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**[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.
**[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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