Below is some genealogy information on the 20th Regiment, Lancashire Fusiliers and the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers of the British army that may help searches for military ancestors.

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Description: Formed in 1688 as Peyton's Regiment of Foot. They saw action fighting for King William III at the Battle of the Boyne against the counter-invasion led by James II. They saw action during the War of the Spanish Succession as well as the Jacobite Rebellion. In 1751 they were renamed the 20th Regiment of Foot. They saw action during the Seven Years War. They saw action during the Napoleonic Wars, fighting on the Iberian Peninsula. They saw action during the Crimean War, fighting in the battles of Alma, Inkerman and the Siege of Sevastapol. In 1881 they were renamed the Lancashire Fusiliers. They saw action in the Boer Wars, fighting at Spionkop, Valkrantz and Pieters and Ladysmith. During the First World War they fought across the Western, Greek and Turkish fronts at battles such as Le Cateau, Marne, Aisne, the 1st battle of Ypres, the Somme (1916), the 2nd battle of Ypres, Messines, Cambrai, the Hindenburg Line, Lys, Arras, Selle, Valenciennes, the advance in Flanders, the 2nd battle of Arras (1917), Passchendaele, Gallipoli, Horseshoe Hill, Machukovo and Doiran. During the Second World War they fought across the Western and Far Eastern fronts and were involved in the invasion of Italy. In 1963 they were joined with the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers (5th), the Royal Fusiliers - City of London Regiment (7th) and the Royal Warwickshire forming the Fusilier Brigade. In 1968 they were amalgamated with the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers (5th), the Royal Fusiliers - City of London Regiment (7th) and the Royal Warwickshire Fusiliers, forming the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers. Their nickname is The Double X, Kingsley's Stand, The Minden Boys or The Two Tens.

Military actions:

• Napoleonic war: Peninsular Wars
• Crimean war: Alma
• Crimean war: Inkerman
• Crimean: Siege of Sevastapol
• Boer war: Spionkop
• Boer war: Valkrantz and Pieters
• Boer war: Ladysmith
• WWI: Le Cateau
• WWI: Marne
• WWI: Aisne
• WWI: Messines
• WWI: 1st battle of Ypres
• WWI: 2nd battle of Ypres
• WWI: Somme (1916)
• WWI: Hindenburg Line
• WWI: Cambrai
• WWI: Arras
• WWI: Lys
• WWI: Advance in Flanders
• WWI: 2nd battle of Arras (1917)
• WWI: Selle
• WWI: Valenciennes
• WWI: 3rd battle of Ypres
• WWI: Gallipoli
• WWI: Horseshoe Hill
• WWI: Machukovo
• WWI: Doiran
• WWII: Invasion of Italy

Websites:

• Wikipedia: Lancashire Fusiliers'
• Lancashire Fusiliers' website
• Fusiliers' museum, Lancashire

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