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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 ==
===Historical books online===
*[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>
*[httphttps://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/mol/visit/galleries/soldiers/archivesheet40 "Biographical research/ The into the King's Regiment: biographical research"] Liverpool Museums, Archive Centre Maritime Museum of Information sheet 40, from the page Liverpool**[http:Museums/Merseyside Maritime Museum/www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/molAbout/visit/galleriesArchives Centre/soldiersInformation Sheets/research/archives-sourcesTracing your Ancestors.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://d-dayrevisited.co.uk/veterans/cyril-askew.html Cyril Askew: King'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.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.
*[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 [[96th Regiment of Foot|96th]] Regiments of Foot.
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