47th (Lancashire) Regiment of Foot

47th (The Lancashire) Regiment of Foot
Active1741–1881
Country Kingdom of Great Britain (1741–1800)
 United Kingdom (1801–1881)
Branch British Army
SizeOne battalion (two battalions 1794–1795; 1803–1815)
Garrison/HQFulwood Barracks, Lancashire
Nickname(s)The Cauliflowers,
The Lancashire Lads,
Wolfe's Own
ColorsWhite facings, white lace
Engagements1745 Jacobite Rising
Father Le Loutre's War
Seven Years' War 1756-1763
American Revolutionary War
Napoleonic Wars
Third Anglo-Maratha War
First Anglo-Burmese War
Crimean War

The 47th (Lancashire) Regiment of Foot was an infantry regiment of the British Army, raised in Scotland in 1741. It served in North America during the Seven Years' War and American Revolutionary War and also fought during the Napoleonic Wars and the Crimean War. Under the Childers Reforms it amalgamated with the 81st Regiment of Foot (Loyal Lincoln Volunteers) to form the Loyal Regiment (North Lancashire) in 1881.