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1st Battalion, Kings Regiment (Liverpool) 12th Aug 1914 1st Kings Liverpool and 2nd South Staffords embark for France  The 1st Battalion, King’s Liverpool Regiment and the 2nd Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment, embarked onboard the SS. Cawdor Castle at Southampton and set sail for Le Harve at 8:00 pm. 13th Aug 1914 1st Kings Liverpool and 2nd South Staffords arrive in France  The 1st Battalion, King’s Liverpool Regiment and the 2nd Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment, disembark from the SS. Cawdor Castle at Le Harve to a joyous welcome. They march from Le Harve Docks to their entraining point, boarding the train which arrived at 2:00 pm. 21st Aug 1914 On the March 22nd Aug 1914 On the March 23rd Aug 1914 On the March 24th Aug 1914 Withdrawal 5th Sep 1914 On the March 6th Sep 1914 Brigade in Reserve 8th Sep 1914 River Crossed 9th Sep 1914 Advance 10th Sep 1914 In Action 14th Sep 1914 Advance 15th Sep 1914 Line Extended 17th Sep 1914 Attack 18th Sep 1914 Shelling 20th Sep 1914 Under Shellfire 26th Sep 1914 Holding the Line 3rd Oct 1914 Order 6th Oct 1914 Digging Trenches 7th Oct 1914 Frequent Shelling 8th Oct 1914 Trench Work 15th Oct 1914 On the March 17th Oct 1914 On the Move 21st Oct 1914 On the March   27th Oct 1914 In Action 31st Oct 1914 In Action 1st Nov 1914 Reliefs 28th Nov 1914 Mud Larks 23rd Jan 1915 Reliefs 3rd Feb 1915 Reliefs   6th Feb 1915 Instruction 7th Feb 1915 Reliefs 11th Feb 1915 Reliefs Complete 15th Feb 1915 Reliefs 19th Feb 1915 Reliefs 20th Feb 1915 Trench Raid 23rd Feb 1915 Reliefs 3rd Mar 1915 Reliefs 7th Mar 1915 Reliefs 10th Mar 1915 Diversionary attack   10th Mar 1915 Attack Made 16th Mar 1915 Concert 25th Mar 1915 In the Line 25th Mar 1915 Reliefs   29th Mar 1915 Reliefs 7th Apr 1915 Reliefs 15th Apr 1915 Reliefs 19th Apr 1915 Reliefs Complete   23rd April 1915 R.E. Officer visited H.Q. and gave work to be done. 24th Apr 1915 Reliefs Complete 28th Apr 1915 Reliefs 1st May 1915 Reliefs 16th May 1915 Reliefs   23rd Jun 1915 Reliefs 27th Jun 1915 Reliefs 1st Jul 1915 Reliefs   29th July 1915 Reliefs 21st Sep 1915 Orders   25th Sep 1915 Attack Made   1st Oct 1915 In the Line 3rd Oct 1915 Reliefs 16th Oct 1915 The Derby Scheme 29th Nov 1915 Bombardment   30th Nov 1915 Reliefs 1st Dec 1915 Derby Scheme Armlets 7th Dec 1915 Reliefs   11th Sep 1915 Last day of Derby Scheme Recruitment 6th Jan 1916 Supplies   10th Jan 1916 Group System Reopens 9th February 1916 Call Ups 21st of May 1917 Quiet Night   29th May 1917 Reliefs   4th Jan 1918 In Reserve 5th Jan 1918 In Reserve 6th Jan 1918 In Reserve 7th Jan 1918 Training 8th Jan 1918 Enemy Aircraft 9th Jan 1918 Snow 10th Jan 1918 Snow 11th Jan 1918 Poor Weather 12th Jan 1918 Training 13th Jan 1918 Snow and Frost 14th Jan 1918 Training 15th Jan 1918 Training 16th Jan 1918 Bad Weather 17th Jan 1918 Poor Weather 19th Jan 1918 Orders 20th Jan 1918 Orders 21st Jan 1918 Heavy Rain 24th Jan 1918 In the Line 25th Jan 1918 Artillery Active   26th Jan 1918 Orders   27th Jan 1918 Fog 28th Jan 1918 Artillery Active   29th Jan 1918 Artillery Active 30th Jan 1918 Artillery Active 31st Jan 1918 Thick Mist 1st Feb 1918 Trenches Improved 2nd Feb 1918 Trenches Improved 3rd Feb 1918 Orders 4th Feb 1918 Shelling 5th Feb 1918 Warmer 6th Feb 1918 Orders 7th Feb 1918 Fraternisation 8th Feb 1918 Quiet 9th Feb 1918 Reorganisation 10th Feb 1918 Shelling 11th Feb 1918 Quiet 12th Feb 1918 Quiet 13th Feb 1918 Some Shelling 14th Feb 1918 Patrols   15th Feb 1918 Artillery Active 16th Feb 1918 Artillery Active 17th Feb 1918 Enemy Aircraft   18th Feb 