The Lancastrian and Cumbrian Volunteers is a Territorial Army unit of the British Army

British Army

The British Army is the land warfare branch of Her Majesty's Armed Forces in the United Kingdom. It came into being with the unification of the Kingdom of England and Scotland into the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707. The new British Army incorporated Regiments that had already existed in England...

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It was formed on 1 July 1999 following the Strategic Defence Review

Strategic Defence Review

The Strategic Defence Review was a British policy document produced by the Labour Government that came to power in 1997. Then Secretary of State for Defence, George Robertson, set out the initial defence policy of the new government, with a series of key decisions designed to enhance the United...

 by the amagamation of the 4th Battalion Queen's Lancashire Regiment

Queen's Lancashire Regiment

The Queen's Lancashire Regiment was an infantry regiment of the British Army, part of the King's Division...

 and the 4th (Volunteer) Battalion of the King's Own Royal Border Regiment. On 1 July 2006 http://www.army.mod.uk/lancs/formation_decisions/index.htm, the Lancastrian and Cumbrian Volunteers were amalgamated with the King's Regiment companies of the King's and Cheshire Regiment

King's and Cheshire Regiment

The King's and Cheshire Regiment was a regiment of the British Territorial Army, with HQ in Warrington, Cheshire.The regiment was the territorial battalion of the regular King's Regiment and Cheshire Regiment...

 to form the new 4th Battalion (Volunteers), Duke of Lancaster's Regiment (King's Lancashire and Border)

Duke of Lancaster's Regiment (King's Lancashire and Border)

The Duke of Lancaster's Regiment is an infantry regiment of the line within the British Army. It recruits throughout the North West of England...

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