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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]
4th (The King's Own) Regiment of Foot 1751–1867. 4th (The King's Own Royal) Regiment of Foot 1867–1881 [27] 1680 Raised 13 July 1680, as the 2nd Tangier Regiment. [26] 1881: The King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster) Duke of Lancaster's Regiment: 5: 5th Regiment of Foot 1751–1782. 5th (Northumberland) Regiment of Foot 1782–1836
1st Battalion, 4th (King's Own) Regiment of Foot 2nd 1857 2nd Battalion, 4th (King's Own) Regiment of Foot Militia 3rd (Militia) 1760 1st Battalion, 1st Royal Lancashire Militia (The Duke of Lancaster's Own) [2] [3] 4th (Militia) 1877 2nd Battalion, 1st Royal Lancashire Militia (The Duke of Lancaster's Own) [2] [4] Volunteers 1st Volunteer 1859
The German name sabretache was adopted, tache meaning "pocket". It fulfilled the function of a pocket, which were absent from the tight fitting uniform of the hussar style. Part of the wartime function of the light cavalry was to deliver orders and dispatches; the sabertache was well suited to hold these.
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. 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'.
It was known as the 7th Regiment of Foot until the Childers Reforms of 1881. [ 1 ] The regiment served in many wars and conflicts throughout its long existence, including the Second Boer War , the First World War and the Second World War .
In 1702 when she succeeded the throne as Queen Anne, the sovereign ordered the title to be altered to The Queen's Regiment. In 1751, when all British Army infantry regiments were numbered, the title became; 8th or The King's Regiment after the then monarch King George II, and was from then onward referred to as 8th Foot, 8th Regiment or 8th King's.