Amalgamation
Under the "localisation scheme" of the infantry carried out by Edward Cardwell in 1873, the 59th foot had been paired (or "brigaded") with the 30th (Cambridgeshire) Regiment of Foot. The two regiments recruited in a single "Brigade District" forming part of Lancashire and shared a depot at Burnley.
On 1 July 1881 the process of amalgamation was completed when the Childers Reforms came into effect. The 30th and 59th Foot became the 1st and 2nd Battalions of the East Lancashire Regiment. Following a series of amalgamations, the lineage of the 59th is now continued by the Duke of Lancaster's Regiment.
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