8th Regiment of Foot

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)

1st Battalion alternated with		2nd Battalion
1801 Egypt		1833 India
1846 India		1838 Burma
1868 India		1842 India
1905 Nasirabad		1870 India
1932 Jubbulpore		1880 Afghanistan
1938 Landi Kotal		1882 Egypt
1945 India		1904 Sitapur
		1906 Secunderabad
		1909 Kamptee
		1911 Jullunder
		1916 Mesopotamia

The regiment was at Deesa in Gujarat on 20 July 1853.

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

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The King's Regiment (Liverpool) British Armed Forces & National Service. Shows deployments.
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Photos (scroll down) of King’s Liverpool Regiment 1935 Landi Kotel North West Frontier
Private Arthur Leslie Howney (www.pegasusarchive.org) He died a prisoner of war in Burma in 1943