377:
281:, 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:
45:
62:
690:') 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
558:
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
748:, 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
1070:
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
521:. 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.
473:
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.
392:
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
477:
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
498:. 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.
412:
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
253:. 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
237:, 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
634:, 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
1721:
445:
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.
363:
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
671:. 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
295:
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
544:. 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
257:), 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
408:
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
300:
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
1670:
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,
1918:
1714:
1928:
1024:; 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'.
1923:
449:
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
1553:
1913:
744:
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
595:
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
441:
completed the Cardwell process by incorporating the militia battalions into the expanded county regiments. On 1 July 1881 the 20th Foot became the
397:
rather than their county lords lieutenant, and officers' commissions were signed by the Queen. The 7th RLM was linked with the double-battalion
368:(7th RLM). The Militia Reserve introduced in 1867 consisted of present and former militiamen who undertook to serve overseas in case of war.
659:
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
1938:
1027:
When the 7th RLM joined the Lancashire Fusiliers in 1881, it adopted that regiment's scarlet uniform with white facings and its insignia.
1005:
341:
888:
325:
309:
836:. After the war it was converted into 52nd (Service) Bn of the Leicestershires on 8 February 1919 and was eventually disbanded at
780:. On 1 September 1916 the 2nd Reserve battalions were transferred to the Training Reserve (TR) and the battalion was redesignated
607:
After the Boer War, the future of the Militia was called into question. There were moves to reform the Auxiliary Forces (Militia,
829:
398:
1908:
849:
784:, still in 3rd Reserve Bde at Brocton. The training staff retained their Lancashire Fusiliers badges. On 4 July 1917 it became
616:
852:
in 1924, but almost all militia battalions remained in abeyance after World War I. Until 1939 they continued to appear in the
1797:
1784:
1757:
1750:
933:
683:
869:
321:
686:
issued his call for volunteers in August 1914, the battalions of the 1st, 2nd and 3rd New Armies ('K1', 'K2' and 'K3' of '
1738:
896:
528:
district, where it was actively involved in patrolling, escorting guns and convoys, and in operations against Commandant
333:
313:
241:
in 1761. These reformed regiments were 'embodied' for permanent service in home defence during the Seven Years' War, the
352:. The seven militia infantry regiments in Lancashire divided the county up, with the 7th at Bury recruiting from the
1837:
1822:
1769:
1732:
1698:
970:
959:
596:
1677:
History of the Great War: Order of Battle of Divisions, Part 3b: New Army Divisions (30–41) and 63rd (R.N.) Division
873:
817:
813:
583:. Detachments from the battalion manned No 13 Armoured Train, which took part in operations against the remaining
405:. The intention was for the 7th RLM to form its own 2nd Battalion, but this did not happen for a number of years.
612:
559:
reservists to reinforce the regulars. On arrival at Cape Town on 23 June the battalion proceeded in two wings to
801:
797:
1871:
1118:
552:
337:
1612:
418:
414:
242:
1792:
Britain Against Napoleon: The Organization of Victory 1793–1815', London: Allen Lane, 2013/Penguin, 2014,
1903:
676:
422:
620:
426:
402:
376:
215:
100:
1679:, London: HM Stationery Office, 1939/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, 2007, ISBN 1-847347-41-X.
717:
the 3rd Bn was disembodied on 26 July 1919 when the remaining personnel were drafted to the 1st Bn.
1933:
1142:
1036:
764:, where it trained drafts for the 9th, 10th , 11th and 12th (Service) Bns. In November it moved to
745:
591:
and was disembodied on 25 July 1902, having lost 15 ORs killed or died of disease. It received the
525:
483:
305:
274:
246:
65:
1672:
London: HM Stationery Office, 1937/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, 2007, ISBN 1-847347-39-8.
805:
563:
and was then split into detachments at various places, while battalion headquarters (HQ) went to
541:
234:
223:
219:
1012:
surmounted by a crown; in the centre of the cross was the number 'VII' between the strings of a
698:). 4th (Extra Reserve) Bn was intended to form a 14th Bn, but this was cancelled on 25 October.
769:
714:
533:
495:
349:
226:. However, between periods of national emergency the militia was regularly allowed to decline.
212:
588:
580:
200:
141:. Although primarily intended for home defence, its battalions saw active service during the
1650:
1051:
442:
196:
176:
138:
24:
265:
the militia was allowed to decline again, the ballot and annual training being suspended.
8:
904:
761:
687:
487:
329:
230:
1046:
726:
672:
660:
572:
262:
208:
166:
130:
1833:
1818:
1793:
1780:
1765:
1746:
1728:
1704:
1694:
966:
668:
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on 2 August 1908 (the 3rd and 4th regular battalions having been disbanded in 1906).
