388:
292:, enacted during a period of international tension. As before, units were raised and administered on a county basis, and filled by voluntary enlistment (although conscription by means of the militia ballot might be used if the counties failed to meet their quotas). Training was for 56 days on enlistment, then for 21–28 days per year, during which the men received full army pay. Under the Act, militia units could be embodied by Royal Proclamation for full-time service in three circumstances:
56:
73:
701:') were quickly formed at the regimental depots. The SR battalions also swelled with new recruits and were soon well above their establishment strength. On 8 October 1914 each SR battalion was ordered to use the surplus to form a service battalion of the 4th New Army ('K4'). Accordingly, the 3rd (Reserve) Bn formed the
569:
The 5th
Lancashire Fusiliers was embodied from 19 February to 17 October 1900. It was re-embodied on 6 May 1901 and volunteered for overseas service. It embarked for South Africa on 4 June under the command of Lt-Col F.F. Mackenzie with a strength of 903 of all ranks, having already sent 300 militia
759:, and began training for active service. On 10 April 1915 the War Office decided to convert the K4 battalions into 2nd Reserve units, providing drafts for the K1–K3 battalions in the same way that the SR was doing for the Regular battalions. The Lancashire Fusiliers battalion became
1081:
It is incorrect to describe the
British Militia as 'irregular': throughout their history they were equipped and trained exactly like the line regiments of the regular army, and once embodied in time of war they were fulltime professional soldiers for the duration of their
532:. The Boers held on for five hours under artillery fire. They were then cleared from their position by the 6th Lancashire Fusiliers at the point of the bayonet, a rare example of offensive action by militia, who were usually relegated to garrison and escort duties.
484:
in
December 1899, most of the regular army was sent to South Africa, followed by many militia reservists as reinforcements. Militia units were embodied to replace them for home defence and a number volunteered for active service or to garrison overseas stations.
403:
in a regimental district sharing a permanent depot at a suitable county town. Seven double-battalion or paired single-battalion regular regiments were assigned to
Lancashire, and each was linked with one of the militia regiments. The militia now came under the
488:
The 6th
Battalion was one of the first militia units embodied, on 13 December 1899, and immediately volunteered for overseas service, embarking for South Africa with a strength of 20 officers and 659 ORs under the command of Lt-Col F.C. Romer. On arrival at
509:. These detachments were engaged in constant patrolling and convoy escort, and skirmishes with the Boers were frequent. The Christiana detachment was there for over a year, with shots exchanged every day and 19 separate minor engagements recorded.
423:
from
December 1875. This assigned regular and militia units to places in an order of battle of corps, divisions and brigades for the 'Active Army', even though these formations were entirely theoretical, with no staff or services assigned. The
264:. By 1800 the Royal Lancashire Militia had expanded to three regiments. During the French wars, the militia were embodied for a whole generation, and became regiments of full-time professional soldiers (though restricted to service in the
248:, the men being conscripted by means of parish ballots (paid substitutes were permitted) to serve for three years. In peacetime they assembled for 28 days' annual training. Lancashire's quota was one regiment, which received the title
645:, a semi-professional force similar to the previous Militia Reserve, whose role was to provide reinforcement drafts for regular units serving overseas in wartime. The two militia battalions of the Lancashire Fusiliers became the
1732:
456:
at Bury with the 7th RLM as its 3rd
Battalion. The second militia battalion was finally formed as the 4th Battalion on 1 April 1891, the 3rd and 4th being administered as a double-battalion regiment until 1 August 1900.
