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The Story of the "9th King's"in France.
BY
ENOS HERBERT GLYNNE ROBERTS.
LIVERPOOL:
The Northern Publishing Co. Ltd., 17 Goree Piazzas,
and 11. Brunswick Street.
1922.
CONTENTS.
| CHAPTER I. | ENGLAND. |
| CHAPTER II. | THE 1ST DIVISION. |
| CHAPTER III. | THE 55TH DIVISION. |
| CHAPTER IV. | THE 57TH DIVISION. |
| APPENDIX | LIST OF DECORATIONS. |
CHAPTER I.
England.
Shortly after the commencement of theVolunteer Movement in 1859, many membersof the newspaper and printing trades inLiverpool were desirous of forming a regimentcomposed of men connected with those businesses.A meeting was held in the Liverpool Town Hall,and the scheme was so well received that stepswere taken towards the formation of a corps.Sanction was obtained, and on the 21st February,1861, the officers and men of the new unit tookthe oath of allegiance at St. George's Hall. Thuscame into being the 80th Lancashire Rifle Volunteers,and on the 2nd April, 1863, the 73rdBattalion of the Lancashire Rifle Volunteers wasamalgamated with it. In the early days of itsexistence the new unit attended reviews andinspections at Mount Vernon, Newton-le-Willowsand Aintree. Some time afterwards it wasrenumbered the 19th Lancashire Rifle Volunteers.Later—in 1888—it became the 6th VolunteerBattalion of The King's (Liverpool Regiment).
The early parades of the Regiment took placeat Rose Hill Police Station, and the Corn Exchange,Brunswick Street, until Headquarterswere established at 16, Soho Street.
To those who took part in these parades greatcredit and thanks are due. Through their effortsan organised battalion came into being, men weretrained for the bearing of arms and the defence of[Pg 8]their country should the occasion ever arise, andthe soldierly spirit was inculcated in many whofollowed a civilian occupation. Those who surviveduntil the Great War, though not privilegedto lead on the battlefield, had at any rate thesatisfaction of realising that their work was not invain. Directly attributable to the efforts of theearly volunteers is the fact that in 1915 theTerritorial Force was ready for the reinforcementof the Regular Army in the Western Theatre ofthe War, and this afforded the New Armies whichLord Kitchener had formed ample time for thecompletion of their training.
In 1884 the Headquarters in Soho Street werechanged for more commodious and better equippedpremises at 59, Everto