696:
616:
646:
41:
65:
82:
314:-Commandant dated 11 June 1859 was the first to be issued in the new Volunteer Force. A Liverpool cotton broker, he had made several attempts since 1852 to raise a volunteer unit in the city, and in 1855 had founded the Liverpool Drill Club from young men in the cotton trade who drilled twice weekly in his warehouse. Other corps quickly followed and in May 1860 a number of these units in the Liverpool area were grouped together as the 1st Administrative Battalion, Lancashire RVCs:
726:. On 11 April Lt-Col A. Buckley, commanding 1/5th King's organised on his own initiative a successful local counter-attack by all available troops, including part of 13th King's. On 13 April, 'Route A Keep' captured by the Germans on 9 April, was recovered by a night attack by 165th (2/1st L) Bde employing an extemporised company composed of men from 1/5th, 1/6th, 10th and 13th Bns, King's, preceded by a 'crash' barrage lasting just 3 minutes.
517:
issued instructions to separate those men who had signed up for Home
Service only, and form these into reserve units. On 31 August, the formation of a reserve or 2nd Line unit was authorised for each 1st Line unit where 60 per cent or more of the men had volunteered for Overseas Service. The titles
963:
of 1938, the TA was doubled in size and most units formed duplicates. The 5th King's was ordered to raise a duplicate battalion on 31 March 1939, and this was formed in May. It was designated 9th
Battalion, taking the number of a TF battalion that had fought in World War I and had afterwards been
496:
the West
Lancashire Division had just begun its annual training and when mobilisation was ordered on 4 August 1914 the units were sent back to their drill halls. The 5th King's mobilised at St Anne St under the command of Lieutenant Colonel J. M. McMaster and went to its war station guarding the
923:
and 59th (2nd NM) Division tried to establish bridgeheads across the river. A chain stretching across the river was found at
Esquelmes and a ferry extemporised; 25th King's went across, but the men found themselves waist deep in marshy ground on the far bank. Nevertheless, they made contact as
951:
When the TF was reconstituted on 7 February 1920, 5th King's was reformed. It was planned to have been amalgamated with 6th (Rifle) Bn, King's, by 1922, but the order was rescinded. 5th King's did however carry the '(Rifle)' subtitle until 1937. The parent regiment altered its title to King's
721:
troops on 9 April; although attacked in flank, the battalion's outposts fell back fighting according to plan, first to the 'Old
British Line' and then to the 'Line of Resistance', where the battalion held its positions for the rest of the day. 55th (WL) Division then fought in the Defence of
434:
of
December 1888 proposed a more comprehensive Mobilisation Scheme for volunteer units, which would assemble in their own brigades at key points in case of war. In peacetime these brigades provided a structure for collective training. Under this scheme the Volunteer Battalions of the King's
883:
swept away the Home/Foreign service distinction, and all TF soldiers became liable for overseas service, if medically fit. The
Provisional Brigades thus became anomalous, and their units became numbered battalions of their parent units. On 1 January 1917 43rd Provisional Battalion became
557:: in the successful night attack of 15 May 1/5th King's were in reserve, providing carrying parties for the assaulting troops; further attacks next day were stopped by enemy fire. On 17 May the battalion was in support. Nevertheless, it suffered a number of casualties in these actions.
1064:
from 21 December 1943 until July 1944. When it returned to the UK, 9th King's left the division. Most formations in Home Forces were by now committed to supplying reinforcements to the units fighting overseas. 9th King's passed into suspended animation on 21 March 1946.
512:
The TF was intended to be a home defence force for service during wartime and members could not be compelled to serve outside the country. However, on 10 August 1914 TF units were invited to volunteer for overseas service and the majority did so. On 15 August, the
855:
The remaining Home
Service men of the TF were separated when the 3rd Line battalions were raised in May 1915, and were formed into Provisional Battalions for home defence. The men of 5th King's joined with those from the 6th (Rifle) Bn to form
977:
The TA was mobilised on 1 September 1939, and war was declared on 3 September. 5th King's remained in 165th (Merseyside) Bde of 55th (WL) Division, which was organised as a motor division. However, it did not go to France with the
691:(20–21 November): 55th (WL) Division had to go back into the line when the Germans counter-attacked on 30 November. 1/5th King's held Fleeceall Post, driving off a frontal attack, but the rest of the brigade suffered severely.