374:
The newly raised regiment was not embodied for the
Crimean War but began the round of peacetime annual training. On 15 November 1864 it received the 'Royal' title held by the senior Lancashire regiments, becoming the
17:
682:. They carried out the dual tasks of garrison duties and preparing reinforcement drafts of regular reservists, special reservists, recruits and returning wounded for the two regular battalions, the 1st serving at
306:
With the threat of war against Russia, the three
Lancashire regiments were ordered to recruit up to their full establishments of 1200 men. When war broke out in 1854 an expeditionary force was sent to the
555:. On 19 September the battalion entrained for Cape Town where it embarked for home. It was disembodied on 14 October 1901, having lost 18 other ranks (ORs) killed or died of disease. It was awarded the
268:), which the regular army increasingly saw as a prime source of recruits. They served in coast defences, manning garrisons, guarding prisoners of war, and for internal security, such as the time of the
419:
Although often referred to as brigades, the regimental districts were purely administrative organisations, but in a continuation of the
Cardwell Reforms a mobilisation scheme began to appear in the
311:
and the militia were embodied for home defence and service in overseas garrisons. Additional infantry and artillery militia regiments were also formed in Lancashire at this time including the
1681:
History of the Great War: Order of Battle of Divisions, Part 2b: The 2nd-Line Territorial Force Divisions (57th–69th), with the Home-Service Divisions (71st–73rd) and 74th and 75th Divisions,
1929:
1725:
1939:
1035:; suspended from the shield was a bugle horn with a rose between the strings; above and round the shield was a scroll bearing the title 'VII Royal Lancashire Militia'.
1934:
460:
In April 1898 the Lancashire Fusiliers began forming two additional regular battalions, which took the 3rd and 4th places, causing the militia to be renumbered
1564:
1924:
755:
This battalion was formed as 13th (Service) Bn as a K4 battalion at Hull on 5 December 1914 from the surplus personnel of 3rd (Reserve) Bn. It moved to
606:
battle honour and the medal with clasps for 'Orange Free State', 'Cape Colony', and 'South Africa 1901 and 1902'. Lieutenant-Col Romer was awarded the
452:
completed the Cardwell process by incorporating the militia battalions into the expanded county regiments. On 1 July 1881 the 20th Foot became the
408:
rather than their county lords lieutenant, and officers' commissions were signed by the Queen. The 7th RLM was linked with the double-battalion
379:(7th RLM). The Militia Reserve introduced in 1867 consisted of present and former militiamen who undertook to serve overseas in case of war.
670:
on 4 August 1914 and on 8 August the 3rd and 4th Lancashire Fusiliers proceeded from Bury to their war stations. For the 3rd Bn this was at
1949:
1038:
When the 7th RLM joined the Lancashire Fusiliers in 1881, it adopted that regiment's scarlet uniform with white facings and its insignia.
1016:
352:
899:
336:
320:
847:. After the war it was converted into 52nd (Service) Bn of the Leicestershires on 8 February 1919 and was eventually disbanded at
791:. On 1 September 1916 the 2nd Reserve battalions were transferred to the Training Reserve (TR) and the battalion was redesignated
618:
After the Boer War, the future of the Militia was called into question. There were moves to reform the Auxiliary Forces (Militia,
840:
409:
1919:
860:
795:, still in 3rd Reserve Bde at Brocton. The training staff retained their Lancashire Fusiliers badges. On 4 July 1917 it became
627:
863:
in 1924, but almost all militia battalions remained in abeyance after World War I. Until 1939 they continued to appear in the
1808:
1795:
1768:
1761:
944:
694:
880:
332:
697:
issued his call for volunteers in August 1914, the battalions of the 1st, 2nd and 3rd New Armies ('K1', 'K2' and 'K3' of '
1749:
907:
539:
district, where it was actively involved in patrolling, escorting guns and convoys, and in operations against Commandant
344:
324:
252:
in 1761. These reformed regiments were 'embodied' for permanent service in home defence during the Seven Years' War, the
363:. The seven militia infantry regiments in Lancashire divided the county up, with the 7th at Bury recruiting from the
1848:
1833:
1780:
1743:
1709:
981:
970:
607:
1688:
History of the Great War: Order of Battle of Divisions, Part 3b: New Army Divisions (30–41) and 63rd (R.N.) Division
884:
828:
824:
594:. Detachments from the battalion manned No 13 Armoured Train, which took part in operations against the remaining
416:. The intention was for the 7th RLM to form its own 2nd Battalion, but this did not happen for a number of years.