1918 Misty   19th Feb 1918 Quiet   20th Feb 1918 Gas Shells   21st Feb 1918 Reorganisation   22nd Feb 1918 Patrols 23rd Feb 1918 Shelling   24th Feb 1918 Shelling   25th Feb 1918 Shelling   26th Feb 1918 Artillery Active   27th Feb 1918 Artillery Active 28th Feb 1918 Shelling   1st Mar 1918 Raids   2nd Mar 1918 Snow 3rd Mar 1918 Patrols   4th Mar 1918 Quiet   5th Mar 1918 Patrols   6th Mar 1918 17th Royal Fusiliers go into the line  17th Royal Fusiliers go into the Front Line Lavacquerie to relieve 1st Kings Regiment 6th Mar 1918 Gas   7th Mar 1918 Enemy Active   8th Mar 1918 Enemy Active   9th Mar 1918 Mist 10th Mar 1918 Enemy Active 11th Mar 1918 Gas 12th Mar 1918 Gas 13th Mar 1918 Raids 14th Mar 1918 Artillery Active 15th Mar 1918 Intense Fire 16th Mar 1918 Trench Raid   17th Mar 1918 Patrols   18th Mar 1918 Raids   19th Mar 1918 Patrols 20th Mar 1918 Reliefs 21st Mar 1918 Arrangements   21st Mar 1918 In Action   22nd Mar 1918 Fighting Withdrawal   22nd Mar 1918 Messages 23rd Mar 1918 Messages   23rd Mar 1918 Fighting Withdrawal   24th Mar 1918 Messages   24th Mar 1918 In Defence   25th Mar 1918 Fighting Withdrawal   26th Mar 1918 Fighting Withdrawal   27th Mar 1918 In Defence   27th Mar 1918 Moves   31st Mar 1918 Shelling 14th Jul 1918 Trench Raid 14th Aug 1918 Raid 4th Sep 1918 Advance   16th September 1918 Battalion marched to trenches North of Havrincourt 27th Sep 1918 Orders   If you can provide any additional information, please add it here. Want to know more about 1st Battalion, Kings Regiment (Liverpool)? There are:5395 items tagged 1st Battalion, Kings Regiment (Liverpool) available in our Library   These include information on officers, regimental histories, letters, diary entries, personal accounts and information about actions during the Great War. Those known to have served with 1st Battalion, Kings Regiment (Liverpool) during the Great War 1914-1918. Blake John. Pte. (d.10th Mar 1915) Blakeley Ernest. Pte. (d.21st Dec 1914) Bradburn Anthony. Pte. (d.9th Sep 1916) Brown William. Pte. (d.10th Mar 1915) Cannon Frederick James. A/Sgt. (d.10th Mar 1915) Garner Edward. Pte. (d.8th Aug 1916) Gilleeney John. Pte. Goff MC. Charles Edward. Lt.Col. (d.8th Aug 1916) Greenfield Thomas Alexander. Pte. (d.29th September 1918) Howlett Thomas. Pte. (d.13th Jan 1915) McGarry Joseph. Pte (d.19 May 1915) McGarry Joseph. Pte. (d.19th May 1915) Moore Joseph. L/Cpl. O'Neill Enoch. Pte. Oneill Enoch. Pte. Ross Joseph Francis. Pte Shepherd Henry. Pte. (d.7th Jul 1916) Squires James Albert. Pte. Tongue J.. Pte. (d.8th Jan 1917) Tregidgo Donald Thomas. Pte. Tunney William. Pte. (d.6th Jan 1915) Tunney William. Pte. (d.6th Jan 1915) Walsh Bertram. Pte. (d.3rd January 1919) All names on this list have been submitted by relatives, friends, neighbours and others who wish to remember them, if you have any names to add or any recollections or photos of those listed, please Add a Name to this List Records of 1st Battalion, Kings Regiment (Liverpool) from other sources. The Wartime Memories Project is the original WW1 and WW2 commemoration website. 1st of September 2024 marks 25 years since the launch of the Wartime Memories Project. Thanks to everyone who has supported us over this time. Want to find out more about your relative's service? Want to know what life was like during the Great War? Our Library contains many many diary entries, personal letters and other documents, most transcribed into plain text. Looking for help with Family History Research?    