345:
area on 10 November 1859 and known as the 2nd Sub-Division until
December. It initially joined the 2nd Admin Battalion, but transferred to the new 1st RVC in December 1861. The 74th (St Anne's) Lancashire RVC formed in the
609:: in an attack here on 8 August 1/5th King's achieved the only small gain of the day. After the main attack on 3 September patrols of 1/5th King's penetrated deeply into High Wood and consolidated the captured ground.
518:
of these 2nd Line units would be the same as the original, but distinguished by a '2/' prefix. In this way duplicate battalions, brigades and divisions were created, mirroring those TF formations being sent overseas.
831:
The 3/5th King's was formed at
Liverpool in May 1915 and moved to Blackpool in the Autumn. Its role was to train reinforcement drafts for the 1st and 2nd Line battalions. By early 1916 it was at the training camp at
812:
In January 1917 57th (2nd WL) Division was released for service with the BEF, and the units crossed to France in February, taking their place in the line on 25 February. The division took part in the
773:, and in February 1915 it went to Canterbury where the 1st and 2nd Line Liverpool Brigades had been temporarily combined under a single commander. The 2nd Line brigade and division were numbered as
1025:(6 June 1944). After the successful completion of the assault landing phase of Overlord, 5th King's continued to serve with 21st Army Group on line of communication duties for the remainder of the
401:
17:
430:
While the sub-districts were referred to as 'brigades', they were purely administrative organisations and the volunteers were excluded from the 'mobilisation' part of the Cardwell system. The
1865:
History of the Great War: Order of Battle of Divisions, Part 2b: The 2nd-Line Territorial Force Divisions (57th–69th), with the Home-Service Divisions (71st–73rd) and 74th and 75th Divisions,
392:
572:
on 25 September. The battalion was brought back into the divisional area that night to relieve troops for a renewed attack. By 1 October 6 Bde was holding part of 'Gun Trench' near the
341:
These units (except the 22nd) were consolidated on 27 December 1861 to form the eight-company 1st Lancashire RVC. The 14th (Edge Hill) Lancashire RVC of two companies was formed in the
2261:
359:
2256:
406:
1457:
1850:
History of the Great War: Order of Battle of Divisions, Part 2a: The Territorial Force Mounted Divisions and the 1st-Line Territorial Force Divisions (42–56)
350:
area on 2 July 1860 was also absorbed into the 1st Lancashire RVC in 1862. A cadet corps of the RVC was formed in April 1865, but disbanded in 1884. The Rev
2246:
2251:
1042:
576:, with 1/5th King's in support. They were relieved on 3/4 October, and although they went back into the line on 13 October they were not engaged in the
1073:
When the TA was formally reconstituted on 1 January 1947, the 5th and 9th battalions were amalgamated and reformed as 5th King's. Its successor in the
819:
By early 1918 the BEF was suffering a manpower crisis and 2/5th King's was broken up on 1 February 1918 to reinforce other battalions of the regiment:
423:
of the regiment on 1 March 1888. Two more companies were sanctioned in 1883, followed by a 13th in 1900 when the Volunteers were expanded during the
2241:
588:, still in 2nd Division, but left on 7 January 1916 to rejoin its brigade in the West Lancashire Division, which were being reformed in France as
695:
892:. Part of the role of the former provisional units was physical conditioning to render men fit for drafting overseas, and 25th Kings landed at
857:
908:
in that formation. By mid-July the 'Garrison Guard' title had been dropped and it became a fighting battalion, serving with 176th Bde at the
994:. It remained in home defence, and in January 1942 it was placed on a lower establishment, indicating that it would not be deployed oversea
321:
22nd (Liverpool Exchange) Lancashire RVC, two companies, formed 30 January 1860; left 1st Admin Battalion December 1861 and disbanded 1863
1026:
979:
198:
1671:
531:
1101:
498:
311:
2236:
1489:
1046:
998:
889:
869:
1074:
547:
1041:
of 55th (WL) Division. After the division was reduced to lower establishment, the battalion left on 17 September 1942 to join
2182:
2167:
2149:
2079:
2029:
1964:
1937:
1113:
1002:
543:
2098:
1887:
386:
905:
778:
577:
1119:
1107:
956:(TA) later that year/ The battalion continued in 165th (Liverpool) Infantry Brigade in 55th (West Lancashire Division.
