| Volunteer service by the men and women of Lancashire can be traced back through the TA battalions of the County Regiments to the Lancashire Rifle Volunteer Corps of 1859. The Territorial battalions of The East Lancashire, South Lancashire, and Loyal North Lancashire Regiments were amongst the very first in the country to mobilise for both the First and Second World Wars.
After reorganisation of the Territorial Army in the early 1970's the 4th (Volunteer) Battalion, Queen's Lancashire Regiment, was formed on 1 April 1975 with its Battalion HQ at Kimberley Barrack, Preston.
The Battalion operated as an effective and successful unit in both NATO and Home Defence roles for over 20 years, until, following the Strategic Defence Review of the early 1990's, it was amalgamated with the neighbouring 4th Battalion, King's Own Royal Border Regiment, to form The Lancastrian and Cumbrian Volunteers (LCV). In 2002 the LCV became the first TA infantry battalion to deploy a formed unit on operations, when a platoon deployed to Afghanistan.
And in 2003, over 100 volunteers from the battalion reinforced the 1st Battalion, Queen's Lancashire Regiment, throughout a five-month incident-packed tour of duty in Basra, Iraq.
On the formation of The Duke of Lancaster's Regiment on 1 July 2006, the battalion became the 4th Battalion of the new regiment.
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