HC Deb 27 October 1967 vol 751 cc575-6W
Mr. Murton

asked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will set out in the OFFICIAL REPORT his plans to preserve the traditions of the 1st Battalion XX The Lancashire Fusiliers, 1st Battalion The York and Lancaster Regiment and 1st Battalion The Durham Light Infantry on the reduction of these three regiments as a result of his Supplementary Statement on Defence Policy, Command Paper No. 3357.

Mr. Boyden

Since the Fusilier Brigade and the Light Infantry Brigade intend to form Large Regiments, the regimental traditions of 1st Battalion the Lancashire Fusiliers and 1st Battalion The Durham Light Infantry will be merged and preserved to the same extent as those of the other three regiments in their Brigades, when the new Large Regiments are formed. The traditions will be maintained and fostered in the existing regimental areas by the appointment of Deputy Colonels.

The 1st Battalion the York and Lancaster Regiment will be disbanded but the possibility of preserving some at least of the traditions of the regiment, once the battalion disappears, is now under active consideration.

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