saw the creation of a Home Service Force company- E (HSF) Company, with platoons spread throughout the company locations. The HSF was disbanded, however, in 1992 at the end of the Cold War, and therefore so was the company. At the same time as E Company disbanded, the battalion was reduced down to three rifle companies, and retained this structure until amalgamation in 1999. [34] [35] I wanted to know why there were two regiments? What happened to him in France? and where and when was he gassed? At the end of November 1917, they passed out from basic training and set off once again, this time to Fermoy, 20 miles north of Cork in Ireland, where they became 'D' Company, 51st (Graduated) Battalion Kings Liverpool Regt. [x] Three months of more advanced training in Ireland followed, then in March 1918 they were shipped to Great Yarmouth. They'd been there only a matter of days when alarms rang in every military establishment in the country. Nine days in Base Hospital near the French coast culminated in transfer to England where he was admitted to the North Evington War Hospital, Leicester on 24th November 1918.

xxii] The History of the 12 th (Eastern) Division in the Great War, 1914 - 1918, Maj. Gen. Sir Arthur B. Scott, Naval & Military Press.Many thanks Jan, The area around Polderhoek and north to Reutelbois is beautiful. I was there last November in glorious weather - it was very peaceful. It is however possible to make a crude estimate of the unrecorded casualties by using the Commonwealth War Graves Commission details of those who lost their lives. Herbert saved a number of pieces of memorabilia and documentation among which were his medals and pay book This is a list of battalions of the King's Regiment (Liverpool), which existed as an infantry regiment of the British Army from 1881 to 1958. Whilst my father was recovering from gas poisoning his battalion was heavily involved in the advance that would lead eventually to victory.

During the night [of 30 th Sept] the Division was relieved. It had …become so reduced in numbers as to be unfit for active operations until reinforced …. therefore it was withdrawn from the battle front." This investigation, conceived in 2002, before any military documents were on-line, took 15 years to complete, but most of that time was absorbed waiting for data to become available in digital form. The first step, analysis of Medal Index Card data, couldn't begin until 2008 and the last piece of the jigsaw didn't come to light until 2017. Starting today, when so much data is already on-line, the basic steps could probably be completed in days or even hours.

Pursuit of the German forces gained momentum during September and major actions took place at Nurlu on the 7th and at Epehy on the 18th. By 30th September the battalion had reached the most easterly point of its advance three miles east of Epehy. At the end of the war the 42nd CCS was a tented hospital located in the northern outskirts of Douai beside the road to Lens (see Figure 23). At that time their main activity was treating influenza cases - in the month of November 1918 they took in 1144 cases of which 60 proved fatal (5.2%). Distribution of multi-national occupation forces during the deployment of the King's Regiment in 2003.