To the Regimental Membership
THE DUKE OF LANCASTER'S REGIMENT
5th ANNIVERSARY BALL
A celebratory ball will take place to commemorate the 5th anniversary of the formation of The Duke of Lancaster's Regiment;
on Saturday 16th July 2011 in the Britannia Adelphi Hotel, Ranelagh Place, Liverpool, L3 5UL.
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This non-profit web site is aimed at helping ex-Loyals to keep in touch by sharing some of their photos and memories.
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The event is to be held at Fulwood Barracks in the Garrison Warrant Officers and Sergeants Mess by kind permission of the GSM. |
As many of you may know, we are soon to become the proud owners of our own Standard. We have been successful in our bid to obtain funding for this from the Duchy of Lancaster. As is often the case with these things, they have agreed to fund most, but not all of the cost.
We would therefore be most gratefull for any small donation you may be able to give to help us complete the funding. We are only short of £390 £210 £185 £150£125, so any help, no matter how small, would be very usefull. Please either pay with the Paypal Donate button above, or send any cheques to Treasurer ex/cpl Hartley at 44 Brunswick Avenue, Horwich, Lancashire, BL6 6NQ.
As of Wed 11 January we have received donations from the following people:
| M. Vickers - 5th Loyals £20 | New donations via Paypal as of 16 Jan 2012 |
| H. Hartley - 5th Loyals £15 | Jack Winard A coy 1st Loyals Columpton, Devon £10 |
| E. Higham - 5th Loyals £50 | Anonymous C coy 1st Loyals Melbourne, Australia £15 |
| R. Roberts - 5th Loyals £20 | £30 kindly donated by the Royal Artillery vets at Widnes. |
| B. Lomax - 5th Loyals £25 | |
| B. Greenhalgh - 5th Loyals £20 | |
| M. Cooper - Royal Artillery £10 | |
| L. Powers - KOSB £10 | |
| H. Bleakley - 1st Loyals £10 | |
| Mr & Mrs Joseph Dalby - A coy 2nd plt Siputeh £25 |
Update on Our Standard, 10/02/2012
As you can see from the table above, we have had a great response to our request for help with the purchase of our own standard. Thanks to everyone for their generous help.
Although we have not quite reached our target yet, the order will be going in on Monday 12th February to
flag and banner makers Newton Newton (Click here for their web site.)
Apart from the standard itself, we will be ordering the accessories illustrated below. If anyone would like to sponsor the purchase of these last items we would greatly appreciate your help.
A carrying pole and finial has been generously donated.
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| White Buckskin Gauntlets | Leather Shoulder Strap & Bucket | Gold Cords and Tassles | Carry Case |
| £56.00 | £58.00 | £22.00 | £48.00 |
Bellow: Mr Roy Kendrik, President
of the Royal Artillery, presents a
cheque to
Harold Hartley, Treasurer
Whilst attending a meeting of the Royal Artillery veterans in Widnes, their President, Mr Roy Kendrick, very kindly presented our Treasurer Harold Hartley with a donation of £30 collected on the night. We were very pleased to accept this unexpected and very generous offer and wish to thank everyone at the meeting for their donations.
Anyone wishing to contact the Royal Artillery, Widnes vets can contact Martin Cooper via email at ticatyboo_1@hotmail.co.uk
Click here for more photographs of the 5th Btn
Above: This leaflet was dropped in Malaya
to persuade the local bandits to surrender
Click here for larger version.
Above: Brian Littler and friends from A Coy at Siputeh
with two local scouts in 1957
Above: cpl Carter on the right, and friend imortalised on a
one hundred dollar bill.
Above: Joe Dalby and friends of Toulouse Squad in 1956.
Click here for a larger version.
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C Company 5th Battalion, The Loyals, 1962
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Ian McCartney, MP for Makerfield, at the recent opening ceremony. Click here for videos and photos Opens in new window |
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On 7 July 1943, King George VI granted a name change to reflect our alliance with The Loyal Regiment (North Lancashire). Now our unit became The Loyal Edmonton Regiment, the 'Loyal Eddies'
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