[Gutenberg 49875] • The History of the 2/6th (Rifle) Battalion, "the King's" (Liverpool Regiment) 1914-1919
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- Authors
- Wurtzburg, C.E.
- Publisher
- Naval and Military Press
- Tags
- 1914-1918 -- regimental histories -- great britain , great britain. army. king's liverpool regiment , world war
- ISBN
- 9781781514696
- Date
- 2011-12-01T00:00:00+00:00
- Size
- 3.44 MB
- Lang
- en
This second-line Territorial battalion was formed at Liverpool in early September 1914, allocated to 171st Bde, 57th Division and landed in France on 14 Feb 1917; it fought on the Western Front for the rest of the war. The author served with the battalion for much of the war though he does spell out the periods he was away from it when he gained his information from those present at the events he describes. The battalion took part in all the fighting of the division, in Third Ypres, Drocour...