171st Brigade was a 2nd-Line infantry formation of the British Territorial Force raised during the First World War that served on the Western Front. The brigade's number was also used for deception pu
Men of the 8th (Liverpool Irish) Battalion of the King's (Liverpool Regiment) entering Lille, France, 18 October 1918. Note a barefooted French boy with a rifle, clearly given to him by a smiling British soldier on his right.
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The Liverpool Rifles was a unit of the Territorial Army, part of the British Army, formed in Lancashire as a 'Rifle Volunteer Corps' in 1859, becoming a battalion of the King's Regiment in 1881. It sa
171st (2/1st Liverpool) Brigade
…Territorial Rifles) Battalion King's Regiment (Liverpool) – broken up 1 February 1918 and distributed among 2/6th, 2/7th, 11th and 12th King's 2/6th (Liverpool Rifles) Battalion King's Regiment (Liverpool) 2/7th Battalion King's Regiment (Liverpool…
Player's cigarette card showing an officer of the Liverpool Rifles in full dress uniform, which became the 6th (Rifle) Battalion, The King's (Liverpool Regiment) in 1908.
British soldiers in a wrecked German trench at Ginchy, 1916.
British infantry at Morval, 25 September 1916.
Men of 55th (WL) Division marching through Béthune after the defence of Givenchy, April 1918.