Liverpool Press Guard
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The Liverpool Press Guard was a Rifle Volunteer Corps raised in the city of Liverpool in Lancashire, North West England, in 1861. Initially drawn from the newspaper and printing trades, it later recru
The former Everton Road Drill Hall, in three converted houses dating from 1830.
Cap badge of the King's (Liverpool Regiment) from 1908.
Frank Ramsay, who commanded 1/9th King's, 1915–16, pictured as a Brigadier-General in 1917.
British soldiers in wrecked German trench at Ginchy, 1916.
King's Regiment (Liverpool)
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The King's Regiment was one of the oldest line infantry regiments of the British Army, having been formed in 1685 when a single battalion was raised as The Princess Anne of Denmark's Regiment of Foot.
Liverpool Press Guard
…drawn from the newspaper and printing trades, it later recruited more widely in the Everton and Ormskirk areas. In 1881 it became a battalion of the King's (Liverpool Regiment). A detachment served in the Second Boer War, and two battalions saw action during World War I distinguishing themselves at the Battle of Loos, on the…
"D" Company of the 1st King's, Wellington Barracks, Halifax, Nova Scotia, early 1890s.
An officer, sergeant and private in full dress uniform, by Richard Simkin. (Dated 1891)
Men of the 1st Battalion, King's Regiment (Liverpool), at church parade in South Africa, 1900.
The inspection of the Liverpool Pals by Lord Kitchener in front of St George's Hall, Liverpool, 20 March 1915.