List of battalions of the King's Regiment (Liverpool)
- List of battalions of the King's Regiment (Liverpool)
This is a list of battalions of the King's Regiment (Liverpool), which existed as a regiment of the British Army from 1881 to 1958.
Original composition
When the 8th (The King's) Regiment of Foot became the King's (Liverpool Regiment) in 1881 under the Cardwell-Childers reforms of the British Armed Forces, eight pre-existent militia and volunteer battalions of Lancashire and the Isle of Man were integrated into the structure of the King's Regiment. Volunteer battalions had been created in reaction to a perceived threat of invasion by France the late 1850s. They were formed as "rifle volunteer corps", independent of the British Army and composed primarily of the middle class. The only change to the regiment's structure during the period of 1881-1908 occurred during the Second Boer War. The militia battalions were renumbered as the 5th and 6th to accommodate two new regular battalions formed in Ireland in 1900. They were disbanded the following year and the militia reverted to their original designations.
Inter-War
By 1922, all of the regiment's war-raised battalions had disbanded. The King's would not, however, return to its original peacetime size; it would lose the 8th (Liverpool Irish) and 9th Battalions shortly after the war ended. The Special Reserve reverted to its militia designation in 1921, then to Supplementary Reserve in 1924; however, its battalions were effectively placed in 'suspended animation'. As World War II, approached, the Territorial Army was reorganised in the mid-1930s, many of its infantry battalions were converted to other roles, especially anti-aircraft.
Notes
References
*cite book | author=Patrick Mileham | title=Difficulties Be Damned: The King's Regiment - A History of the City Regiment of Manchester and Liverpool | publisher=Fleur de Lys | year=2000 | id=ISBN 1-873907-10-9
* [http://www.1914-1918.net/kings.htm The Long, Long Trail (1914-1918)] . Accessed 17 November 2005
* [http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/008KingL.htm Regiments.org] . Accessed 17 November 2005
* [http://www.warpath.orbat.com/regts/kings_liverpool.htm The Regiment Warpath (1914-1918)] . Accessed 17 November 2005
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