Loyal Regiment (North Lancashire)

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
Loyal Regiment (North Lancashire)
Cap badge of the Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
Active1 July 1881 – 1 September 1970
Country United Kingdom
Branch British Army
TypeInfantry
RoleLine infantry
Size1–2 Regular battalions

1 Militia and Special Reserve battalion

2 Territorial and Volunteer battalions
Up to 16 Hostilities-only battalions
Garrison/HQFulwood Barracks, Preston, Lancashire
Nickname(s)Cauliflowers, the Lancashire Lads, and Wolfe's Own
Motto(s)Loyauté M'Oblige
(Loyalty Binds Me)
ColorsScarlet with White Facings
Anniversaries15 February (Kimberley)
4 July (Maida)
31 December (Tarifa)
EngagementsSecond Boer War
First World War
Second World War

The Loyal Regiment (North Lancashire) (until 1921 known as the Loyal North Lancashire Regiment) was a line infantry regiment of the British Army that was in existence from 1881 to 1970. In 1970, the regiment was amalgamated with the Lancashire Regiment to form the Queen's Lancashire Regiment which was, in 2006, amalgamated with the King's Own Royal Border Regiment and the King's Regiment (Manchester and Liverpool) to form the Duke of Lancaster Regiment (King's, Lancashire and Border).