Liverpool Rifles
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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
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.
The 3rd West Lancashire Artillery was a volunteer unit of Britain's Territorial Force recruited from Liverpool that saw action during the First World War, distinguishing itself at the Battle of the Av
Liverpool Rifles
…Liverpool Rifles) was formed from 287 Regiment in the new West Lancashire Regiment RA, but this in turn was reduced to a cadre in 1969 and absorbed into 208 (3rd West Lancashire Artillery) Battery of 103rd (Lancashire Artillery Volunteers) Regiment Royal Artillery in 1973. The regiment is currently B (King's) Troop, 208 (3rd West Lancashire…
Waistbelt of the Lancashire Volunteer Artillery, post-1891
BLC 15-pounder gun issued to TF field brigades
18-pounder gun preserved at the Imperial War Museum.
4.5-inch howitzer preserved at the Royal Artillery Museum.