204:
188:
175:
was long established in England and its legal basis was updated by two acts of 1557 (
821:
1887:
881:
777:
490:
where a Boer resurgence was threatened. Detachments from the battalion guarded the
438:
385:
317:
278:
513:. On 28 November the column attacked Hertzog who was holding a strong position at
1855:
1725:
1041:
631:
627:
470:
389:
250:
195:
in the 1580s, and control of the militia was one of the areas of dispute between
184:
150:
146:
142:
110:
69:
730:
576:
506:
501:
On 25 November 1900 the main body of 6th Battalion was ordered to join Maj-Gen
207:. The English Militia was re-established under local control in 1662 after the
192:
50:
1805:
H.G. Parkyn, 'English Militia Regiments 1757–1935: Their Badges and Buttons',
187:
appointed by the monarch. This is seen as the starting date for the organised
1897:
1009:
1001:
833:
825:
773:
757:
584:
567:. On 28 December the battalion was redeployed, HQ and the main body going to
560:
545:
537:
510:
254:
180:
157:. After a shadowy postwar existence the unit was finally disbanded in 1953.
1021:
857:
710:, still in the Humber Garrison, where it remained for the rest of the war.
529:
502:
491:
308:
on 21 February 1855. The Hon Charles James Fox Stanley, younger son of the
285:'Whenever a state of war exists between Her Majesty and any foreign power'.
61:
191:. It was an important element in the country's defence at the time of the
1804:
1779:, London: Samson Books, 1978/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, 2001,
1367:
997:
837:
656:
380:
The Lancashire Fusiliers' Regimental Headquarters at Wellington Barracks.
297:
154:
134:
1832:, Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1992/Sandpiper Books, 1999,
1719:, London:United Service Gazette, 1905/Ray Westlake Military Books, 1987
1017:
707:
564:
466:
394:
353:
172:
126:
981:
Frederick Charles Romer, retired captain, appointed 18 December 1895
753:
568:
555:
with clasps for 'Cape Colony', 'Orange Free State', and 'Transvaal'.
479:
421:
and 7th Royal Lancashire Militia formed 2nd Brigade of 3rd Division,
345:
90:
848:
The SR resumed its old title of Militia in 1921 and then became the
494:
bridge on the Kimberley railway and numerous other posts, including
608:
514:
79:
1743:
Soldiers: Army Lives and Loyalties from Redcoats to Dusty Warriors
776:. One of the officers trained in the battalion at this period was
540:, providing detachments to build defensive posts and forts around
1879:
765:
736:
After the Armistice the 4th Bn was disembodied on 16 April 1919.
357:
258:
384:
Under the 'Localisation of the Forces' scheme introduced by the
261:
disturbances. However, in the years of the long peace after the
1762:
Scarlet into Khaki: The British Army on the Eve of the Boer War
1717:
An Epitomized History of the Militia (The Constitutional Force)
828:
in April. In the autumn it transferred within 69th Division to
789:
664:
432:
1013:
793:
518:
153:
it supplied reinforcements to the fighting battalions during
923:
After the battalions were administered separately from 1900:
125:(7th RLM) was an auxiliary regiment raised in the county of
288:'In all cases of invasion or upon imminent danger thereof'.
1020:
badge of 1874–81 had a shield displaying a lion beneath a
388:
of 1872, Militia regiments were brigaded with regular and
1919:
Military units and formations in Bury, Greater Manchester
1844:
Instructions Issued by the War Office During October 1914
944:
Charles L. Robinson, retired major, appointed 30 May 1907
1858:
History of the Old County Regiment of Lancashire Militia
623:. However, little of Brodrick's scheme was carried out.
615:) to take their place in the six army corps proposed by
268:
1850:
Instructions Issued by the War Office During April 1915
517:, deployed along a 9 miles (14 km) semi-circle of
401:
in Sub-District No 17 (Lancashire), with the depot at
324:
of the new regiment, with John Edward Madocks, former
1764:, London: Sampson Low, 1899/London: Greenhill, 1988,
1008:. The badge on the officers' pouch belt was a silver
1929:
Military units and formations disestablished in 1881
919:
Frederick Finch Mackenzie, promoted 20 November 1895
655:
The Special Reserve was embodied at the outbreak of
171:
The universal obligation to military service in the
1856:Maj R.J.T. Williamson & Col J. Lawson Whalley,
1807:
Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research
233:a series of Militia Acts from 1757 reorganised the
706:In November 1916 the battalion moved from Hull to
679:, the 2nd on the Western Front for the whole war.
1924:Military units and formations established in 1855
1895:
1153:Williamson & Whalley, pp. 2–3, 10–25, 29–84.
