Unit / Ship / Establishment:


18/The King's (Liverpool Regiment)

  Detail :

 18th (Service) Battalion (2nd City) Formed in Liverpool on 29 August 1914 by Lord Derby, in the old watch factory at Prescot. 30 April 1915 : attached to 89th Brigade, 30th Division. Landed at Boulogne in November 1915. 25 December 1915 : transferred to 21st Brigade in same Division. 24 September 1917 : Battalion absorbed 16 officers and 290 men of the 1/1st Lancashire Hussars. This had previously been the VIII Corps Cavalry Regiment. Battalion became 18th (Lancashire Hussars Yeomanry) Battalion. 11 February 1918 : transferred to 89th Brigade in same Division. 14 May 1918 : reduced to cadre strength. 19 June 1918 : attached to 66th (2nd East Lancashire) Division. 13 August 1918 : absorbed 14th Battalion and reformed. 19 september 1918 : attached to 199th Brigade in same Division.

  Notes:

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 Rank Initials Surname Died Lodge
 Sgt. A.E. COWLEY  01-07-1916 Cycling & Athletic No.2335
 LCpl. J.C.E. SCHOLES  02-07-1916 Jordan No.1402
 Sgt. S.D. SMITH  18-10-1918 Apollo No.2042

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