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8th Regiment of Foot

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Also known as the '''King's Regiment''', and the '''The Liverpools'''
== Chronology ==
*'''1685''' raised as the Princess Anne of Denmark's Regiment of Foot
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The regiment was at Deesa in Gujarat on 20 July 1853.
The regiment, (1st Battalion) was at Landi Kotal in 1935.<ref>[https://www.thefedoralounge.com/threads/the-adventurers-gear-thread.10666/page-56#post-467711 The Adventurer's Gear Thread] Post 1110, 19 December 2009. Fedora Lounge. Unfortunately the photographs posted are now no longer available. Retrieved 8 March 2020.</ref>== External Links links =====Historical Books Onlinebooks 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'' [http://books.google.com/books?id=0wYRAAAAYAAJ&pg=PR4-IA5 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 '' [http://www.archive.org/stream/historicalrecor00goog Archive.org] 1883.This contains information from the previously mentioned book. Indian Service commences [http://www.archive.org/stream/historicalrecor00goog#page/n142/mode/1up page 95] in 1846*[http://www.archive.org/stream/kurumkabulkandah00roberich#page/n9/mode/2up ''Kurum, Kabul & Kandahar being a brief record of impressions in three campaigns under General Roberts''] by Charles Gray Robertson, Lieutenant 8th (the King’s) Regiment 1881 Archive.org
===Other===
*[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
[[Category:British Army Infantry Regiments]]<br>
*[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>*[https://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/archivesheet40 "Biographical research into the King's Regiment"] Liverpool Museums, Archive Centre Maritime Museum Information sheet 40, from the page Liverpool Museums/Merseyside Maritime Museum/About/Archives Centre/Information Sheets/Tracing your Ancestors.**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://webcached-dayrevisited.googleusercontentco.comuk/veterans/search?q=cachecyril-askew.html Cyril Askew:1X2lZv6_moUJKing's Liverpool Regiment] d-dayrevisited.co.uk. He was in the 2nd Battalion and served on the North West Frontier from 1937 (scroll down).*[http://www.thefedoraloungechinditslongcloth1943.com/showthreadindex.html Chindit Chasing, Operation Longcloth 1943] includes the story of Pte.php%3Ft%3D11144%26page%3D56+Arthur Leslie Howney who was a Chindit in 1943 and was part of the 13th King%E2%80%99s+'s Liverpool+Regiment+1935+Landi+Kotel+North+West+Frontier&cd=2&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=au Battalion which formed the British half of the infantry soldiers for the 77th Indian Infantry Brigade that year. Steve Fogden’s Photosextensive website.**[http://www.pegasusarchive.org/pow/arthur_howney.htm Private Arthur Leslie Howney] (scroll downwww.pegasusarchive.org) He died a prisoner of war in Burma in 1943 (An earlier shorter story) *[https://web.archive.org/web/20160304080911/https://www.army.mod.uk/documents/general/Regimental_History.pdf “The Regimental History of the Duke of Lancaster’s Regiment”] army.mod.uk, now an archived webpage.:The constituent regiments are the [[4th Regiment of Foot|4th]], [[8th Regiment of Foot|8th]], [[30th Regiment of Foot|30th]], [[34th Regiment of Foot|34th]], [[40th Regiment of Foot|40th]], [[47th Regiment of Foot|47th]], [[55th Regiment of Foot|55th]], [[59th Regiment of Foot|59th]], [[63rd Regiment of Foot|63rd]], [[81st Regiment of Foot|81st]], [[82nd Regiment of Foot|82nd]] and King’s Liverpool [[96th Regiment 1935 Landi Kotel North West Frontierof Foot|96th]] Regiments of Foot. ==References==<references/>{{#widget:Google PlusOne|size=small|count=true}}
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