The 8th Foot was raised in 1685 as the Princess Anne of Denmark Regiment and became The Liverpool Regiment in 1881.

1685.06.19 The Princess Anne of Denmark's Regiment of Foot
raised in Derbyshire and Hertfordshire; named for the future Queen Anne; also known until 1751 by names of colonels
1702 The Queen's Regiment of Foot
(redesignated when Princess Anne became Queen)
1716 The King's Regiment of Foot
(re-named for King George I)
1751.07.01 8th (The King's) Regiment of Foot
1881.07.01 The King's (Liverpool Regiment)
reorganised as the city regiment of Liverpool, encompassing also its Militia and Volunteer infantry [see below]
1921.01.01 The King's Regiment (Liverpool)
1958.09.01 amalgamated with The Manchester Regiment, to form The King's Regiment (Manchester and Liverpool)

Battle Honours WW1
The Great War [45 battalions]: Mons, Retreat from Mons, Marne 1914, Aisne 1914, Ypres 1914 '15 '17, Langemarck 1914 '17, Gheluvelt, Nonne Bosschen, Neuve Chapelle, Gravenstafel, St. Julien, Frezenberg, Bellewaarde, Aubers, Festubert 1915, Loos, Somme 1916 '18, Albert 1916 '18, Bazentin, Delville Wood, Guillemont, Ginchy, Flers- Courcelette, Morval, Le Transloy, Ancre 1916, Bapaume 1917 '18, Arras 1917 '18, Scarpe 1917 '18, Arleux, Pilckem, Menin Road, Polygon Wood, Poelcappelle, Passchendaele, Cambrai 1917 '18, St. Quentin, Rosières, Avre, Lys, Estaires, Messines 1918, Bailleul, Kemmel, Béthune, Scherpenberg, Drocourt-Quéant, Hindenburg Line, Épéhy, Canal du Nord, Selle, Sambre, France and Flanders 1914-18, Doiran 1917, Macedonia 1915-18, N.W. Frontier India 1915, Archangel 1918-19

Battle Honours WW2
The Second World War: Normandy Landing, North-West Europe 1944, Cassino II, Trasimene Line, Tuori, Capture of Forli, Rimini Line, Italy 1944-45, Athens, Greece 1944-45, Chindits 1943, Chindits 1944, Burma 1943-44

The Hook 1953, Korea 1952-53

 

Museum of The King's Regiment, (Army Museums Ogilby Trust)

Deployment
1st Battalion

1881.07.01 1st Battalion, The King's (Liverpool Regiment)
1881 Manchester
1881 Tynemouth
1882 Ireland: Curragh
1885 Ireland: Dublin
1891 Bermuda
1893 Nova Scotia: Halifax
1895 West Indies
1897 Natal
1899 South Africa
1902 Burma: Rangoon
1905 India: Nasirabad
1908 Ireland: Fermoy
1912 England: Aldershot 6 Bde
1914.08 France and Flanders 2 Div
1919 Jersey
1920 Ireland: Bantry
1921.01.01 1st Battalion, The King's Regiment (Liverpool)
1923 Turkey Army of Occupation
1924 England: Aldershot 2 Bde
1926 Malta
1927 Sudan
1928 Egypt
1932.03 India: Jubbulpore
1935 Multan
1937.05 converted to MG battalion
1938 Landi Kotal
1939 India
1943.08 Burma
1945 India
1945.03.01 15th (The King's) Battalion, The Parachute Regiment
converted to para role at Rawalpindi
1945 India
1945.06.21 15th Battalion, The Parachute Regiment
1945 India
1947 1st Battalion, The King's Regiment (Liverpool)
converted back to infantry
1947 England: Liverpool
1948.09.06 amalgamated with 2nd Battalion without change of title
1948 Germany: Iserlohn 2 Div
1950 Berlin
1952.03 ?
1952.09 Korea 29 Inf Bde Gp
1953.101 Hong Kong
1955 England: Bury St Edmunds
1956 Germany 5 Bde, BAOR
1957.09 Germany 21 Bde
1958.05 England: Brentwood
1958.09.01 amalgamated with 1st Bn, The Manchester Regiment, to form 1st Bn, The King's Regiment (Manchester and Liverpool)