615:
2219:
2120:
2071:
2052:
2044:
2021:
2006:
1987:
1956:
1903:
1872:
1857:
1842:
953:
897:
379:
279:
93:
1094:
1929:
1129:
1038:
472:
347:
129:
596:
respectively. It remained with this formation until the end of the war, taking part in the following engagements:
1054:
841:
774:
636:
593:
468:
119:
813:
718:
680:
274:
it again formed a second line battalion. Both served in home defence, but the 5th King's landed in Normandy on
235:
1005:. This division eased to exist on 14 December 1943, when divisional HQ became HQ Lines of Communications for
585:
1136:, TD, Lt-Col King's Regiment (Liverpool) 1947, and Hon Col of the TA battalion and its successors until 1967
925:
717:: 1/5th King's was the left hand battalion of the division when the Germans broke through the neighbouring
45:
Badge of the King's Regiment (Liverpool), 1908–1927. A version with black metal was worn by the 5th King's.
916:
723:
535:
263:
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Difficulties Be Damned: The King's Regiment - A History of the City Regiment of Manchester and Liverpool
568:
and crater fighting on the division's front. It was not employed in 6th Bde's disastrous attack at the
1060:
9th King's returned to 55th (WL) Division on 12 April 1943 joining 165th Bde. The division served in
2037:
Orders of Battle, United Kingdom and Colonial Formations and Units in the Second World War, 1939–1945
1898:. Vol. 1 (Revised ed.). East Ardsley, Wakefield, Yorkshire: Microform Academic Publishers.
987:
880:
790:
589:
708:
688:
375:
176:
171:
1378:
986:, 55th (WL) Division was converted into a conventional infantry division in June 1940, serving in
909:
802:
674:
415:
The 1st Lancashire RVC became a volunteer battalion of The King's (Liverpool Regiment) under the
1361:
836:. It was redesignated 5th (Reserve) Bn, King's, on 8 April 1916, and on 1 September it absorbed
1123:
1078:
754:
731:
283:
181:
1835:
History of the Great War: Order of Battle of Divisions, Part 1: The Regular British Divisions
668:
166:
1270:
1014:
782:
645:
1913:
1009:, and many of it units were assigned roles in the forthcoming Allied invasion of Normandy (
606:
573:
351:
342:
325:
769:
The 2/5th Bn King's was formed at Liverpool in September 1914. In November it was sent to
8:
1158:
1153:
600:
554:
431:
303:
219:
161:
151:
1154:"Badge, headdress, British, The King's (Liverpool) Regiment, 5th Territorial Battalion"
1010:
983:
940:
798:
789:.303-inch rifles in poor condition. At this time 57th (2nd WL) Division formed part of
714:
561:
307:
1049:, but that formation was preparing to embark for the Allied invasion of North Africa (
270:, as did its second line second-line battalion, and even a garrison battalion. Before
2215:
2178:
2163:
2155:
2145:
2116:
2094:
2075:
2067:
2048:
2040:
2025:
2017:
2002:
1983:
1960:
1952:
1933:
1925:
1899:
1883:
1868:
1853:
1838:
456:
435:(Liverpool Regiment), together with VBs from other regiments based in Lancashire and
355:
255:
242:. It traced its heritage to the raising in 1859 of a number rifle volunteer corps in
89:
1995:
History of the Second World War, United Kingdom Military Series: Victory in the West
1976:
History of the Second World War, United Kingdom Military Series: Victory in the West
1061:
837:
820:
656:
626:
416:
371:
1951:, London: HM Stationery Office, 1947/Imperial War Museum and Battery Press, 1993,
901:
443:. By 1900 the brigade consisted only of the 1st–6th and 8th Volunteer Bns King's.
