30th (Cambridgeshire) Regiment of Foot

Below is some genealogy information on the 30th (Cambridgeshire) Regiment of Foot of the British army that may help searches for military ancestors.

Description: Formed in 1689 as Lord Castleton's Regiment of Foot. They saw action in the Nine Years War. In 1694 they were renamed Colonel Thomas Sanderson's Regiment of Foot. They saw action in the War of the Spanish Succession as Thomas Sanderson's Regiment of Marines or the 1st Regiment of Marines. In 1704 they were renamed Thomas Pownall's Regiment of Marines. In 1705 they were renamed Charles Willis's Regiment of Marines. In 1714 they were renamed Charles Willis's Regiment of Foot. They saw action in the War of the Austrian Succession in the 1740s. In 1751 they were renamed the 30th Regiment of Foot. They saw action in the Seven Years War whilst aboard the HMS Belleisle in 1761, raiding the French coast. They saw action in the American War of Independence. In 1782 they were renamed the 30th (Cambridgeshire) Regiment of Foot. They saw action during the Napoleonic Wars, fighting in Egypt against the French army before moving to Portugal to fight in the Peninsular Wars and then at Quatre-Bras and Waterloo in 1815. They saw action during the Crimean War, fighting at Alma, Inkerman and Sevastapol. In 1881 they formed the East Lancashire Regiment of Foot after amalgamating with the 59th (2nd Nottinghamshire) Regiment of Foot. During the First World War they fought across the Western, African, Turkish, Greek and Middle Eastern fronts at battles such as Mons, Le Cateau, Marne, Aisne, Messines, the 1st battle of Ypres, the 2nd battle of Ypres, Neuve Chapelle, Aubers Bridge, the Somme (1916), the Hindenburg Line, Arras, the 1st battle of the Somme (1918), Lys, the Advance in Flanders, the 2nd battle of Arras (1917), Selle, Valenciennes, Passchendaele, Gallipoli, Horseshoe Hill, Machukovo and Doiran. During the Second World War they fought across the Western, African and Far Eastern fronts and were involved in the Dunkirk evacuations. In 1958 they were amalgamated with the South Lancashire Regiment, forming The Lancashire Regiment (Prince of Wales's' Volunteers). In 1970 they were amalgamated with The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment, forming The Queen's Lancashire Regiment. In 2006 they were merged with the King's Own Royal Border Regiment and The King's Regiment, forming the Duke of Lancaster's Regiment. Their nickname is The Triple Xs or The Two Threes.

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