Lancastrian Brigade
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After the Second World War there were 14 infantry depots in Britain, each bearing a letter. The depots were territorially aligned, and Infantry Depot D at Carlisle was aligned with the regiments from Lancashire and the North-West. In 1948, the depots switched to names and this depot became the Lancastrian Brigade, with all regiments being reduced to a single battalion at the same time.
The Lancastrian Brigade was formed on 14 July 1948 as an administrative apparatus for the infantry regiments from the North-West:
- The King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster) (until 1959)
- The King's Regiment (Liverpool) (until 1958)
- The Lancashire Fusiliers (until 1958)
- The East Lancashire Regiment (until 1958)
- The Border Regiment (until 1959)
- The South Lancashire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Volunteers) (until 1959)
- The Loyal Regiment (North Lancashire)
- The Manchester Regiment (until 1958)
In 1958, the King's Regiment (Liverpool) and the Manchester Regiment were amalgamated into the King's Regiment (Manchester and Liverpool), and the East Lancashire Regiment and South Lancashire Regiment amalgamated into the Lancashire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Volunteers), while the Lancashire Fusiliers were transferred to the Fusilier Brigade. The following year, the King's Own Royal Regiment and the Border Regiment were merged to form the King's Own Royal Border Regiment.
On July 1, 1968 the Lancastrian Brigade was united with the Yorkshire and North Irish Brigades, to form the King's Division.
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