623:
570:
reservists to reinforce the regulars. On arrival at Cape Town on 23 June the battalion proceeded in two wings to
812:
808:
1882:
1129:
563:
348:
1623:
429:
425:
253:
1803:
Britain Against Napoleon: The Organization of Victory 1793–1815', London: Allen Lane, 2013/Penguin, 2014,
1914:
687:
433:
631:
437:
413:
387:
226:
111:
1690:, London: HM Stationery Office, 1939/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, 2007, ISBN 1-847347-41-X.
728:
the 3rd Bn was disembodied on 26 July 1919 when the remaining personnel were drafted to the 1st Bn.
1944:
1153:
1047:
775:, where it trained drafts for the 9th, 10th , 11th and 12th (Service) Bns. In November it moved to
756:
602:
and was disembodied on 25 July 1902, having lost 15 ORs killed or died of disease. It received the
536:
494:
316:
285:
257:
76:
1683:
London: HM Stationery Office, 1937/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, 2007, ISBN 1-847347-39-8.
816:
574:
and was then split into detachments at various places, while battalion headquarters (HQ) went to
552:
245:
234:
230:
1023:
surmounted by a crown; in the centre of the cross was the number 'VII' between the strings of a
709:). 4th (Extra Reserve) Bn was intended to form a 14th Bn, but this was cancelled on 25 October.
780:
725:
544:
506:
360:
237:. However, between periods of national emergency the militia was regularly allowed to decline.
223:
599:
591:
211:
152:. Although primarily intended for home defence, its battalions saw active service during the
1661:
1062:
453:
207:
187:
149:
35:
276:
the militia was allowed to decline again, the ballot and annual training being suspended.
8:
915:
772:
698:
498:
340:
241:
1057:
737:
683:
671:
583:
273:
219:
177:
141:
1844:
1829:
1804:
1791:
1776:
1757:
1739:
1715:
1705:
977:
679:
653:
on 2 August 1908 (the 3rd and 4th regular battalions having been disbanded in 1906).
215:
199:
186:
was long established in England and its legal basis was updated by two acts of 1557 (
832:
1898:
892:
788:
501:
where a Boer resurgence was threatened. Detachments from the battalion guarded the
449:
396:
328:
289:
524:. On 28 November the column attacked Hertzog who was holding a strong position at
1866:
1736:
1052:
642:
638:
481:
400:
261:
206:
in the 1580s, and control of the militia was one of the areas of dispute between
195:
161:
157:
153:
121:
80:
741:
587:
517:
512:
On 25 November 1900 the main body of 6th Battalion was ordered to join Maj-Gen
218:. The English Militia was re-established under local control in 1662 after the
203:
61:
1816:
H.G. Parkyn, 'English Militia Regiments 1757–1935: Their Badges and Buttons',
198:
appointed by the monarch. This is seen as the starting date for the organised
1908:
1020:
1012:
844:
836:
784:
768:
595:
578:. On 28 December the battalion was redeployed, HQ and the main body going to
571:
556:
548:
521:
265:
191:
168:. After a shadowy postwar existence the unit was finally disbanded in 1953.
1032:
868:
721:, still in the Humber Garrison, where it remained for the rest of the war.
540:
513:
502:
319:
on 21 February 1855. The Hon Charles James Fox Stanley, younger son of the
296:'Whenever a state of war exists between Her Majesty and any foreign power'.
72:
202:. It was an important element in the country's defence at the time of the
1815:
1790:, London: Samson Books, 1978/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, 2001,
1378:
1008:
848:
667:
391:
The Lancashire Fusiliers' Regimental Headquarters at Wellington Barracks.
308:
165:
145:
1843:, Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1992/Sandpiper Books, 1999,
1730:, London:United Service Gazette, 1905/Ray Westlake Military Books, 1987
1028:
718:
575:
477:
405:
364:
183:
137:
992:
Frederick Charles Romer, retired captain, appointed 18 December 1895
764:
579:
566:
with clasps for 'Cape Colony', 'Orange Free State', and 'Transvaal'.
