The King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment),
COMPRISING
1st & 2nd Batts. (formerly) The 4th (The King's Own Royal); with
3rd & 4th Batts. The 1st Royal Lancashire Militia.
The Royal Cypher
within the Garter.
The Lion of England.
The Red Rose
of Lancaster.
TITLES.
1680-84. The 2nd Tangier Regiment; also The Tangierenes.
1684-85. The Duchess of York and Albany's Regiment.
1685-88. The Queen's Regiment.
1688-1702. The Queen Consort's Regiment.
1702-15. The Queen's Marines.
1715-51. The King's Own Regiment.
1751-1867. The 4th, or The King's Own Regiment.
1867-1881. The 4th (The King's Own Royal) Regiment.
1881 (from). The King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment).
PRINCIPAL CAMPAIGNS, BATTLES, &c.
* "Honours" on the Colours.
1685. Sedgemoor.
1690. Boyne.
1692-95. Flanders.
1692. Steenkirk.
1693. Neer-Landen.
1695. Namur.
1704-9. Spain.
1704. Malaga.
1705. Gibraltar.
1705. Barcelona.
1707. Almanza.
1708. Minorca.
1711. Quebec.
1746. Culloden.
1756. Minorca.
1759. Guadaloupe.
1761. Dominica.
1762. Martinique.
1762. Havannah.
1775-78. America.
1775. Lexington.
1775. Bunker's Hill.
1776. Brooklyn.
1777. Germantown.
1778. St. Lucia.
1799. Egmont-op-Zee.
1799. Alkmaer.
1807. Copenhagen.
*1808-14. Peninsula.
*1809. Corunna.
1809. Flushing.
1812. Cadiz.
*1812. Badajos.
*1812. Salamanca.
1812. Burgos.
1813. Bidassoa.
*1813. Vittoria.
*1813. St. Sebastian.
*1813. Nive.
*1814. Bladensburg.
1814. Washington.
1815. New Orleans.
*1815. Waterloo.
1815. Netherlands.
*1854. Alma.
*1854. Inkerman.
*1855. Sevastopol.
1858. Indian Mutiny.
*1868. Abyssinia.
*1879. South Africa.
1900. South Africa.
Uniform.—Scarlet, with bright Yellow facings (the Stuart livery, 1680-88), Scarlet, with Blue facings (from 1688).
Regimental and other Badges.—"The Lion of England" (conferred by William III.). Also "The Royal Cypher within the Garter. Also "The Red Rose of Lancaster," since its territorial assignment to the County of Lancaster.
Nicknames.—"Barrell's Blues" (from its Colonel's name, circa 1734-9, and long afterwards). "The Lions" (from its badge).
Notes.—This regiment was, like The Queen's, originally raised near London, and in the West of England, for the defence of Tangier. It became a "Royal" regiment in recognition of its devotion to William III. From 1704 to 1710 it served as a Marine corps. The present 2nd Battalion was formed in 1858.
Bibliography.—Historical Record of the 4th, or The King's Own Regiment of Foot. 1680-1839. Illustrated with plates. [London: Longman. 1839.]