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8th Regiment of Foot

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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/8th_(The_King's)_Regiment_of_Foot 8th (The King's) Regiment of Foot] Wikipedia<br>*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_King%27s_(Liverpool_Regiment) King's Regiment (Liverpool)] Wikipedia<br>*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_King%27s_Regiment_(Liverpool) King's Regiment (Liverpool)] Wikipedia<br>*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duke_of_Lancaster%27s_Regiment_(King%27s_Lancashire_and_Border) Duke of Lancaster's Regiment] Wikipedia
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*[http://web.archive.org/web/20071228194614/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/008KingL.htm The King's Regiment (Liverpool)] including deployments: [http://web.archive.org/web/20071216143614/http://www.regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/008-1.htm 1st Battalion], [http://web.archive.org/web/20071228095506/http://www.regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/008-2.htm 2nd Battalion] Regiments.org, an archived website.<br>*[http://www.britisharmedforces.org/i_regiments/kingsLiv_index.htm The King's Regiment (Liverpool)] British Armed Forces & National Service. Shows deployments. <br>*[http://yourarchives.nationalarchives.gov.uk/index.php?title=Biographical_Research:_The_King's_Regiment Biographical Research: The King's Regiment] Your Archives<br>*[http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/mol/visit/galleries/soldiers/research/ The King's Regiment: biographical research] Museum of Liverpool**[http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/mol/visit/galleries/soldiers/research/archives-sources.aspx Kings Regiment sources at the Maritime Archives and Library]**[http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/mol/visit/galleries/soldiers/research/which-battalion.aspx In which Battalion did he serve?] The 2nd Battalion remained in India throughout the [[First World War]]. The 1st Battalion took part in the 2nd Chindit Operation in Burma, 1944 and the 13th Battalion took part in the first Chindit Operation in Burma in 1943*[http://www.thefedoralounge.com/showthread.php?10666-The-Adventurer-s-Gear-Thread/page111 Photos] (scroll down) of King’s Liverpool Regiment 1935 Landi Kotel North West Frontier. thefedoralounge.com<br>*[http://www.chinditslongcloth1943.com/index.html Chindit Chasing, Operation Longcloth 1943] includes the story of Pte. Arthur Leslie Howney who was a Chindit in 1943 and was part of the 13th King's Liverpool Battalion which formed the British half of the infantry soldiers for the 77th Indian Infantry Brigade that year. Steve Fogden’s extensive website.**[http://www.pegasusarchive.org/pow/arthur_howney.htm Private Arthur Leslie Howney] (www.pegasusarchive.org) He died a prisoner of war in Burma in 1943(An earlier shorter story)
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