Allied and Affiliated
The Duke of Lancaster’s Regiment has historic links to the Royal Navy and long-standing alliances with Regiments throughout the Commonwealth.
THE ROYAL NAVY
The Regiment and its forebears have a close association with the Royal Navy which dates back to the formation of Seymour’s and Saunderson’s Marine Regiments in 1702. Today we are one of only two Regiments which annually lays a wreath at Nelson’s Column in Trafalgar Day, 21 October.
The Regiment has formed alliances by mutual consent and with the approval of the Ministry of Defence with the Ship’s Companies of:
HMS Lancaster
A Type 23 destroyer, launched in 1990 by the Queen, Duke of Lancaster, and allied to the Regiment since 1995. She is the sixth warship of that name, and her predecessors shared in the Regiment’s victories at Louisburg, Guadeloupe and Buenos Aires. The Ship’s emblem is the Red Rose of Lancaster.
HMS Triumph
A nuclear-powered hunter-killer submarine. Her role is extremely varied, taking in everything from tactical strike to fleet protection to intelligence gathering.
Commissioned in 1991, HMS Triumph has participated in the war in Afghanistan and Operation Ellamy in Libya. In 1993 she sailed to Australia, travelling 41,000 miles unsupported – the longest solo deployment ever completed by a Royal Navy submarine.
ALLIED REGIMENTS
The aim of regimental alliances is to promote mutual understanding and friendship between all ranks of The Duke of Lancaster’s Regiment and Allied Commonwealth Regiments. All ranks of Allied Regiments are invited to visit Regimental Headquarters when visiting Britain and are also invited to visit Battalions of the Regiment wherever they may be at the time.
The following alliances have been approved:
Australia
10th/27th Battalion, The Royal South Australia Regiment.
The Royal Queensland Regiment.
The Royal Tasmania Regiment.
Canada
The Royal Regiment of Canada.
The Princess of Wales’s Own Regiment.
The West Nova Scotia Regiment.
The Loyal Edmonton Regiment.
India
5th Battalion The Sikh Regiment.
Malaysia
2nd Battalion The Royal Malay Regiment.
New Zealand
The Otago and Southland Regiment.
7th Battalion (Wellington (City of Wellington’s Own) and Hawkes Bay), The Royal New Zealand
Infantry Regiment.
Pakistan
8th Battalion, The Punjab Regiment.
14th Battalion, The Punjab Regiment.
1st Battalion (Scinde), The Frontier Force Regiment.
15th Battalion, The Frontier Force Regiment.
South Africa
The Kimberley Regiment.
AFFILIATED REGIMENTS
Italy: The Julia Brigade. Affiliated to The King’s Own Royal Border Regiment in 1994.
France: 126e Regiment, Brive. Affiliated to The King’s Own Royal Border Regiment in 1999.