490:
432:
and 7th Royal Lancashire Militia formed 2nd Brigade of 3rd Division,
356:
101:
859:
The SR resumed its old title of Militia in 1921 and then became the
505:
bridge on the Kimberley railway and numerous other posts, including
619:
525:
90:
1754:
Soldiers: Army Lives and Loyalties from Redcoats to Dusty Warriors
787:. One of the officers trained in the battalion at this period was
551:, providing detachments to build defensive posts and forts around
18:
3rd (7th Royal Lancashire Militia) Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers
1890:
776:
747:
After the Armistice the 4th Bn was disembodied on 16 April 1919.
368:
269:
395:
Under the 'Localisation of the Forces' scheme introduced by the
272:
disturbances. However, in the years of the long peace after the
1773:
Scarlet into Khaki: The British Army on the Eve of the Boer War
1728:
An Epitomized History of the Militia (The Constitutional Force)
839:
in April. In the autumn it transferred within 69th Division to
800:
675:
443:
1024:
804:
529:
164:
it supplied reinforcements to the fighting battalions during
934:
After the battalions were administered separately from 1900:
136:(7th RLM) was an auxiliary regiment raised in the county of
299:'In all cases of invasion or upon imminent danger thereof'.
1031:
badge of 1874–81 had a shield displaying a lion beneath a
399:
of 1872, Militia regiments were brigaded with regular and
1930:
Military units and formations in Bury, Greater Manchester
1855:
Instructions Issued by the War Office During October 1914
955:
Charles L. Robinson, retired major, appointed 30 May 1907
1869:
History of the Old County Regiment of Lancashire Militia
634:. However, little of Brodrick's scheme was carried out.
626:) to take their place in the six army corps proposed by
279:
1861:
Instructions Issued by the War Office During April 1915
528:, deployed along a 9 miles (14 km) semi-circle of
412:
in Sub-District No 17 (Lancashire), with the depot at
335:
of the new regiment, with John Edward Madocks, former
1775:, London: Sampson Low, 1899/London: Greenhill, 1988,
1019:. The badge on the officers' pouch belt was a silver
1940:
Military units and formations disestablished in 1881
930:
Frederick Finch Mackenzie, promoted 20 November 1895
666:
The Special Reserve was embodied at the outbreak of
182:
The universal obligation to military service in the
1867:Maj R.J.T. Williamson & Col J. Lawson Whalley,
1818:
Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research
244:a series of Militia Acts from 1757 reorganised the
717:In November 1916 the battalion moved from Hull to
690:, the 2nd on the Western Front for the whole war.
1935:Military units and formations established in 1855
1906:
1164:Williamson & Whalley, pp. 2–3, 10–25, 29–84.
998:James Aspinall Turner, promoted 6 September 1911
731:
543:Commando. On 26 July the battalion was moved to
229:in 1690–91, and against the Jacobite Risings in
871:and were all formally disbanded in April 1953.
1704:, Vol I, Wakefield: Microform Academic, 1984,
1511:
1509:
1172:
1170:
891:Hon Charles James Fox Stanley, former lt-col,
535:On 7 January 1901 the battalion took over the
190:cc. 2 and 3), which placed selected men, the '
1702:Lineage Book of British Land Forces 1660–1978
1695:The Development of the British Army 1899–1914
1290:
1288:
1286:
1284:
1154:Militia at Museum of the Manchester Regiment.
1282:
1280:
1278:
1276:
1274:
1272:
1270:
1268:
1266:
1264:
995:Francis Lee Sanders, appointed 2 August 1908
444:3rd and 4th Battalions, Lancashire Fusiliers
302:'In all cases of rebellion or insurrection'.
1925:Military units and formations in Lancashire
1820:, Vol 15, No 60 (Winter 1936), pp. 216–248.
