East Lancashire Regiment

East Lancashire Regiment
Insignia of the East Lancashire Regiment.
Active	1 July 1881 – 1 July 1958
Country	United Kingdom
Branch	British Army
Type	Infantry
Role	Line infantry
Size	1–2 Regular battalions 1 Militia and Special Reserve battalion 2 Territorial and Volunteer battalions Up to 12 Hostilities-only battalions
Garrison/HQ	Burnley Barracks (1881 – 1898) Fulwood Barracks, Preston (1898 – 1958)
Motto(s)	Spectamur agendo (judge us by our deeds)
Colors	White facings
Engagements	Second Boer War, Western Front (World War I), Battle of Dunkirk, Burma Campaign

The East Lancashire Regiment was, from 1881 to 1958, a line infantry regiment of the British Army. The regiment was formed in 1881 under the Childers Reforms by the amalgamation of the 30th (Cambridgeshire) Regiment of Foot and 59th (2nd Nottinghamshire) Regiment of Foot with the militia and rifle volunteer units of eastern Lancashire.^[1] In 1958 the regiment was amalgamated with the South Lancashire Regiment to form the Lancashire Regiment which was, in 1970, merged with the Loyal Regiment (North Lancashire) to form the Queen's Lancashire Regiment. In 2006, the Queen's Lancashire was further amalgamated with the King's Own Royal Border Regiment and the King's Regiment (Liverpool and Manchester) to form the present Duke of Lancaster's Regiment (King's, Lancashire and Border).