40:
1852:, London: HM Stationery Office, 1935/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, 2007,
1837:, London: HM Stationery Office, 1934/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, 2007,
1050:
1006:
786:
460:
452:
424:
85:
2093:, London: HM Stationery Office, 1948/Uckfield: Naval and Military Press, 2009,
1867:
London: HM Stationery Office, 1937/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, 2007,
1133:
758:
569:
565:
560:
In August 1/5th King's was attached temporarily to 2nd Divisional HQ to act as
440:
156:
70:
2177:, London: Arnold, 3 Vols, 1928–35/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, 2002,
997:
5th King's left 55th (WL) Division on 16 April 1943, and on 18 July it joined
467:, on 1 April 1908, It remained in the Liverpool Brigade, assigned to the TF's
2230:
1090:
960:
794:
952:
Regiment (Liverpool) from 1 January 1921, and the TF was reorganised as the
896:
as a 'Garrison Guard' battalion on 7 May 1918. In France it was attached to
833:
797:
in Home Forces, but in July 1916 it moved into the Emergency Reserve around
250:(RVC). It was affiliated to the King's Regiment (Liverpool), and became its
2001:, London: HM Stationery Office, 1968/Uckfield: Naval & Military, 2004,
1982:, London: HM Stationery Office, 1962/Uckfield: Naval & Military, 2004,
1971:
271:
239:
188:
81:
2039:, London: HM Stationery Office, 1960/London: London Stamp Exchange, 1990,
939:
25th King's continued serving after the war, and was finally disbanded in
2066:, London: Macmillan, 1938/Imperial War Museum & Battery Press, 1992,
1018:
991:
873:
660:
659:(25–28 September): 165th Bde seized its first and second objectives near
493:
374:
of 1872, volunteer battalions were brigaded with their local regular and
267:
145:
2160:, Vol 1, London: Nelson, 1921/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, 2002
2135:
Titles and Designations of Formations and Units of the Territorial Army
1924:, London: Macmillan, 1937/Imperial War Museum and Battery Press, 1995,
861:
514:
502:
476:
299:
2087:
History of the Great War: Military Operations, France and Belgium 1917
2060:
History of the Great War: Military Operations, France and Belgium 1916
1945:
History of the Great War: Military Operations, France and Belgium 1918
1918:
History of the Great War: Military Operations, France and Belgium 1918
700:
334:
66th (Liverpool Borough Guard) Lancashire RVC, formed on 25 April 1860
932:. By the Armistice the battalion had reached Velaines, north-east of
770:
530:. However, the division was progressively broken up to reinforce the
328:
area on 20 January 1860 and known as the 1st Sub-division until March
295:
243:
133:
378:
battalions. Sub-District No 13 (County of Lancashire) was formed in
318:
1st (Liverpool) Lancashire RVC, three companies, formed 28 June 1859
663:, then 1/5th King's went up from reserve to reinforce the position.
539:
436:
254:
of the regiment. In 1908 the battalion was transferred to the new
2195:
933:
920:
865:
630:
393:
2nd Royal Lancashire Militia (The Duke of Lancaster's Own Rifles)
382:
with headquarters at Liverpool and the following units assigned:
1880:
Riflemen Form: A Study of the Rifle Volunteer Movement 1859–1908
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on 1 August 1915. Until November the infantry only had obsolete
398:
1st Lancashire RVC (with 48th and 54th Lancashire RVCs attached)
370:
Under the 'Localisation of the Forces' scheme introduced by the
893:
806:
1943:
Brig-Gen Sir James E. Edmonds & Lt-Col R. Maxwell-Hyslop,
538:. The 1/5th King's was one of the units that left, landing at
419:
on 1 July 1881 with 10 companies, and was redesignated as the
1022:
912:(21–23 August) and the final advance in Artois and Flanders.
526:
In October 1914 the West Lancashire Division concentrated in
275:
193:
619:
British soldiers in a wrecked German trench at Ginchy, 1916.
331:
45th Lancashire RVC, formed in Liverpool on 27 February 1860
282:
was reduced in 1967, the 5th King's became a company of the
1029:. The battalion was placed in suspended animation in 1945.
929:
527:
506:
816:(26 October–7 November) during the Third Ypres Offensive.
750:
18:
1st Volunteer Battalion, King's (Liverpool Regiment)
550:. It served with 2nd Division in the following actions:
294:
The 1st Lancashire RVC of three companies was raised in
823:, 2/7th, 11th (Service) (Pioneers) and 12th (Service).
402:
5th (Liverpool Volunteer Rifle Brigade) Lancashire RVC
1053:), so from 1 December 1942 206th Bde was attached to
337:
69th (Liverpool) Lancashire RVC, formed on 31 May 1860
1682:
Army Council Instructions, January 1916, Appendix 18.