1592:
1590:
1506:
1392:
1232:
1230:
1167:
1100:
1098:
815:. On 24 October 1917 it transferred to the
750:
240:Under threat of French invasion during the
1720:The New Annual Army List, and Militia List
1125:
1123:
1121:
1119:
958:Herbert R. Cobbett, promoted 6 August 1911
712:
497:were countermanded and it was sent to the
1565:Lancashire Fusiliers at Long, Long Trail.
1374:
1372:
1261:
1149:
1147:
1145:
1143:
1141:
641:of 1908, the Militia was replaced by the
1587:
1560:
1558:
1556:
1554:
1552:
1542:
1540:
1538:
1536:
1534:
1227:
1193:
1191:
1095:
1002:
386:
1359:
1357:
1355:
1353:
1351:
1349:
1347:
1345:
1343:
1330:
1328:
1326:
1116:
736:In October 1916 the battalion moved to
410:20th (East Devonshire) Regiment of Foot
222:, and the Lancashire Militia fought in
14:
1907:
1652:James, p. 61; Appendices II & III.
1584:WO Instruction 280 of 25 October 1914.
1369:
1316:
1314:
1312:
1310:
1308:
1306:
1304:
1302:
1300:
1138:
927:Thomas Brindley, promoted 18 July 1892
1624:Training Reserve at Long, Long Trail.
1549:
1531:
1224:Williamson & Whalley, pp. 87–246.
1188:
945:Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener
924:Thomas Hale, promoted 7 November 1885
914:John Edward Madocks, former captain,
867:, but they were not activated during
586:duty, while two companies garrisoned
377:7th Royal Lancashire Militia (Rifles)
280:7th Royal Lancashire Militia (Rifles)
134:7th Royal Lancashire Militia (Rifles)
32:7th Royal Lancashire Militia (Rifles)
1575:WO Instruction 76 of 8 October 1914.
1437:Williamson & Whalley, pp. 327–8.
1340:
1323:
598:. The battalion went home after the
1950:Rifle regiments of the British Army
1876:
1614:WO Instruction 96 of 10 April 1915.
1297:
921:James Ashton, promoted 2 March 1871
678:Garrison, while The 4th Bn went to
382:
24:
1871:, London: Simpkin, Marshall, 1888.
613:
562:and the participants received the
471:
25:
1961:
1899:Museum of the Manchester Regiment
1841:The Late Victorian Army 1868–1902
971:John Campbell, 9th Duke of Argyll
799:, and by August it had moved to
71:
54:
1863:, London: HM Stationery Office.
1857:, London: HM Stationery Office.
1655:
1646:
1637:
1628:
1617:
1608:
1605:James, Appendices II & III.
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1578:
1569:
1518:
1497:
1484:
1475:
1462:
1449:
1440:
1431:
1418:
1405:
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1248:
1239:
1218:
1209:
1200:
1007:The uniform of the 7th RLM was
661:
493:on 7 March 1900 its orders for
313:7th Lancashire Militia (Rifles)
1826:The Army and Society 1815–1914
1634:Becke, Pt 2b, pp. 91–8, 111–6.
1179:
1158:
1107:
1075:
797:267th (Infantry) Battalion, TR
656:
651:4th (Extra Reserve) Battalions
156:. Following conversion to the
148:. It later became part of the
13:
1:
1920:Militia of the United Kingdom
1756:, London: HarperPress, 2011,
1672:
898:Thomas Hale, former captain,
874:
744:Garrison, where it remained.
732:4th (Extra Reserve) Battalion
345:Lieutenant-Colonel Commandant
286:Militia of the United Kingdom
171:
1771:(Col Peter S. Walton, ed.),
1068:
895:, appointed 21 February 1855
516:'s column operating against
254:War of American Independence
7:
1481:Dunlop, pp. 131–40, 158-62.
1206:Knight, pp. 78–9, 111, 255.
1041:
984:, appointed 30 January 1909
973:, appointed 16 January 1901
835:in January 1918, moving to
220:Restoration of the monarchy
45:21 February 1855–April 1953
10:
1966:
1883:Lancashire Record Office,
1828:, London: Longmans, 1980,
854:
821:52nd (Graduated) Battalion
779:, and then in December to
632:Secretary of State for War
564:Queen's South Africa Medal
175:
1788:British Regiments 1914–18
1596:Becke, Pt 3b, Appendix I.