987:James Aspinall Turner, promoted 6 September 1911
720:
532:Commando. On 26 July the battalion was moved to
218:in 1690–91, and against the Jacobite Risings in
860:and were all formally disbanded in April 1953.
1693:, Vol I, Wakefield: Microform Academic, 1984,
1500:
1498:
1161:
1159:
880:Hon Charles James Fox Stanley, former lt-col,
524:On 7 January 1901 the battalion took over the
179:cc. 2 and 3), which placed selected men, the '
1691:Lineage Book of British Land Forces 1660–1978
1684:The Development of the British Army 1899–1914
1279:
1277:
1275:
1273:
1143:Militia at Museum of the Manchester Regiment.
1271:
1269:
1267:
1265:
1263:
1261:
1259:
1257:
1255:
1253:
984:Francis Lee Sanders, appointed 2 August 1908
433:3rd and 4th Battalions, Lancashire Fusiliers
291:'In all cases of rebellion or insurrection'.
1914:Military units and formations in Lancashire
1809:, Vol 15, No 60 (Winter 1936), pp. 216–248.
1581:
1579:
1495:
1381:
1221:
1219:
1156:
1089:
1087:
804:. On 24 October 1917 it transferred to the
739:
229:Under threat of French invasion during the
1709:The New Annual Army List, and Militia List
1114:
1112:
1110:
1108:
947:Herbert R. Cobbett, promoted 6 August 1911
701:
486:were countermanded and it was sent to the
1554:Lancashire Fusiliers at Long, Long Trail.
1363:
1361:
1250:
1138:
1136:
1134:
1132:
1130:
630:of 1908, the Militia was replaced by the
1576:
1549:
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1543:
1541:
1531:
1529:
1527:
1525:
1523:
1216:
1182:
1180:
1084:
991:
375:
1348:
1346:
1344:
1342:
1340:
1338:
1336:
1334:
1332:
1319:
1317:
1315:
1105:
725:In October 1916 the battalion moved to
399:20th (East Devonshire) Regiment of Foot
211:, and the Lancashire Militia fought in
1896:
1641:James, p. 61; Appendices II & III.
1573:WO Instruction 280 of 25 October 1914.
1358:
1305:
1303:
1301:
1299:
1297:
1295:
1293:
1291:
1289:
1127:
916:Thomas Brindley, promoted 18 July 1892
1613:Training Reserve at Long, Long Trail.
1538:
1520:
1213:Williamson & Whalley, pp. 87–246.
1177:
934:Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener
913:Thomas Hale, promoted 7 November 1885
903:John Edward Madocks, former captain,
856:, but they were not activated during
575:duty, while two companies garrisoned
366:7th Royal Lancashire Militia (Rifles)
269:7th Royal Lancashire Militia (Rifles)
123:7th Royal Lancashire Militia (Rifles)
21:7th Royal Lancashire Militia (Rifles)
1564:WO Instruction 76 of 8 October 1914.
1426:Williamson & Whalley, pp. 327–8.
1329:
1312:
587:. The battalion went home after the
1939:Rifle regiments of the British Army
1865:
1603:WO Instruction 96 of 10 April 1915.
1286:
910:James Ashton, promoted 2 March 1871
667:Garrison, while The 4th Bn went to
371:
13:
1860:, London: Simpkin, Marshall, 1888.
602:
551:and the participants received the
460:
14:
1950:
1888:Museum of the Manchester Regiment
1830:The Late Victorian Army 1868–1902
960:John Campbell, 9th Duke of Argyll
788:, and by August it had moved to
60:
43:
1852:, London: HM Stationery Office.
1846:, London: HM Stationery Office.
1644:
1635:
1626:
1617:
1606:
1597:
1594:James, Appendices II & III.
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1567:
1558:
1507:
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1473:
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1451:
1438:
1429:
1420:
1407:
1394:
1372:
1237:
1228:
1207:
1198:
1189:
996:The uniform of the 7th RLM was
650:
482:on 7 March 1900 its orders for
302:7th Lancashire Militia (Rifles)
1815:The Army and Society 1815–1914
1623:Becke, Pt 2b, pp. 91–8, 111–6.
1168:
1147:
1096:
1064:
786:267th (Infantry) Battalion, TR
645:
640:4th (Extra Reserve) Battalions
145:. Following conversion to the
137:. It later became part of the
1:
1909:Militia of the United Kingdom
1745:, London: HarperPress, 2011,
1661:
887:Thomas Hale, former captain,
863:
733:Garrison, where it remained.
