47th (Lancashire) Regiment of Foot
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The 47th (Lancashire) Regiment of Foot was an infantry regiment of the British Army, raised in Scotland in 1741. It served in North America during the Seven Years' War and American Revolutionary War and also fought during the Napoleonic Wars and the Crimean War. Under the Childers Reforms it amalgamated with the 81st Regiment of Foot to form the Loyal Regiment in 1881.
Colonel Sir John Mordaunt, founder of the regiment, by Allan Ramsay
Soldier of 47th regiment, 1742
The siege of San Sebastián, where the 2nd battalion lost 17 of its 22 officers and almost half the other ranks in August 1813, by Denis Dighton
Lieutenant Gaynor of the 47th Regiment photographed on campaign in the Crimea in 1855.
81st Regiment of Foot (Loyal Lincoln Volunteers)
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The 81st Regiment of Foot (Loyal Lincoln Volunteers) was an infantry regiment of the British Army, raised in 1793. Under the Childers Reforms it amalgamated with the 47th (Lancashire) Regiment of Foot to form the Loyal North Lancashire Regiment in 1881.
Major General Albemarle Bertie by George Romney
The Battle of Maida July 1806
The Battle of Castalla April 1813
The Martyr's memorial at Meerut commemorating the Indian rebels who died in the fighting in 1857