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4th Battalion, Kings Regiment (Liverpool)
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Those known to have served with4th Battalion, Kings Regiment (Liverpool) during the Great War 1914-1918. - Devine Joseph Edgar. Pte. (d.19th Apr 1918)
- Dunmore James. Pte. (d.27th Apr 1915)
- Dunn Francis Joseph. Pte.
- Forrester Thomas. Pte. (d.16th Nov 1914)
- Gilleeney John. Pte.
- Gilleeney John. Pte.
- Gilleeney John. Pte.
- Greenhalgh David. Pte. (d.27th April 1915)
- Hargreaves Stuart. Pte. (d.22 Sep 1917)
- Johnson MID Joseph. Pte.
- Jones William Henery. L/Cpl. (d.17th Apr 1918)
- McFarlane John. Pte. (d.22nd May 1918)
- McGregor William Henry. Pte. (d.14th Aug 1916)
- North George. Pte. (d.26th June 1918)
- Strickley William John. Pte. (d.28th April 1915)
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Pte. Joseph Johnson MID 4th Battalion Kings Regiment (Liverpool) Joseph Johnson was my great grandfather. I have his medals and his original citations for his Mention in Dispatches, that's why I know he was in the King's Regiment. We have have his snuff box he had on the Somme which is dated 1916 with his name and location on it.
I never met him but my own mother (his granddaughter) told me he was virtually deaf from the guns, but she remembers him as a very kind and loving grandfather, who was called pops not granddad.
He never mentioned the War and would never talk about it. He grew up in Stavley, Cumbria and lived there after his service. He served with the Border Regiment in a battalion that was virtually wiped out, and then he was transferred to the Kings on what I can find on his records
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Pte. David Greenhalgh 4th Btn. Kings Liverpool Regiment (d.27th April 1915) David Greenhalgh, born 25th June 1884, was the eldest of three Greenhalgh siblings originating from Darwen who all enlisted in January 1915. It is believed, after research, he lost his life at the Battle of Langemark where poisonous gas was used. His memorial is on the Menin Gate in Ypres. He left a wife Alice, and three young children Jane, James and Jack.
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Pte. John Gilleeney 4th (Extra Reserve) Btn Kings Liverpool Regiment My great grandfather, John Gilleeney, had previously fought in the Boer War as part of the 1st Bn Kings (Liverpool) Regiment and was injured during that campaign. He remained in the reserves until the 4th March 1914 when, aged 44, he enlisted in the 4th (Special Reserve) Battalion, Kings Liverpool Regiment. The reserve regiments consisted of many soldiers with experience of the war in South Africa.
In March 1915 the regiment was sent to France and assigned to the Sirhind Brigade of the Lahore Division. As part of the Sirhind Brigade the KLR served with the 1st Bn. Highland Light Infantry, 15th Ludhiana Sikhs, 1/1st Gurkha Rifles (The Malaun Regiment) and 1/4th Gurkha Rifles.
John is reported as being injured during the Battle of Neuve Chapelle but he remained with the division until they were transferred, in February 1916, to the 98th Brigade of the 33rd Division. John was injured again in September 1917 and deemed unfit for active service and was transferred to the Labour Corps (413665). He served with the Labour Corps until given an honourable discharge on 6th March 1919.
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Pte. Thomas Forrester 4th Btn. King's Regiment (Liverpool) (d.16th Nov 1914) Thomas Forrester was my great granddad. He fought in the Boar War and was injured.
When WW1 started he rejoined and was killed in Flanders in November 1914. I have never seen a photo of him but would love to see one.
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Pte. Joseph Edgar Devine 4th Btn. The King's (Liverpool Regiment) (d.19th Apr 1918) Joseph Devine served with the 4th Battalion, Kings Liverpool Regiment during WW1 and was killed in action on the 19th April 1918, aged 40. He is commemorated on the Ploegsteert Memorial for the Missing in Belgium. he was the son of the late Joseph and Jenny Devine, husband of Mary Elizabeth Devine, of 27, Ashwood Avenue, Gorton, Manchester.
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Pte. John McFarlane 4th Btn. King's Liverpool Regiment (d.22nd May 1918) John McFarlane was the son of William and Margaret McFarlane, of 14, Gerard Street, Byrom Street, Liverpool. He served with the King's Liverpool Regiment 4th Battalion. A pre-war Territorial soldier who had been serving on the Western Front for three years McFarlane evidently decided that he had had enough and deserted the lines.He was executed for desertion on 22nd May 1918, aged 27. He is buried in Nine Elms British Cemetery in Belgium.
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Pte. William John Strickley 4th Battalion Kings Liverpool Regiment (d.28th April 1915) William Strickley was my great uncle who joined up earlier than he should have done, aged only 17. He was involved in WW1 less than 12 months and was killed in France in April 1915 aged 18. Sadly we have no photograph of William.
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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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