8th Regiment of Foot

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Also known as The Liverpools

Chronology

  • 1685 raised as the Princess Anne of Denmark's Regiment of Foot
  • 1702 became the Queen's Regiment of Foot
  • 1715 became the King's Regiment of Foot
  • 1751 became 8th (The King's) Regiment of Foot
  • 1881 became The King's (Liverpool Regiment)
  • 1921 became The King's Regiment (Liverpool)
  • 1958 amalgamated with the 1st Battalion, Manchester Regiment to become the King's Regiment (Manchester and Liverpool)
  • 2006 amalgamated with the King's Own Royal Border Regiment and the Queen's Lancashire Regiment to become the 2nd Battalion Duke of Lancaster's Regiment (King's Lancashire and Border)

External Links

Historical Books Online

  • Historical record of the Eighth, or King’s Regiment of Foot: containing an account of the formation of the regiment in 1685, and of its subsequent services to 1844 Google Books 1844
  • Historical record of the King’s Liverpool Regiment of Foot: containing an account of the formation of the regiment in 1685, and of its subsequent services to 1881 Archive.org 1883.This contains information from the previously mentioned book. Indian Service commences page 95 in 1846

Other

8th (The King's) Regiment of Foot Wikipedia
King's Regiment (Liverpool) Wikipedia
King's Regiment (Liverpool) Wikipedia
Duke of Lancaster's Regiment Wikipedia

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