Please see Family History FAQ's Please note: We are unable to provide individual research. Can you help? The free to access section of The Wartime Memories Project website is run by volunteers and funded by donations from our visitors. If the information here has been helpful or you have enjoyed reaching the stories please conside making a donation, no matter how small, would be much appreciated, annually we need to raise enough funds to pay for our web hosting or this site will vanish from the web. If you enjoy this site please consider making a donation. Announcements 19th Nov 2024     Please note we currently have a massive backlog of submitted material, our volunteers are working through this as quickly as possible and all names, stories and photos will be added to the site. If you have already submitted a story to the site and your UID reference number is higher than 264989 your submission is still in the queue, please do not resubmit. Wanted: Digital copies of Group photographs, Scrapbooks, Autograph books, photo albums, newspaper clippings, letters, postcards and ephemera relating to the Great War. If you have any unwanted photographs, documents or items from the First or Second World War, please do not destroy them. The Wartime Memories Project will give them a good home and ensure that they are used for educational purposes. Please get in touch for the postal address, do not sent them to our PO Box as packages are not accepted. World War 1 One ww1 wwII greatwar great battalion regiment artillery Did you know? We also have a section on World War Two. and a Timecapsule to preserve stories from other conflicts for future generations.   Pte. Donald Thomas Tregidgo 1st Btn. Kings (Liverpool) Regiment My father, Donald Tregidgo served from the August 1914 Mons campaign through to the Russian Archangel Force in 1919. During that time he said he only slept in a proper bed whilst hospitalised with wounds. He served as an ARP warden throughout WW2 and was very upset when I went off to serve in Korea. Chris Tregidgo Add to this record.   Pte. Anthony Bradburn 9th Btn. Manchester Regiment (d.9th Sep 1916) Casualty report which was in the Manchester evening news 21st Sept 1916. Private Anthony Bradburn (24), of 76 Market-street, died of wounds on 9th of September 1916, exactly a month after joining his regiment. He worked for Messrs. Cooke, Smith, and Co. He had an older brother who was killed nine months earlier, and another brother who is disabled. Kenneth Lamb Add to this record.   Pte. Joseph McGarry 1st Battalion Kings (Liverpool) Regiment (d.19th May 1915) Joseph McGarry was born in Liverpool 1886, he attested in March 1903 at the age of 17. Joseph is the younger son of my Great Grandfather Patrick McGarry and Sarah Ann Farrell and the younger brother of my grandfather Thomas Patrick McGarry who was lost at sea on the SS Laurentic on the 25th of January 1917 along with 353 other souls. Add to this record.   Pte. Enoch Oneill 1st Btn. King's (Liverpool) Regiment Enoch Oneill is my great grandad who served in the 1st battalion King's (Liverpool) Regiment. Enoch married my great grandmother Mary Blake in 1909 and they had two daughters and a son. Grandad served and was then honourably discharged with a war injury. He received the silver star medal. After the Army grandad went to work as a coal heaver in Leigh, Lancashire. He died in 1939 and is buried in Leigh cametery. God bless you and sleep tight grandad xxxx. Cheryl Oneill Add to this record.   Pte. Bertram Walsh 1st Garrison Btn. The King's (Liverpool Regiment) (d.3rd January 1919) Private Walsh was 35 when he died and is buried in the Igatpuri Cemetery in India, Grave 381. S Flynn Add to this record.   