The Kings Liverpool Regiment

[lillian66]

Hi All

Does anyone know where I can find out more about The Kings Liverpool Regiment??

I have two great uncles who were both killed in WW1 serving in this regiment and would like to try and find where they would have been fighting.

Does anyone know of a regimental website??

Thanks

[richard64]

The Liverpool Museum has a WW1 database for this regiment. I used it once and it was very user friendly

I think this should be the link but if not try google.


http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/mol/history/citysoldiers/research/

Wikipedia has a lot of background info on the regiment.

Richard

[lillian66]

Hi Richard

Thanks for the link.  I will give it a try.

Helen

[mmm45]

Helen
If you know their Battalions which you may get from CWGC or Soldiers Died you could follow their war through this link

http://www.1914-1918.net/kings.htm


Ady

[harribobs]

why not post their name and lets see what we can come up with

[lillian66]

They were private Thomas Shaw 1st & 9th Bn (331412) and private William Henry Shaw 13th Bn (18968).

Thanks for all your help so far

Helen

[millymcb]

When I was researching a soldier from the King's Liverpool I e-mailed the Liverpool Museum (at the website RIchard gave you) and they very kindly sent me some information from their database. 


They sent a really helpful factsheet with lots of info sources, websites and further reading.  Also they sent a list of what war diaries are available and sheet with details of where the various battalions were on certain dates.

You could mail them or if you PM me with your e-mail address I could forward them to you. 

Milly
 

[millymcb]

Here's info about those two Battalions from the Liverpool Museum document they sent me....


THE 1/9TH

1/9th Battalion T.F.
4.8.14 
57 Everton Road, Liverpool: South Lancs. Bde. West Lancs. Div.

13.8.14
to Edinburgh-Brigade was on Forth Defences.

Oct. 1914
to Tunbridge Wells.

13.3.15
landed at Havre and to 2nd Bde. 1st Div.

12.11.15
to 3rd Bde. 1st Div.

7.1.16
to 165th Bde. 55th Div.

1.2.18
to 172nd Bde. 57th Div. Absorbing 2/9th Bn.

11.11.18
172nd Bde. 57th Div. France; Hellemmes, east of Lille.



THE 13th..

13th (Service) Battalion.
Formed Oct. 1914 at Seaforth, Liverpool-K3-to Salisbury Plain; Army Troops 25th Div.

Nov. 1914
to Bournemouth in billets.

Feb. 1915
to 76th Bde. 25th Div.

May 1915
to Aldershot.

27.9.15
landed at Havre.

15.10.15
76th Bde. to 3rd Div.

23.10.15
to 8th Bde. 3rd Div.

4.4.16
to 9th Bde. 3rd Div.

11.11.18
9th Bde. 3rd Div. France; Le Grand Sart, east of Le Quesnoy.


Milly

[andycand]

Hi

The link below may be helpful

http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/008KingL.htm

Andy