976:Frederick Charles Romer,
937:5th, later 3rd Battalion'
918:, appointed 22 March 1855
582:where it was employed on
438:Melrose, Scottish Borders
414:Wellington Barracks, Bury
200:county militia in England
117:
112:Wellington Barracks, Bury
107:
96:
86:
67:
49:
41:
31:
1769:James Moncrieff Grierson
1726:Col George Jackson Hay,
1697:, London: Methuen, 1938.
1215:Knight, pp. 411, 437–47.
1089:
1048:Militia (United Kingdom)
963:6th, later 4th Battalion
947:, appointed 11 June 1902
906:The following served as
879:The following served as
793:15th Training Reserve Bn
761:13th (Reserve) Battalion
757:Chesterfield, Derbyshire
751:13th (Reserve) Battalion
258:French Revolutionary War
250:Royal Lancashire Militia
246:county militia regiments
194:', under the command of
1446:Dunlop, pp. 77–9, 91–3.
1185:Hay, pp. 138–44, 242–3.
902:, appointed 2 July 1892
881:Colonel of the Regiment
817:Leicestershire Regiment
713:3rd (Reserve) Battalion
476:After the disasters of
1515:Frederick, pp. vi–vii.
851:on 17 September 1919.
726:Armistice with Germany
392:
331:, was commissioned as
188:4 & 5 Ph. & M.
1402:, pp. 97, 102, 126–7.
1294:Frederick, pp. 290–2.
1113:Hay, pp. 11–17, 25–6.
1003:Uniforms and insignia
861:Supplementary Reserve
600:Treaty of Vereeniging
390:
1893:The Long, Long Trail
1693:Col John K. Dunlop,
1063:Lancashire Fusiliers
1015:in the style of the
604:South Africa 1901–02
560:South Africa 1900–01
480:at the start of the
454:Lancashire Fusiliers
401:Volunteer battalions
150:Lancashire Fusiliers
36:Lancashire Fusiliers
1735:11 May 2021 at the
1470:Late Victorian Army
1426:Late Victorian Army
1400:Late Victorian Army
1245:Grierson, pp. 27–9.
1197:Holmes, pp. 94–100.
916:13th Light Dragoons
773:3rd Reserve Brigade
637:Under the sweeping
499:Orange River Colony
341:13th Light Dragoons
288:was revived by the
227:campaign in Ireland
1915:Lancashire Militia
1839:Edward M. Spiers,
1824:Edward M. Spiers,
1700:J.B.M. Frederick,
1643:Frederick, p. 237.
1526:Army & Society
1503:Dunlop, pp. 270–2.
1492:Army & Society
1413:Army & Society
1256:Army & Society
1236:Dunlop, pp. 42–52.
1176:Frederick, p. 119.
1104:Grierson, pp. 6–7.
1058:Lancashire Militia
908:Lieutenant-Colonel
738:Barry, South Wales
393:
349:John Hardy Thursby
325:lieutenant-colonel
284:The long-standing
274:Battle of Waterloo
224:King William III's
178:Lancashire Militia
142:North West England
34:3rd & 4th Bns
1809:978-0-141-03894-0
1796:978-1-84342-197-9
1786:Brig E.A. James,
1762:978-0-00-722570-5
1494:, pp. 243–2, 254.
1320:Hay, pp. 299–302.
887:of the regiment:
703:13th (Service) Bn
680:Barrow-in-Furness
216:English Civil War
127:
126:
16:(Redirected from
1957:
1877:External sources
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1546:James, pp. 63–4.
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1457:Army and Society
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1429:
1428:, pp. 4, 15, 19.
1422:
1416:
1409:
1403:
1396:
1390:
1389:Grierson, p. 29.
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1366:, various dates.
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1338:
1337:, various dates.
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