The Family
The Duke of Lancaster’s Regiment is a Family Regiment, and an extended family at that: a strong and supportive home base in Lancashire and the Border Counties is coupled with historic links to the Royal Navy and long-standing Alliances with Regiments throughout the Commonwealth.
Colonel-in-Chief
Colonel of The Regiment Brigadier R Singleton
Regimental Headquarters Fulwood Barracks, Preston
First Battalion Cyprus
3 RANGER Queen Elizabeth Barracks, Pirbright
Fourth Battalion Kimberley Barracks, Preston
(Sub units/detachments in Barrow, Blackburn, Blackpool, Carlisle, Lancaster, Liverpool, Manchester, Warrington and Workington.)
Regimental Band of The Duke of Lancaster’s Regiment
Music is provided to the Regiment by its band and its Corps of Drums.
Affiliated University Officer Training Corps: NW OTR
Liverpool UOTC, Manchester and Salford UOTC.
PRE SERVICE CADETS
There are over 40 affiliated detachments throughout the regimental area.
We have 12 affiliated contingents.
Regimental Association Branches
25 branches across the North West and beyond.
ROYAL NAVY
2 affiliated RN vessels: HMS Lancaster and HMS Triumph.
OVERSEAS REGIMENTS
19 allied and affiliated Commonwealth and foreign regiments.
CIVIC LINKS
Thirty Freedom Cities and Towns in the North West: Appleby, Barrow, Blackburn, Blackpool, Bolton, Burnley, Carlisle, Chorley, Fylde, Haslingden (Rossendale), Hyndburn, Kendal, Knowsley, Lancaster, Liverpool, Manchester, Maryport, Pendle, Preston, Ribble Valley, Sefton, St Helens, Tameside, Warrington, West Lancs, Ulverston, Whitehaven, Wigan, Workington and Wyre.