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Originally Posted by High Wood
As a slight deviation from the topic, I am not aware of its origins but I have always thought that the name of the Loyal North Lancashire Regiment sounds a little strange. By implication there is the suggestion that there was a disloyal North Lancashire Regiment that this regiment wanted to distance itself from.
I am guessing that there may have been a civil war connection and that the regiment remained loyal to the King or at least something similar.
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Simon,
You need to go back pre 1881 when they were the Loyal Lincoln Volunteers
81st of Foot (2nd Bn LNL)
A title (Loyal) continued for their heritage
Paul