King's Liverpool Regiment
| King's (Liverpool Regiment) King's Regiment (Liverpool) |
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| Active | 1 July 1881 – 1 September 1958 |
| Country |
 Kingdom of England (1685–1707) Kingdom of Great Britain (1707–1800) United Kingdom (1801–1958) |
| Branch |
 British Army
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| Type | Line infantry |
| Size | Varied; see full list of battalions |
| Regimental Depot |
Warrington (1881–1910) Seaforth (1910–1958) |
| Nickname(s) | The Leather Hats, The King's Hanoverian White Horse |
| Motto(s) | Nec Aspera Terrent (Difficulties be Damned) |
| Colours | Blue |
| March |
Quick March: Here's to the Maiden Slow March The English Rose, |
| Anniversaries |
Somme (1 July) Blenheim (13 August) Delhi (14 September) |
| Engagements | World War I Russian Civil War Anglo-Irish War World War II |
| Commanders | |
| Colonel-in-Chief | King George V (c. 1925–1936) |
| Colonel of the Regiment |
Brigadier Richard Nicholas Murray Jones (1957–1958) |
 Memorial near Belfast, South Africa, to members of the King's Liverpool Regiment that died on 23 August 1900 |
The King's Regiment (Liverpool) was one of the oldest line infantry regiments of the British Army, having been formed in 1685 and numbered as the 8th (The King's) Regiment of Foot in 1751. Unlike most British Army infantry regiments, which were associated with a county, the King's represented the city of Liverpool, one of only four regiments affiliated to a city in the British Army. After 273 years of continuous existence, the regiment was amalgamated with the Manchester Regiment in 1958 to form the King's Regiment (Liverpool and Manchester), which was later amalgamated with the King's Own Royal Border Regiment and the Queen's Lancashire Regiment to form the present Duke of Lancaster's Regiment (King's, Lancashire and Border).
The King's notably saw active service in the Second Boer War, the two world wars, and the Korean War. In the First World War, the regiment contributed dozens of battalions to the Western Front, Salonika, and the North West Frontier. More than 13,000 men were killed. In the Second World War, the 5th and 8th (Irish) battalions landed during Operation Overlord, the 1st and 13th fought as Chindits in the Burma Campaign, and the 2nd Battalion served in Italy and Greece. The King's later fought in the Korean War, earning the regiment's last battle honour.
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