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14th Battalion, Kings Regiment (Liverpool)    14th (Service) Battalion, The King's Regiment (Liverpool) was raised at Seaforth in October 1914, part of Kitchener's Third New Army, and joined 65th Brigade, 22nd Division which assembled for training in the area of Eastbourne and Seaford, with the artillery based at Lewes. In April 1915 the infantry underwent two weeks entrenchment training at Maidstone. The 14th Kings proceeded to France on the 5th of September 1915, landing at Boulogne, the division concentrating near Flesselles. In October they moved to Marseilles by train and embarked for Salonika on the 27th. In 1916 the division fought in the the Battle of Horseshoe Hill and Battle of Machukovo. In 1917 they were in action during the Battles of Doiran. The 14th Kings left 22nd Division and returned to France in June 1918, joining 66th (2nd East Lancashire) Division on the 23rd of July. On the 13th of August they were absorbed by the 18th Kings. 3rd Sep 1915 65th Bde Proceed to France 3rd of September 1915 Off to France 5th of September 1915 In France 5th of September 1915 Concentration of Units 6th of September 1915 More Arrivals 7th Sept 1915 65th Bde in Billets 8th Sept 1915 65th Bde Inspected 9th Sep 1915 65th Bde attach for training 10th Sep 1915 14th Liverpools at work 10th Sep 1915 12th Lancs Fusiliers under instruction 10th of September 1915 More Moves 11th Sep 1915 14th Liverpools under instruction 17th of September 1915 Advance Units Arrive   19th Sep 1915 On the March 20th of September 1915 Infantry and Guns Relieved 21st of September 1915 In the Front Line 22nd of September 1915 Gas Precautions 25th of September 1915 Reconnoitring Fire Trenches 27th of September 1915 A Draft Arrives 29th of September 1915 Snipers and Reliefs 5th of October 1915 Retaliation 8th of October 1915 German Dud Shell 9th of October 1915 Artillery Regrouped 12th of October 1915 Catapulting Mills' Bombs 20th of October 1915 Reliefs and Moves 30th of October 1915 Ready to Go 28th Feb 1918 Reliefs If you can provide any additional information, please add it here. Want to know more about 14th Battalion, Kings Regiment (Liverpool)? There are:5257 items tagged 14th 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 14th Battalion, Kings Regiment (Liverpool) during the Great War 1914-1918. Blabey John Richard. Lt Humphrey Idwal Ben. 2nd Lt (d.14th Sep 1916) McCormick John. Pte (d.7th July 1918) Sunderland William. Pte. (d.19th April 1918) 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 14th Battalion, Kings Regiment (Liverpool) from other sources. 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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. We are now on Facebook. Like this page to receive our updates, add a comment or ask a question. If you have a general question please post it on our Facebook page. 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 John McCormick 14th Btn. Kings Regiment (Liverpool) (d.7th July 1918) John Thomas was the eldest of six siblings. He was my Great Uncle. Catherine McCabe Add to this record.   2nd Lt Idwal Ben Humphrey 14th Btn King's Liverpool Regiment (d.14th Sep 1916) Buried at Karasouli Military Cemetery Anthony R Humphrey Add to this record.   Lt John Richard "Jack" Blabey 17th Btn King's Liverpool Regiment Jack Blabey was my maternal grandfather. In 1914, he was an upper sixth former at Liverpool College, where he had served in the Officers' Training Corps from 1911, reaching the rank of Corporal OTC. Along with OTC colleagues, Jack volunteered on 1914-08-28, at Lord Derby's invitation to form a 'Battalion of Pals'. Such was the uptake that three Battalions of Liverpool Pals (the first of the Pals Battalions) were provided for on that day. Jack, however, was under-age, as the Attestation age for active service was 18 years and 6 months. However, Jack's name was taken and, in October, Jack received his papers to attend for duty. By then, the first three Battalions were provided for, so he enlisted into the 20th Battalion - the '4th City Pals'. The Pals Battalions spent months acquiring soldierly skills, and were short of officers. As OTC members, Jack and his colleagues knew much and were deemed to have officer-lie qualities. He was trained and commissioned into the 17th Battalion (1st City Pals) as a Second Lieutenant, KLR in February 1915. Training of the Liverpool Pals Brigade was completed at Knowsley, Belton Park and Larkhill, before the Brigade was deployed to France, in the Somme sector, in November 1915. The Liverpool Pals served with distinction in the Battle of the Somme, achieving their objectives on the first day, seizing the village of Montauban, with the 17th, 19th and 20th Battalions suffering relatively few casualties. The 18th Btn suffered heavy casualties and required refitting before further service. Later in the battle, the Liverpool Pals were back in action, in an attempt to move forwards and take the village of Gillemonte, attacking over open ground and with German machine gunners firing from an enfilade on the left. As the attack progressed on 30th July, Jack suffered a serious head wound, when a German machine gunner sighted his platoon moving. Fortunately, he had his helmet pushed back as he scanned the horizon with his binoculars and his Brodie helmet stopped the bullet; however several shards of the helmet, which shattered, pierced the back of Jack's skull and knocked him out. He was found by his soldiers and recovered back to a field hospital, from where he was evacuated for a series of operations, over the next three months, to remove most of the shrapnel. Jack was pronounced medically fit for active service in April 1917 and, in view of the seriousness of his wound, sent to a quiet front - the Macedonian Front, at Salonika. This was far from quiet, however, and Jack fought with the 14th Battalion, King's Liverpool Regiment, including the action around Doiran and was wounded, once more, on active service, and also caught malaria. He was hospitalised and evacuated back to Britain, in August 1918. In view of his injuries and malaria, Jack was no longer fit for overseas service, so was sent to help training with the 3rd Battalion KLR, then posted to their barracks in Cork. So, while his First World War was over, he soon became tied up with the Anglo-Irish War, in which he lost two friends - but that is another story. Jack was demobbed in 1919, retaining his rank as Lieutenant. Alan Cartwright Add to this record.   Pte. William Sunderland 14th Btn. The Kings (Liverpool Regiment) (d.19th April 1918) William Sunderland died 19th April 1918 and is buried in the Sarigol Military Cemetery in Kriston, Greece. s flynn Add to this record. Recomended Reading. Available at discounted prices.

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