Taking the Japanese from the rear, we would push right up North for 200 miles or so, eliminating the Japanese we contacted, and just behind a town called Mogaung, the Americans, under the famous General Stilwell, would have an airstrip ready to fly us out to India for recuperation, and then two months leave. To mark the 75th anniversay of VJ Day I would now like to focus on journal extracts and personal accounts from our archive relating to the part played by the King’s Regiment 13th and 1st Battalions who served in the Far Eastern region during the Second World War. The 13th Kings Liverpool were initally attached as Army Troops to 25th Division. On the other side was a Japanese officer, complete with sword, pacing backward and forward on the narrow strip of sand at the water’s edge. ORDER OF BATTLE - 1st Chindit Expedition 1943. Search our index of King's Regiment soldiers who served in the First World War to find out if they are in the database held by the King's Regiment. On 17 September 1937 he was sent for traing at 1 Wing in Henlow near Luton. A defence review by Duncan Sandys in 1957 decided that the King's would be amalgamated with the Manchester Regiment, to form the King's Regiment (Manchester and Liverpool). THE KING'S (Liverpool Regiment) 165th Brigade / 55th (West Lancashire) Division . Welcome to the WWII Forums! The two Chindit invasions, coupled with an uprising of the Burmese Independent Army saw Burma return to British rule in 1945. 9th August : In front line in Maltz Horn Farm sector. This time the 1st Battalion would take part. The new battalions disbanded in 1901 and the militia reverted to their original designations. Originally published in three volumes this reprinted work comes in one softback edition and include a roll of honour of 14,200 war dead. They were referred to as the New Army or Kitchener's Army. 13th (Home Service) Battalion ... 01.06.1918 Formed at Cromer and absorbed the 11th Battalion of the Kings’ (Liverpool) Regiment, and then moved to Brookwood as a Pioneer Battalion of the 14th Division. “so chaps” ended Captain Freeman “get as much rest as you can for it’s a tough job. Regiment Battalion Any Battalion "M" Coy. Sgt McGee said “there will never be a better time to cross” and he and Pte Milburn waded in. Part of 1st (Peshawar) Brigade, 1st (Peshawar) Division of Indian Army. They were a multi-national Special Force comprised mainly of British battalions alongside the Gurkhas Rifles, Burma Rifles, Nigerian battalions, Royal Indian Army Service Corps and Hong Kong Volunteers, with airborne support from the Royal Air Force and the United States Air Force. Log in or Sign up. (© IWM IND 2290). Orange silk map of Burma as issued to Chindit columns, printed both sides 'NORTHERN BURMA' and 'CENTRAL BURMA', 1:1,000,000. A Pals Battalion. Mules used for transport of supplies were vital. © 2020 National Museums Liverpool. The Chindit name was derived from ‘Chinthe’, a mythical beast shown on the badge, represented as half lion, half griffin, guardian of Buddhist temples. 1941, Transferred to the Royal Artillery, February 1942 and became, Formerly the 2/10th King's, September 1940, Formed from the 10th King's, September 1940, Amalgamated with 1st Manchesters to form the 1st Battalion, The King's Regiment (Manchester and Liverpool), 1958, Retained its identity until 1967, when it became a, This page was last edited on 28 August 2020, at 19:36. He also told us that our last dropping would be this morning. Two of the stronger swimmers followed them, but within a minute they were back saying that the current was too strong and the water was very cold. His idea seemed to be that if we were split up there would be less chance of a main party running into trouble. 1st Battalion August 1914 : in Aldershot. 2/7th King's Liverpool Regiment (Bootle) At Aldershot Jan 1917 Photos Of The King's Liverpool Regiment A Raiding party of the 1/8th (Irish) ... 13th Battalion (Service) Dundon S J 2nd Lt : Photo Foster C W L/Cpl 95588 : Obituary Friend J B 2nd Lt : Photo and Obituary I weighed only seven stone; my normal weight was 12 stone. 