2262:
Military units and formations disestablished in 1967
2175:
History of the King's Regiment (Liverpool) 1914–1919
2128:
Army Council Instructions Issued During January 1916
2106:
Army Council Instructions Issued During January 1916
2064:
2nd July 1916 to the End of the Battles of the Somme
1949:
26th September–11th November, The Advance to Victory
1104:, appointed 10 September 1862, died 23 October 1869
785:with which to train; then they were given salvaged
501:, then joined the rest of the Liverpool Brigade at
278:as part of a specialist beach group 1939. When the
1922:March–April: Continuation of the German Offensives
2257:Military units and formations established in 1908
1110:, appointed 21 September 1870, died 23 April 1893
1017:as its infantry component, and landed with it on
757:came into force on 11 November. 1/5th King's was
2228:
982:(BEF) and remained in the UK. After the BEF was
633:' their way into the trench known as Wood Lane.
324:38th (Liverpool) Lancashire RVC, formed in the
1126:, appointed 15 June 1908, died 4 February 1948
1116:, appointed 15 January 1894, died 14 June 1908
649:British infantry at Morval, 25 September 1916.
2158:The History of the Second Division, 1914–1918
2074:/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, 2005,
2047:/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, 2003,
2024:/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, 2001,
1959:/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, 2021,
1932:/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, 2009,
1896:Lineage Book of British Land Forces 1660–1978
1453:
1451:
1449:
1447:
1445:
1443:
1441:
1439:
847:The battalion was disbanded on 12 June 1919.
1257:
1255:
1253:
1251:
1249:
1247:
1245:
1243:
1241:
2247:Military units and formations in Lancashire
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1467:
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1239:
1237:
1235:
1233:
1231:
1229:
1227:
1225:
1223:
1221:
1057:, which was training for Overlord in Kent.
699:Men of 55th (WL) Division marching through
629:(9 September): the battalion successfully '
584:On 15 December 1/5th King's transferred to
411:80th (Liverpool Press Guard) Lancashire RVC
360:80th (Liverpool Press Guard) Lancashire RVC
2252:Military units and formations in Liverpool
1699:
1697:
1667:
1665:
1663:
1501:
1499:
1497:
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1483:
1436:
1429:
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1425:
1423:
1374:
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1202:
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1198:
1196:
1194:
740:Capture of Canteleux Trench (17 September)
703:after the defence of Givenchy, April 1918.
465:5th Battalion, King's Regiment (Liverpool)
260:5th Battalion, King's Regiment (Liverpool)
232:5th Battalion, King's Regiment (Liverpool)
39:
34:5th Battalion, King's Regiment (Liverpool)
1893:
1741:
1739:
1737:
1735:
1513:
1511:
1413:
1411:
1409:
964:converted into the divisional engineers.
234:(5th King's) was a volunteer unit of the
1462:
1407:
1405:
1403:
1401:
1399:
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1395:
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1102:Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby
694:
644:
614:
499:London, Brighton and South Coast Railway
246:, which were soon consolidated into the
2242:Infantry battalions of the British Army
1694:
1660:
1494:
1480:
1420:
1369:
1191:
1097:of the battalion during its existence:
743:Pursuit to Mons (2 October–11 November)
737:Capture of Givenchy Craters (24 August)
14:
2229:
2137:, London: War Office, 7 November 1927.
1732:
1508:
1291:
1289:
1287:
1285:
1283:
1281:
1075:Territorial and Army Volunteer Reserve
358:in 1865, but later transferred to the
2130:, London: HM Stationery Office, 1916.
2108:, London: HM Stationery Office, 1916.
1386:
1114:Frederick Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby
1003:54th (East Anglian) Infantry Division
844:at Oswestry for the rest of the war.
407:64th (Liverpool Irish) Lancashire RVC
1084:
564:, probably because of the amount of
446:
248:1st Lancashire Rifle Volunteer Corps
32:1st Lancashire Rifle Volunteer Corps
2189:
1676:
1278:
1179:Beckett, pp. 14–5, 19; Appendix VI.
906:176th (2/1st Staffordshire) Brigade
779:57th (2nd West Lancashire) Division
578:Actions of the Hohenzollern Redoubt
365:
24:
2204:
1882:, Aldershot: Ogilby Trusts, 1982,
1672:57th Division at Long, Long Trail.
1490:55th Division at Long, Long Trail.
