Royal Lincolnshire Regiment

Earl of Bath's Regiment
10th (North Lincoln) Regiment of Foot
Lincolnshire Regiment
Royal Lincolnshire Regiment
Lincolnshire Regiment and Royal Lincolnshire Regiment cap badges
Active1685–1960
Country Kingdom of England (1685–1707)
 Kingdom of Great Britain (1707–1800)
 United Kingdom (1801–1960)
Branch British Army
TypeLine infantry
RoleInfantry
SizeVaried
Garrison/HQThe Old Barracks, Lincoln (1873–1880)
Sobraon Barracks, Lincoln (1880–1960)
Nickname(s)"The Yellow Bellies"[1]
"the Springers"[2]
EngagementsNine Years' War
War of the Spanish Succession (Blenhein, Ramillies & Malplaquet)
American War of Independence (Lexington, Bunker Hill, New York and New Jersey campaign, Germantown, Monmouth, & Rhode Island)
French Revolutionary Wars
Napoleonic Wars
Peninsular War
First World War
Second World War
Malayan Emergency

The Royal Lincolnshire Regiment was a line infantry regiment of the British Army raised on 20 June 1685 as the Earl of Bath's Regiment for its first Colonel, John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath. In 1751, it was numbered like most other Army regiments and named the 10th (North Lincoln) Regiment of Foot. After the Childers Reforms of 1881, it became the Lincolnshire Regiment after the county where it had been recruiting since 1781.

After the Second World War, it became the Royal Lincolnshire Regiment, before being amalgamated in 1960 with the Northamptonshire Regiment to form the 2nd East Anglian Regiment (Duchess of Gloucester's Own Royal Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire) which was later amalgamated with the 1st East Anglian Regiment (Royal Norfolk and Suffolk), 3rd East Anglian Regiment (16th/44th Foot) and the Royal Leicestershire Regiment to form the Royal Anglian Regiment. 'A' Company of the 2nd Battalion of the Royal Anglians continues the traditions of the Royal Lincolnshire Regiment.

  1. ^ Burnham, Robert; McGuigan, Ron (2010). The British Army against Napoleon. Barnsley, South Yorkshire: Frontline Books. p. 124. ISBN 978-1-84832-562-3.
  2. ^ "Battle of Brandywine Creek". British Battles. Retrieved 26 February 2020.