30th June 1918: The 17th Bn returns to England. Private Robert Valentine Hyner was with the 13th Battalion and remembered the orders from their Commanding Officer, Orde Wingate: “I want you all to get back safely to India. The King's Liverpool Regiment memorial stands in St John's Gardens, St Jonh's Lane, Liverpool. While she was attending to me she asked why there were no seriously wounded amongst our lot. Served in the Kings Liverpool Regiment, 13th battalion. The second expedition took place early in 1944. VE Day (8 May 1945) had already marked the end of the Second World War against Germany and her allies in Europe. The King's expansion during the Second World War was modest compared to 1914-1918. When the 8th (The King's) Regiment of Foot became The King's (Liverpool Regiment) in 1881 under the Cardwell-Childers reforms of the British Armed Forces, eight pre-existent militia and volunteer battalions of Lancashire and the Isle of Man were integrated into the structure of the King's Regiment. History of the 2/6th (Rifle) Battalion "The King's" (Liverpool Regiment), 1914-1919, 368 pp. 28th July : Bois des Tailles. Does anyone have any information regarding the battalion in Salonika and what they did ? The King's Regiment fielded 49 battalions and lost 13,795 officers and other ranks during the course of the war. You have my orders that you can go back with a column, a platoon, or with just one mate, as long as you get out.”. Myself and five other men ran forward to the position indicated by them. The Special Reserve reverted to its militia designation in 1921, then to the Supplementary Reserve in 1924; however, its battalions were effectively placed in 'suspended animation'. On Saturday 15 August 2020 we commemorate the 75th anniversary of VJ Day or Victory over Japan Day. Our beloved leader General Orde Wingate was coming to an ‘O group’ with our platoon officers. 1/5th 1/6th 10th Battalion 117th Battery, 26th Brigade 11th Battalion 122nd Battery 12th Battalion 13th Battalion 14th Battalion 14th Service Bn. We set to work cutting lengths of bamboo to be tired together with our bedding lines. Japan had entered the British Colony of Burma in 1942 promising them independence. Army: King's Own Royal Regiment, Lancaster - 9th Battalion by WW2_Database. The ‘columns’ were trained to fight together or disperse quickly if thing swent wrong, reassembling rapidly by radio contact. All rights reserved. The regiment's territorial components formed duplicate second and third line battalions. 77th Indian Infantry Brigade 13th King's Liverpool Regiment 3/2nd Gurkha Rifles 142 Commando Company After you've exhausted King's, Lpool and Liv* in the regiment field, just type in KLCB. Members who served with Kings Regiment (Liverpool) Welcome to Forces Reunited the place where you can find information and friends from Kings Regiment (Liverpool).. We are the largest and fastest growing community of UK forces veterans on the web with over 500,000 members! ", A Chindit column (or soldier formation) crossing a river in Burma, 1943. My Great Uncle served with the 14th Kings Liverpool Regiment in Salonika from 9 Nov 1916 to 11 Apr 1917. By 1922, all of the regiment's war-raised battalions had disbanded. During the conflict, the regiment formed two additional regular battalions in Ireland in 1900, which required the militia to be renumbered the 5th and 6th battalions to accommodate them. The Brigadier said “the enemy were to the East, North, South and West and in fact we were bloody well surrounded.” He also said that we had kept at least 100 Japanese looking for each one of us and we had kept them well occupied. All volunteer battalions were renumbered to create a single sequential order. Fortunately, where we went, there was a large boulder and a bank of earth, but we could not poke our noses over as they would have been shot off. Planning for a second Chindit operation, Operation Thursday, began immediately. Part of 6th Brigade, 2nd Division. He was probably sent for training with the Battalion in Salisbury. 1st Battalion. The only change to the regiment's structure during the period of 1881-1908 occurred during the Second Boer War. The King's Regiment did not, however, return to its original peacetime size; it lost the 8th (Liverpool Irish) and 9th battalions shortly after the war ended. Original composition. In my post commemorating the 75th anniversary of VE Day I wrote briefly about the Chindits who were the largest of the Allied Special Forces trained in guerrilla warfare, sent into Japanese-occupied Burma (now called Myanmar). They would fly in to a jungle clearing nicknamed ‘Broadway’ in gliders and clear a runway for powered aeroplanes. Be outside on parade at 23:15 hours, ready for the transport to take us to the airfield, and good luck chaps”.". Many battalions of the King's were formed as part of Secretary of State for War Lord Kitchener's appeal for an initial 100,000 men volunteers in 1914. They united as the 1st Battalion on 1 September 1958. Of those 49 battalions, 22 served extensively, receiving 58 battle honours and six Victoria Crosses for service on the Western Front, the Balkans, India, and Russia. She returned later to do my 30 or 40 jungle sores and put ointment all over them. 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