1120:Edward Stanley, 17th Earl of Derby
1108:Edward Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby
1077:from 1967 was B (King's) Company,
475:in Liverpool, which served as the
463:of 1908, the battalion became the
289:
25:
2273:
2214:, Knutsford: Fleur de Lys, 2000,
2144:, Barnsley: Pen and Sword, 2010,
1539:Wyrall, pp. 202–13; Appendix XII.
1045:. This was initially attached to
898:59th (2nd North Midland) Division
479:for the eight-company battalion.
387:8th (The King's) Regiment of Foot
1130:John Stanley, 18th Earl of Derby
542:on 22 February 1915 and joining
306:, one of the originators of the
80:
63:
1814:
1805:
1796:
1783:
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1748:
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1706:
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1608:
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1542:
1533:
1520:
1355:
1346:
1337:
1328:
1319:
1310:
967:
842:West Lancashire Reserve Brigade
826:
775:171st (2/1st Liverpool) Brigade
764:
594:55th (West Lancashire) Division
521:
487:
262:. It saw active service on the
120:55th (West Lancashire) Division
2113:The Army and Society 1815–1914
2016:, London: Samson Books, 1978,
1712:Edmonds & Maxwell-Hyslop,
1644:, Vol II, pp. 170–5, 223, 285.
1301:
1264:
1209:
1182:
1173:
1146:
1043:206th Independent Infantry Bde
1013:). 5th King's was assigned to
850:
814:Second Battle of Passchendaele
783:.256-in Japanese Ariska rifles
681:Battle of the Menin Road Ridge
482:
13:
1:
1826:
1811:Joslen, pp. 69–70, 75–6, 369.
1316:Dunlop, pp. 60–1; Appendix A.
1032:
1027:campaign in North West Europe
972:
2142:Tracing the Rifle Volunteers
1894:Frederick, J. B. M. (1984).
439:formed a large and unwieldy
7:
2237:King's Regiment (Liverpool)
1458:King's at Long, Long Trail.
980:British Expeditionary Force
946:
904:, and on 16 June it joined
805:. In September it moved to
637:Battle of Flers–Courcelette
532:British Expeditionary Force
455:were subsumed into the new
236:King's Regiment (Liverpool)
10:
2278:
2115:, London: Longmans, 1980,
1561:Wyrall, pp 202–13, 222–31.
1068:
858:43rd Provisional Battalion
471:. It was headquartered at
2014:British Regiments 1914–18
1745:Joslen, pp. 89–91, 351–3.
1727:Titles & Designations
881:Military Service Act 1916
590:165th (Liverpool) Brigade
213:
208:
139:
125:
115:
107:
99:
76:
58:
54:28 June 1859–1 April 1967
50:
38:
31:
1703:Becke, Pt 2b, pp. 17–23.
1433:Becke, Pt 2a, pp. 133–9.
1307:Beckett, pp. 135, 185–6.
1140:
1037:9th King's mobilised in
840:. It formed part of the
838:6th (Reserve) (Rifle) Bn
677:(31 July –2 August 1917)
469:West Lancashire Division
1592:, Vol II, pp. 178, 268.
870:3rd Provisional Brigade
801:, with 2/5th King's at
675:Battle of Pilckem Ridge
421:1st Volunteer Battalion
252:1st Volunteer Battalion
1980:The Battle of Normandy
1517:Becke, Pt 1, pp. 41–7.
1505:Becke, Pt 2b, pp. 1–7.
1215:Beckett, Appendix VII.
1079:Lancastrian Volunteers
1055:43rd (Wessex) Division
999:163rd Infantry Brigade
984:evacuated from Dunkirk
919:was closing up to the
886:25th Battalion, King's
755:Armistice with Germany
732:Hundred Days Offensive
704:
650:
620:
284:Lancastrian Volunteers
182:Hundred Days Offensive
2091:The Battle of Cambrai
1999:The Defeat of Germany
1820:Frederick, pp. 338–9.
1206:Westlake, pp. 139–51.
749:The battalion was at
698:
669:Third Battle of Ypres
648:
618:
167:Third Battle of Ypres
2198:The Long, Long Trail
2085:Capt Wilfred Miles,
2058:Capt Wilfred Miles,
2035:Lt-Col H.F. Joslen,
1334:Beckett, pp. 247–53.
