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The regiment formed as the Princess Anne of Denmark's Regiment of Foot during a rebellion in 1685 by the Duke of Monmouth against King James II. [1] After James was deposed during the "Glorious Revolution" that installed William III and Mary II as co-monarchs, the regiment's commanding officer, the Duke of Berwick, decided to join his royal father in exile. [2]
The Kids, or Kiddies – Scots Guards [3] name given to the Third Regiment of Foot Guards when reaching King William III's Guards camp in 1686; The Kingos – King's Liverpool Regiment later King's Regiment; The King's Men – 78th Highlanders later 2nd Battalion Seaforth Highlanders [1] [10] The King's Hanoverian White Horse – 8th Foot [3]
8th (The King's) Regiment of Foot 1751–1881 [32] 1685 Raised 19 June 1685, as Princess Anne of Denmark's Regiment of Foot. [32] 1881: The King's (Liverpool Regiment) Duke of Lancaster's Regiment: 9: 9th Regiment of Foot 1751–1782. 9th (East Norfolk) Regiment of Foot 1782–1881 [33] 1685 Raised 19 June 1685, as Henry Cornewall's Regiment of ...
Light company, 1st Battalion, 8th (King's) Foot [est. 65 officers and men] (Captain Francis Campbell) Light company, 41st Foot [est. 60 officers and men] (Captain Joseph B. Glew) Eight companies, 2nd Battalion, 89th Foot [425 officers and men] (Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Wanton Morrison & Major Miller Clifford)
He was appointed an rnsign in the 8th (The King's) Regiment of Foot in 1825 and progressed through the ranks, becoming lieutenant in 1828, captain in 1835, major in 1844, lieutenant-colonel in 1846 and brevet colonel in 1854. He was brigadier general in Bengal from May to November 1855, April to December 1856 and June 1857 to April 1859.
Governor General's Foot Guards and 50th Field Artillery Regiment (The Prince of Wales Rangers), RCA: 3rd Battalion (Toronto Regiment), CEF: 10 August 1914 30 August 1920 The Queen's Own Rifles of Canada and The Royal Regiment of Canada: 4th Battalion (Central Ontario), CEF: 10 August 1914 30 August 1920
Sergeant from 8th (King's) Regiment "with a party of Indians from Detroit" take five Pennsylvania riflemen, who are "conducted safe to this city" [17] Though situation unlike that of previous war, Maj. Gen. Schuyler argues at length usefulness of Lake Ontario route for fighting British in Canada [18]
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. [1]