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Soldiers of the Regiment - Royal Lancashire Militia

Colonel Joseph Lawson Whalley

Born at Lancaster, 29 May 1842. Lieutenant 1st Royal Lancashire Militia, 1 Apr 1861. Captain 24th Lancashire Artillery Volunteers, 14 Dec 1866. Captain-Commandant 24th Lancashire Artillery Volunteers, 29 Dec 1866; Captain 1st Royal Lancashire Militia, 13 May 1867; Major, 4th Administrative Brigade Lancashire Artillery Volunteers, 22 Dec 1873. Retired from Volunteers, 1893. Honorary Major 1st, Royal Lancashire Militia, 4 Apr 1881; Acting Adjutant, 4th Battalion, King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment, Jul 1882; Major 20 Mar 1886; Honorary Lieutenant Colonel 9 Apr 1886; Lieutenant Colonel 26 Nov 1887; Honorary Colonel 9 Dec 1887. Lieutenant Colonel Commandant 5 Oct 1895. Retired 13 Oct 1899.
Justice of the Peace, Lancashire.
This officer was permitted to hold commissions in two Forces at the same time.

His son, Julian Lawson Whalley, also served in the Militia Battalions of the King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment

 


Lieutenant Joseph Lawson Whalley, 1st Royal Lancashire Militia, circa 1861.
Accession Number: KO0075/09


Captain Joseph Lawson Whalley, 1st Royal Lancashire Militia
Accession Number: KO0075/36


Captain Joseph Lawson Whalley, 1st Royal Lancashire Militia, 1867
Accession Number: KO0075/40


Captain Joseph Lawson Whalley, 1876
Accession Number: KO0075/39


Colonel Joseph Lawson Whalley, Commanding Officer, 4th (Militia) Battalion, King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment.
Accession Number: KO0095/05


Colonel Joseph Lawson Whalley
Accession Number: KO0118/13


Colonel Joseph Lawson Whalley
Accession Number: KO0322/01


Colonel Joseph Lawson Whalley, July 1881
Accession Number: KO0075/08


Card of Colonel Whalley and Officers of the 4th (Militia) Battalion, King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment.
Accession Number: KO0075/38

 

 

 

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