721:4th (Extra Reserve) Battalion
334:Lieutenant-Colonel Commandant
275:Militia of the United Kingdom
160:
1760:(Col Peter S. Walton, ed.),
1057:
884:, appointed 21 February 1855
505:'s column operating against
243:War of American Independence
7:
1470:Dunlop, pp. 131–40, 158-62.
1195:Knight, pp. 78–9, 111, 255.
1030:
973:, appointed 30 January 1909
962:, appointed 16 January 1901
824:in January 1918, moving to
209:Restoration of the monarchy
34:21 February 1855–April 1953
10:
1955:
1872:Lancashire Record Office,
1817:, London: Longmans, 1980,
843:
810:52nd (Graduated) Battalion
768:, and then in December to
621:Secretary of State for War
553:Queen's South Africa Medal
164:
1777:British Regiments 1914–18
1585:Becke, Pt 3b, Appendix I.
965:Frederick Charles Romer,
926:5th, later 3rd Battalion'
907:, appointed 22 March 1855
571:where it was employed on
427:Melrose, Scottish Borders
403:Wellington Barracks, Bury
189:county militia in England
106:
101:Wellington Barracks, Bury
96:
85:
75:
56:
38:
30:
20:
1758:James Moncrieff Grierson
1715:Col George Jackson Hay,
1686:, London: Methuen, 1938.
1204:Knight, pp. 411, 437–47.
1078:
1037:Militia (United Kingdom)
952:6th, later 4th Battalion
936:, appointed 11 June 1902
895:The following served as
868:The following served as
782:15th Training Reserve Bn
750:13th (Reserve) Battalion
746:Chesterfield, Derbyshire
740:13th (Reserve) Battalion
247:French Revolutionary War
239:Royal Lancashire Militia
235:county militia regiments
183:', under the command of
1435:Dunlop, pp. 77–9, 91–3.
1174:Hay, pp. 138–44, 242–3.
891:, appointed 2 July 1892
870:Colonel of the Regiment
806:Leicestershire Regiment
702:3rd (Reserve) Battalion
465:After the disasters of
1504:Frederick, pp. vi–vii.
840:on 17 September 1919.
715:Armistice with Germany
381:
320:, was commissioned as
177:4 & 5 Ph. & M.
1391:, pp. 97, 102, 126–7.
1283:Frederick, pp. 290–2.
1102:Hay, pp. 11–17, 25–6.
992:Uniforms and insignia
850:Supplementary Reserve
589:Treaty of Vereeniging
379:
1882:The Long, Long Trail
1682:Col John K. Dunlop,
1052:Lancashire Fusiliers
1004:in the style of the
593:South Africa 1901–02
549:South Africa 1900–01
469:at the start of the
443:Lancashire Fusiliers
390:Volunteer battalions
139:Lancashire Fusiliers
25:Lancashire Fusiliers
1724:11 May 2021 at the
1459:Late Victorian Army
1415:Late Victorian Army
1389:Late Victorian Army
1234:Grierson, pp. 27–9.
1186:Holmes, pp. 94–100.
905:13th Light Dragoons
762:3rd Reserve Brigade
626:Under the sweeping
488:Orange River Colony
330:13th Light Dragoons
277:was revived by the
216:campaign in Ireland
1904:Lancashire Militia
1828:Edward M. Spiers,
1813:Edward M. Spiers,
1689:J.B.M. Frederick,
1632:Frederick, p. 237.
1515:Army & Society
1492:Dunlop, pp. 270–2.
1481:Army & Society
1402:Army & Society
1245:Army & Society
1225:Dunlop, pp. 42–52.
1165:Frederick, p. 119.
1093:Grierson, pp. 6–7.
1047:Lancashire Militia
897:Lieutenant-Colonel
727:Barry, South Wales
382:
338:John Hardy Thursby
314:lieutenant-colonel
273:The long-standing
263:Battle of Waterloo
213:King William III's
167:Lancashire Militia
131:North West England
23:3rd & 4th Bns
1798:978-0-141-03894-0
1785:978-1-84342-197-9
1775:Brig E.A. James,
1751:978-0-00-722570-5
1483:, pp. 243–2, 254.
1309:Hay, pp. 299–302.
876:of the regiment:
692:13th (Service) Bn
669:Barrow-in-Furness
205:English Civil War
116:
115:
1946:
1866:External sources
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1536:
1535:James, pp. 63–4.
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1502:
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1490:
1484:
1477:
1471:
1468:
1462:
1455:
1449:
1446:Army and Society
1442:
1436:
1433:
1427:
1424:
1418:
1417:, pp. 4, 15, 19.
1411:
1405:
1398:
1392:
1385:
1379:
1378:Grierson, p. 29.
1376:
1370:
1365:
1356:
1355:, various dates.
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1327:
1326:, various dates.
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1310:
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