753:in Belgium when the
607:Battle of Guillemont
574:Hohenzollern Redoubt
310:; his commission as
1716:, Vol V, pp 419–20.
1570:Wyrall, pp. 239–43.
1352:Spiers, Chapter 10.
1343:Dunlop, Chapter 14.
1159:Imperial War Museum
872:in the defences of
601:Battle of the Somme
555:Battle of Festubert
492:At the outbreak of
432:Stanhope Memorandum
304:Nathaniel Bousfield
220:Nathaniel Bousfield
162:Battle of the Somme
152:Battle of Festubert
2111:Edward M. Spiers,
1878:Ian F.W. Beckett,
1691:Frederick, p. 184.
1631:, Vol III, p. 177.
1552:Vol II, pp. 252–5.
1325:Spiers, pp. 228–9.
1261:Frederick, p. 127.
1188:Spiers, pp. 163–6.
1011:Operation Overlord
943:on 28 March 1920.
715:Battle of Estaires
705:
651:
621:
308:Volunteer movement
2210:Patrick Mileham,
2183:978-1-84342-360-7
2168:978-1-84342-333-1
2150:978-1-84884-211-3
2080:978-1-84574-721-3
2030:978-1-84342-197-9
2012:Brig E.A. James,
1965:978-1-78331-624-3
1938:978-1-84574-726-8
1618:, Vol II, p. 379.
1605:, Vol II, p. 276.
1380:Monthly Army List
1085:Honorary Colonels
915:On 21–22 October
761:on 13 June 1919.
709:Battle of the Lys
689:Battle of Cambrai
683:(20–23 September)
639:(17–22 September)
473:65 St Anne Street
457:Territorial Force
447:Territorial Force
380:Northern District
356:Honorary Chaplain
256:Territorial Force
225:
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199:North West Europe
177:Battle of the Lys
172:Battle of Cambrai
130:65 St Anne Street
90:Territorial Force
16:(Redirected from
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2190:External sources
2173:Everard Wyrall,
2156:Everard Wyrall,
2099:978-1-84574724-4
1993:Maj L.F. Ellis,
1914:James E. Edmonds
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627:Battle of Ginchy
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417:Childers Reforms
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116:Part of
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1089:Successive
1019:Sword Beach
992:East Anglia
926:Second Army
874:East Anglia
851:25th King's
791:Second Army
787:Lee–Enfield
759:demobilised
661:Gueudecourt
544:6th Brigade
494:World War I
483:World War I
352:John Howson
268:World War I
146:World War I
140:Engagements
126:Garrison/HQ
2231:Categories
2062:, Vol II,
1997:, Vol II:
1972:L.F. Ellis
1920:, Vol II,
1827:References
1165:17 October
1093:served as
1033:9th King's
973:5th King's
959:After the
917:Fifth Army
862:Sheringham
719:Portuguese
515:War Office
503:Canterbury
477:drill hall
453:Volunteers
300:Lancashire
216:commanders
209:Commanders
1978:, Vol I:
1947:, Vol V,
1758:, p. 218.
1657:, p. 687.
1640:Edmonds,
1548:Edmonds,
1530:, p. 186.
1296:Army List
890:223rd Bde
799:Aldershot
771:Blackpool
451:When the
348:St Anne's
343:Edge Hill
326:Fairfield
296:Liverpool
244:Liverpool
134:Liverpool
1778:Normandy
1756:Normandy
1653:Wyrall,
1526:Wyrall,
1477:, p. 72.
1473:Wyrall,
988:II Corps
947:Interwar
834:Oswestry
724:Givenchy
562:pioneers
540:Le Havre
437:Cheshire
103:Infantry
1791:Germany
1776:Ellis,
1754:Ellis,
1729:, 1927.
1627:Miles,
1614:Miles,
1601:Miles,
1588:Miles,
1069:Postwar
1001:of the
934:Tournai
921:Schelde
866:Norfolk
803:Bourley
701:BĂ©thune
376:Militia
312:Captain
266:during
258:as the
238:of the
214:Notable
59:Country
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77:Branch
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51:Active
1141:Notes
1023:D day
941:Egypt
302:, by
276:D Day
194:D Day
2216:ISBN
2179:ISBN
2164:ISBN
2146:ISBN
2117:ISBN
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2076:ISBN
2068:ISBN
2049:ISBN
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