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Auction: 18003 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 553

Three: Private D. M. Butler, 1st Queen's Lancashire Regiment

General Service 1962-2007, 1 clasp, Northern Ireland (24101777 Pte. D. M. Butler. Q.L.R.); U.N. Medal 1951, UNPROFOR riband for Bosnia; N.A.T.O. Medal 1994, 1 clasp, Former Yugoslavia, mounted court-style as worn, minor edge wear from contact to first, good very fine (3)

The 1st Queen's Lancashire Regiment has its roots in the 30th Foot and can trace its history in an unbroken line back to 1689. The regiment itself was formed on 25 March 1970 at the Connaught Barracks, Dover Castle upon the amalgamation of the 1st Battalions of the Loyal North Lancashire Regiment and the Prince of Wales's Volunteers. Its Colonel-in-Chief, Field Marshal Templer presented the first Colours. They would go on to see active service in Northern Ireland, Cyprus, Bosnia, the former Yugoslavia and Iraq before themselves being amalgamated to form the Duke of Lancaster's Regiment in 2006; sold with three badges housed in a file of copied research.

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