Category: 47th (Lancashire) Regiment of Foot

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The 47th (Lancashire) Regiment of Foot was an infantry regiment of the British Army. First raised in 1741 in Scotland, the regiment saw service over a period of 140 years, before it was amalgamated with another regiment to become The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment in 1881. During its existence it served in North America during the Seven Years' War and American War of Independence, fought during the Napoleonic and Crimean Wars and served as garrison troops in Ireland, Canada and Malta.

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22 Mar 1774 South Leith, Midlothian, Scotland - 15 Oct 1842
20 May 1759 Ireland - 10 Dec 1823 photo
16 Oct 1857 Preesall, Lancashire, England - 29 Oct 1878
21 Oct 1864 Bury, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom - 03 Sep 1895
16 Jun 1776 White Ladies Aston, Worcestershire, England - 02 Aug 1845 photo
24 Jun 1726 Yorkshire, England - 21 May 1782 photo
29 Oct 1791 Buckden, Huntingdonshire, England - 25 Jun 1846
13 Jun 1862 Rochdale, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom - 22 Mar 1892
19 May 1767 New Jersey - 05 Jan 1816 photo
1783 Tipperary, Ireland - 1875 photo
13 Jan 1788 County Tipperary, Ireland - 31 Aug 1813 photo
11 Nov 1835 Dundalk, co. Louth, Ireland - 1891
29 May 1861 Battersea, Surrey, England, United Kingdom - aft 03 Feb 1882




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