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11th (Pioneer) Battalion, Kings Regiment (Liverpool)
11th (Service) Battalion, The King's Regiment (Liverpool) was raised at Seaforth on the 23rd of August 1914 as part of Kitchener's First New Army, and joined 14th (Light) Division. On the 11th of January 1915 they converted into Pioneer Battalion. After training they proceeded to France, landing on the 30th of May. They fought in the The Action of Hooge, being the first division to be attacked by flamethrowers. They were in action in The Second Attack on Bellewaarde. In 1916 they were on the Somme seeing action in The Battle of Delville Wood and The Battle of Flers-Courcelette. In 1917 they fought in The German retreat to the Hindenburg Line, The First and Third Battle of the Scarpe at Arras, The Battle of Langemark and The First and Second Battle of Passchendaele. In 1918 they returned to the Somme and were in action during The Battle of St Quentin and The Battle of the Avre, suffering very heavy casualties with almost 6,000 men of the Division killed or injured, also XLVI and XLVII Brigades RFA lost all their guns. The Division was withdrawn from the front line and were engaged building a new defensive line to the rear. On the 27th of April the Battalion was reduced to a cadre and they returned to England on the 17th of June and were absorbed by the 15th Battalion, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment.
Jan 1915 Specialist Training
18th Feb 1915 Training
21st Jun 1915 Orders to Attack 
22nd Jun 1915 In Action
22nd of June 1915 Attacks ordered
2nd Aug 1915 It is here our duty lies
23rd September 1915 Order
25th Sep 1915 In Action
16th Oct 1915 The Derby Scheme
1st Dec 1915 Derby Scheme Armlets
11th Sep 1915 Last day of Derby Scheme Recruitment
10th Jan 1916 Group System Reopens
9th February 1916 Call Ups
2nd Mar 1916 Objective Captured
2nd of May 1916 Reliefs
10th Mar 1917 Pioneers at Work
11th of April 1917 Reliefs
24th of April 1917 Orders
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Those known to have served with11th (Pioneer) Battalion, Kings Regiment (Liverpool) during the Great War 1914-1918. - Capon George William. Pte. (d.24th March 1918)
- Haskayne DSO MiD. Albert. Sgt. (d.19th August 1916)
- Kaye A. E..
- Pye-Smith Phillip Howson Guy . Lt. (d.15th May 1917)
- Riley P.. Pte. (d.29th March 1916)
- South John Brindley. Pte. (d.29th Sep 1915)
- Trigg William Herbert. Cpl. (d.18th August 1916)
- Tysoe George Frederick. Pte. (d.4th April 1918)
- Weldon Edward. Pte.
- Wilson Robert. Sgt (d.6th April 1917)
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Pte. John Brindley South 11th Btn. The King's (Liverpool) Regiment (d.29th Sep 1915) John South was killed in action on 29 September 1915 and is buried in the Ypres Reservoir Cemetery in Belgium.
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Pte. George William Capon 11th Btn. Kings (Liverpool) Regiment (d.24th March 1918) George Capon served with the 11th Battalion, Kings (Liverpool) Regiment in WW1. He died 24th of March 1918 and is remembered on the Pozieres Memorial
in France.
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Sgt Robert Wilson 11th Btn The King's Liverpool Regiment (d.6th April 1917) My great grandfather Sgt. Robert Wilson who died of wounds 1917-04-06. Commemorated / buried Warlingcourt Halte British Ceemetery, Saulty VI. H. 7. France
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Sgt. Albert Haskayne DSO MiD. 11th (Pioneer) Battalion Kings Regiment (Liverpool) (d.19th August 1916) Albert Haskayne joined up at 17 in Seaforth and was Mentioned in Dispatches for his bravery. He was brother to William and Charles who were also lost and to Francis who was sent home with an amputated leg.
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Pte. George Frederick Tysoe 11th Battalion Kings Liverpool Regiment (d.4th April 1918)  George Tysoe was posted to France on 19th May 1915. The 11th Battalion were placed under the control of the Australian 43rd Brigade.
On 4th of Apr 1918 all 270 men of the Battalion were involved in digging trenches on Hill 104 to the North East of Villers Bretonneux. During the work of trench digging two other ranks were listed, in the official record ‘as killed’, George Tysoe was one of these men. His body was never found. It must therefore be assumed he was the victim of enemy artillery fire on his position. He is commemorated on the Pozieres Memorial in France.
George worked at Ogdena’s Tobacco factory in Liverpool before the war, along with his brother Samuel Tysoe who died 3rd of October 1918 at Boulogne. They were both subsequently commemorated on a plaque that was erected at the Liverpool factory after the war (George was annotated as F Tysoe). The factory closed in 2015 and the plaques were sent to the Imperial Tobacco factory in Nottingham. This factory closed in June 2016 and the plaque will either go to the factory HQ in Bristol or to the National Arboretum.
The fate of the plaque is still undecided.
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Pte. Edward Weldon 11th Battalion Kings Royal Rifle Corps Edward Weldon was born in 1894, with no birth records, his mother was Mary Ellen Wilden and she later married a gentleman named Arthur Elsmore. As the story goes Edward didn't enjoy his life as an Elsmore and when he joined the armed services it was under the name Edward Weldon.
He enlisted on 1st of September 1914. As records show he was in the 11th Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps. He served in France where, as the stories from his children say, he'd been gassed, bayoneted and shot in the leg during his service and was discharged wounded on the 16th of August 1917 following the shot through the back of his lower leg.
By all accounts he was a big powerful strong man who never talked about his time in the war and battles he'd been in. And typical of the man when WW2 came he became a warden still doing his bit.
I never had the chance to meet my grandfather as he died before I was born. Having started to trace the family tree I have specifically been drawn towards his life. So sad I never got to meet this man but am tracing is army life with the aid of records, diaries and books.
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Lt. Phillip Howson Guy Pye-Smith 11th Btn. Kings Regiment (Liverpool) (d.15th May 1917) Lieutenant Phillip Howson Guy Pye-Smith, Son of E.Gertrude Pye-Smith of 26 Hyde Park Square, London and the late Phillip Henry Pye-Smith, MD,FRS (Vice Chancellor, University of London); born in London. Served with the 11th Kings Liverpool Regiment. He was killed in action on 15th May 1917 age 21 years and is buried in Tilloy British Cemetery, France. He is remembered on The Alamada, St. Andrews Church, Ampthill. Information courtesy of www.roll-of-honour.com
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Pte. P. Riley 11th Btn. King's Liverpool Regiment (d.29th March 1916) Private Riley died on 29th March 1916 and is buried in Le Treport Military Cemetery, France, Plot 2, Row K, Grave 4.
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A. E. Kaye 11th Btn. Kings Liverpool Regiment Pte Kaye served with the King's Liverpool Regiment 11th Battalion. He was treated at Red Gables Hospital in Bletchingley, Surrey. On 20th December 1915 he signed Sister Atkin's autograph book.
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