The King's Regiment (Men-at-Arms)

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Placed in "suspended animation" on 21 March 1946; re-amalgamated with 5th King's 1 January 1947 [1] [3]

At 6:20 am on 8th August, the 7th Norfolks had clambered out of their trenches and in a few hours had established a new front line between Morlancourt and the River Ancre to secure the northern flank of the advance by Fourth Army. Records indicate that in the assault four of the 'Liverpool boys' died and at least 8 were wounded. [xx]

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Some ten days later, in the report of 14th Nov. (see Figure 22 above) his condition was "Improved" and he was "Transferred to Base" (hospital) in Ambulance Train No. 26. [xxviii]

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. The Second Captain (2nd in command of the King's Company) and Subaltern of the Guard, was Lieutenant Hugo Crawford, and Major Ty-Lee Bearder, Major James Gatehouse and Major General James Bowder OBE (Regimental Lieutenant Colonel of the Grenadier Guards) assisted His Majesty in presenting the Colour. The Battalion amalgamated with the 3rd (Volunteer) Battalion of the Cheshire Regiment, in 1999, to form the King's and Cheshire Regiment; A and V Companies amalgamated as A (King's) Company, and C Company was redesignated as C (King's) Company, of the new regiment. The King's Companies of the King's and Cheshire Regiment, later went on to amalgamate with the Lancastrian and Cumbrian Volunteers to form 4th Battalion, Duke of Lancaster's Regiment. [36] Other information [ edit ] Herbert's were correct, a man's medals were supposed to be inscribed with his regimental details as they were on the day he landed overseas. My father's records seem to have been subject to administrative difficulties during the German spring offensive.would have been virtually identical, their medal inscriptions were different. Herbert Marshall's were stamped "L' POOL. R." with his Liverpool Regt no. "95990" while Robbie Robinson's were marked "NORF. R." with his Norfolk Regt no. "49085".The message came from Keith Marshall in Clitheroe Lancs. who was also researching his father's WW1 experience. The King then presented the Standard to the Commanding Officer of the Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment, Lieutenant Colonel Tom Armitage, who mounted the new Standard with the Regimental Corporal Major, Warrant Officer Class One Daniel Snoxell. When my Dad referred to his 'mates' he must have meant the lads he'd trained with - and of the 30 casualties that night eight were 'Liverpool boys'. As one of the oldest Regiments in the British army it took part in much of British Military History including the War of the Spanish Succession (1701-1714), fighting at Nijmegen, the capture of Huy and Limbourg, the capture of the Schellenberg fortress, the Battle of Blenheim, the Battle of Ramillies, the Battle of Oudenarde, the sieges of Ghent, Bruges and Lillie, the Siege of Tournai, and the Battle of Malplaquet. Figure 14: The 7th Norfolk diary entry for April 10th written at Hénencourt, and amended later that evening.

No other draft recorded in that year numbered 100, and no other diary entry referring to replacements mentioned the source regiment. It seems to indicate that the combination of them being described as 'boys' and all from the same regiment was unusual - which further implies that they must have been among the first of the under 19-year-olds to reach the front. While Colours are renewed every 10-12 years, The King’s Company Colour, the Royal Standard of the Grenadier Guards is the personal gift of The Sovereign, presented only once in each reign, and is laid at the feet of Sovereigns who have passed, upon their catafalques. At a later stage of this research, when I had uncovered many of the facts, I discovered a document that confirmed all of the investigation work that I had done up to this point.

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When my mother told me that Dad was in hospital when the armistice was signed - she was right, but it was not for the reason I had assumed - it wasn't because of gas poisoning, it was because he was a victim of the Spanish flu epidemic that spread through the army and across the world in 1918. [xxiv] Discovering that fact was a breakthrough that came to light in an extraordinary way. It was almost as if I'd stumbled on the equivalent of the “Rosetta Stone” - the ancient Egyptian slab on which a text had been recorded in three different languages - the discovery that led to the decoding of Egyptian hieroglyphics. In my case it was a triple data sequence, so that gaps in any one sequence might be filled by reference to the other two, and I hoped it might lead to decoding my Dad's war service. Although the two young men were stationed for the next three months in the same general area, mostly around Forceville, there is no evidence that their paths crossed again. Through a Glass Darkly: The Appointment of T/Lieutenant-Colonel C.J. Hobkirk DSO as GOC 14 Australian Brigade, July 1916