Pte. James Albert Squires 1st Btn. Kings (Liverpool) Regiment James Albert Squires was my maternal grandfather. He joined 1st Kings Liverpool and entered France on 7th of March 1915 and saw most of the War on or around the Somme. He received the 15 Star and the 3 Commemorative War Medals. He was a private throughout the War. After sustaining injuries, he re-enlisted to support the Pals. He survived the War and lived until 1966 in Ramsgate, Kent, England with his family. Nigel Add to this record.   Pte Joseph Francis Ross 6th Btn Kings Regiment (Liverpool) Joseph Ross served with 6th Btn, Kings Regiment (Liverpool). Mark Fuller Add to this record.   Pte Joseph McGarry 1st Btn King's (Liverpool Regiment) (d.19 May 1915) Joseph was the son of Mrs Martha Jessop of Everton, Liverpool. He was killed in France in 1915 and was buried at Le Touret. Alan Bennett Add to this record.   Lt.Col. Charles Edward Goff MC. 1st Btn. King's Liverpool Regiment (d.8th Aug 1916) Charles Goff was the youngest son of the late John Crosbie Goff. He was killed at Guillemont, France on the 8th of August 1916. s flynn Add to this record.   Pte. Henry Shepherd 1st Btn. The King's (Liverpool) Regiment (d.7th Jul 1916) Henry Shepherd served with the 1st Battalion, Kings Liverpool Regiment during WW1 and was killed in action on the 7th July 1916, aged 41. He is buried in the Barlin Communal Cemetery Extension in France. He was the son of the late John and Margaret Shepherd, of Liverpool Henry left a widow Alice Shepherd and eight children the youngest aged three years, residing at 62 Heyworth Street, Liverpool. S Flynn Add to this record.   Pte. J. Tongue 1st Btn. King's (Liverpool Regiment) (d.8th Jan 1917) Pte. J. Tongue served with the King's (Liverpool Regiment) 1st Battalion,He was executed for desertion on 8th January 1917 and is buried in Agenvillers Churchyard in Somme, France in the N.E. Corner s flynn Add to this record.   Pte. William Brown 1st Btn. King's (Liverpool) Regiment (d.10th Mar 1915) William Brown was born in Dublin and enlisted in Wrexham, Denbighshire. s flynn Add to this record.   Pte. Ernest Blakeley 1st Btn. King's (Liverpool) Regiment (d.21st Dec 1914) Ernest Blakeley was born in Cardiff, he was the Husband of E. J. Blakeley, of 13, Bloomfield Park, South Circular Rd., Dublin. He enlisted in Warrington Ernest died age 27 in France and is buried in Wimereux Communal Cemetery. s flynn Add to this record.   Pte. John Gilleeney 4th (Extra Reserve) Kings Liverpool John Gilleeney served in the 1st Battalion, Kings Liverpool Regiment (KLR) during the Boer War and was awarded a South Africa medal for his involvement in the Defence of Ladysmith. He was injured and was invalided out in 1901. After the Boer War John Gilleeney remained as a reserve with the KLR and at outbreak of WW1, at the age of 44, joined the 4th Battalion (extra reserve). The movements of the 4th Bn are listed below: 4th (Extra Reserve) Battalion August 1914 : in Seaforth, Liverpool. 6 March 1915 : landed at Le Havre and attached to Sirhind Brigade, Lahore Division of Indian Corps. 10 November 1915 : transferred to 137th Brigade, 46th (North Midland) Division. 3 December 1915 : attached to 56th and 58th Brigades, 19th (Western) Division. 27 February 1916 : transferred to 98th Brigade, 33rd Division. The 4th battalion was involved in some of the worst fighting of the war and John was injured and was unable to continue fighting. He returned to the front in the Labour Corps and finally given Honorary Discharg on the 6th March 1919. John often spoke about his time in the Boer War but never spoke about his time in the 1st World War. 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