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
[combined battle honours of The King's Regiment and The Manchester
Regiment, with the following emblazoned on the Colours:]
Blenheim, Ramillies, Oudenarde, Malplaquet, Dettingen, Guadeloupe
1759, Egmont-op-Zee, [Egypt 1801]1, Peninsula, Martinique
1809, Guadeloupe 1810, Niagara, New Zealand, Alma, Inkerman,
Sevastopol, Delhi 1857, Lucknow, Peiwar Kotal, Afghanistan
1878-80, Egypt 1882, Burma 1885-87, Defence of Ladysmith,
South Africa 1899-1902
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
Afghanistan 1919
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
Deployment
1st Battalion
1958.09.01 1st Battalion, The King's Regiment
(Manchester and Liverpool)
formed by amalgamation of 1st Bn, The King's Regiment (Liverpool),
and 1st Bn, The Manchester Regiment
1958.09 England: Brentwood
1959 Kenya & Kuwait
1962.01 Berlin
1964 Northern Ireland
1964 (London)
1964 Northern Ireland
1965 (West Indies)
1965 Northern Ireland
1968 England: Catterick
1968.12.13 1st Battalion, The King's Regiment
1971.01 England: Weeton 42 or 24 Bde
1972.04 (Northern Ireland)
1972.08 England: Weeton 42 or 24 Bde
1972.11 Hong Kong
1975.03 Northern Ireland: Londonderry 8 Inf Bde
1976.09 England: Colchester 19 Inf Bde
1977.01 Colchester 7 Field Force
1979.02 (Northern Ireland)
1979.06 England: Colchester 7 Field Force
1980.06 Germany: Osnabrück 5 Field Force
1982.01 Osnabrück 12 Armd Bde
1984.06 (Northern Ireland)
1984.10 Germany: Osnabrück 12 Armd Bde
1985 England: Chester 42 Bde
1987.05 (Northern Ireland)
1987.09 England: Chester 42 Bde
1988.11 Berlin Berlin Bde
1990.02 Northern Ireland: Ballykelly 8 Inf Bde
1992.04 England: London London Dist
1996.07 Cyprus
1998.02 England: Weeton 42 Bde
2001.04 Catterick 19 Mech Bde [Warrior bn]
2003.07 (Iraq) 19 Mech Bde2003.11 England: Catterick (Bourlon
Barracks) 19 Mech Bde
2004.05 (Kosovo) [coy]
2004 England: Catterick (Bourlon Barracks) 19 Mech Bde
2006.07.01 2nd Battalion, The Duke of Lancaster's Regiment
(King's, Lancashire and Border)
2006.07 England: Catterick (Bourlon Barracks) 19 Mech Bde
2007.03 absorbed personnel of 3rd Battalion
2007.03 England: Catterick (Bourlon Barracks) 19 Mech Bde
