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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
*'''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)
== Service in British India =={| class="wikitable"|-| '''1st Battalion''' alternated with| | '''2nd Battalion'''|-| '''1801''' [[Egyptian Campaign 1801|Egypt]]|| '''1833''' India|-| '''1846''' India|| '''1838''' [[Burma]]|-| '''1868''' India|| '''1842''' India|-| '''1905''' [[Nusseerabad|Nasirabad]]|| '''1870''' India|-| '''1932''' [[Jubbulpore]]|| '''1880''' [[2nd Afghan War|Afghanistan]]|-| '''1938''' [[Landi Kotal]]|| '''1882''' [[Egyptian Campaign 1882|Egypt]]|-| '''1945''' India| | '''1904''' [[Sitapur]]|-|| | '''1906''' [[Secunderabad]]|-|| | '''1909''' [[Kamptee]] |-| || '''1911''' [[Jullunder]] |}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://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.thefedoraloungechinditslongcloth1943.com/showthreadindex.php?t=11144&page=56 Photoshtml 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] (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}}