Below is some genealogy information on the 81st Regiment of Foot (Loyal Lincoln Volunteers) of the British army that may help searches for military ancestors.

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Description: Formed in 1793 as the Loyal Lincoln Volunteers. In 1794 they were renamed the 81st Regiment of Foot. They saw action in the Napoleonic war, fighting at Quatre-Bras and at Waterloo.In 1881 they formed the Loyal North Lancashire Regimennt by an amalgamating with the 47th (Lancashire) Regiment of Foot, the 3rd Duke of Lancaster's Own Royal Lancashire Militia and the 11th and 14th Lancashre Rifle Volunteer Corps. They saw action in the Boer Wars, fighting at Kimberley, Belmont and Graspan, Colenso, Modder River and Magersfontein. During the First World War they fought across the Western, Middle-Eastern, Balkan and Turkish fronts at battles such as Mons, Marne, Aisne, the 1st battle of Ypres, Aubers Bridge, Loos, the Somme (1916), the Hindenburg Line, Cambrai, Arras, Passchendaele, the 1st battle of the Somme (1918), the advance in Flanders, Gallipoli, Doiran. During the Second World War they fought across the Western, Italian, African and Far-Eastern fronts at battles such as the Dunkirk evacuations and the invasion of Italy. In 1970 they were amalgamated with The Lancashire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Volunteers), forming The Queen's Lancashire Regiment. Their nickname is The Cauliflowers, The Lancashire Lads or Wolfe's Own.

Military actions:

• Napoleonic war: Quatre-Bras
• Napoleonic war: Waterloo
• Boer war: Belmont and Graspan
• Boer war: Colenso
• Boer war: Modder River
• Boer war: Magersfontein
• WWI: Mons
• WWI: Marne
• WWI: Aisne
• WWI: 1st battle of Ypres
• WWI: Aubers Bridge
• WWI: Loos
• WWI: Somme (1916)
• WWI: Hindenburg Line
• WWI: Cambrai
• WWI: Arras
• WWI: 3rd battle of Ypres
• WWI: 1st battle of the Somme (1918)
• WWI: Advance in Flanders
• WWI: Gallipoli
• WWI: Doiran
• WWII: Dunkirk evacuations
• WWII: Invasion of Italy

Websites:

• Wikipedia: 81st (Loyal Lincoln Volunteers) Regiment of Foot
• Queen's Lancashire museum: Loyal North Lancashire regiment

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