the Baptist Goosnargh: St Mary the Virgin Woodplumpton: St Anne

Grade II

Places of worship

Preston: All Saints Carey Baptist City Emmanuel English Martyrs Fishergate Baptist Moor Park Methodist Preston Central Methodist St Joseph St Luke St Mary St Paul St Thomas Ashton-on-Ribble: St Andrew

Barton: St Lawrence Fernyhalgh: St Mary Grimsargh: St Michael

Unlisted

Chingle Hall Fishergate Shopping Centre HM Prison Preston Ye Horns Inn Lancashire Infantry Museum Museum of Lancashire Park Hotel Preston Crown Court Preston Guild Hall RAF Barton Hall Royal Preston Hospital St George's Shopping Centre The Warehouse

Places of worship	Preston: Jamea Masjid St Matthew Fulwood: Christ Church Ribbleton: St Mary Magdalene

Derelict or
demolished

Lists

Mills in Preston Tallest in Preston

Listed in Barton Broughton Goosnargh Grimsargh Haighton Lea Preston Whittingham Woodplumpton

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