The King's Regiment is a regiment of the British Army, part of the King's Division. It traces its history back to the 1600s, with the creation of the Princess Anne of Denmark's Regiment of Foot in 1685, which through the centuries became The King's Regiment (Liverpool), which then amalgamated with The Manchester Regiment, in 1958, which itself traced its history back to the original regiment, forming The King's Regiment (Manchester and Liverpool). The Princess Anne of Denmarks Regiment of Foot was created in 1685, being known by the names of subsequent Colonels of the regiment until the creation of the 8th (The Kings) Regiment of Foot in 1751. ... The Reforms In 1881, under Childers reforms, the continuation of Cardwells reforms, the army was further overhauled, with the regular, militia and volunteer battalions of the army being brought intor one structure, as well as being given connections with cities and counties. ... The 63rd Regiment of Foot and the 96th Regiment of Foot would later amalgamate in 1881 to form The Manchester Regiment, which itself would amalgamate with The Kings Regiment (Liverpool), to form The Kings Regiment (Manchester and Liverpool) in 1958, later becoming The Kings Regiment in 1968. ... In 1881 The Manchester Regiment was formed with the amalgamation of the 63rd Regiment of Foot and the 96th Regiment of Foot. ... // Size and Composition A regiment is a military unit, larger than a company and smaller than a division. ... The British Army is the land armed forces branch of the British Armed Forces. ... The Kings Division is a British Army command, training and administrative apparatus designated for all land force units in the North of England. ... Events and Trends November 5, 1605 - The Gunpowder Plot to blow up the British Parliament. ... Events February 6 - James Stuart, Duke of York becomes King James II of England and Ireland and King James VII of Scotland. ... In 1881 The Manchester Regiment was formed with the amalgamation of the 63rd Regiment of Foot and the 96th Regiment of Foot. ... 1958 was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Seeing the world

In 1958 The King's Regiment (Liverpool) and The Manchester Regiment amalgamated to form The King's Regiment (Manchester and Liverpool). HM Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, who had been Colonel-in-Chief of the Manchesters' from 1947, became the Colonel-in-Chief of the new regiment. 1958 was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother Lady Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon (4 August 1900 – 30 March 2002) as Queen Elizabeth was the Queen consort of George VI of the United Kingdom from 1936 to 1952 and the mother of his successor, Queen Elizabeth II, the current British monarch. ... In the British and other Commonwealth armies, the Colonel-in-Chief of a regiment is its (usually Royal) patron. ... 1947 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ...

In 1959 the regiment was deployed to Kenya, which at that time, had experienced an uprising by the Mau Mau, though by 1959 it had almost fizzled out. The King's were based in Gilgil, which was near Nakuru. The following year the regiment moved to Muthaiga Campe which was near Nairobi. In 1961, a crisis flared up in the Gulf, after the Iraq President had claimed that Kuwait rightfully belonged to them, and that he was going to annex the small oil-rich state. The Kuwaitis' had already appealed for help, the British government had, by the time the King's arrived in July to relieve 42 Commando, Royal Marines, deployed a substantial force, including major naval assets. Thankfully the threat from Iraq subsided in the face of suce a formidable force, the potential war in the Gulf had been averted, though King's would be involved in a such a war over forty years later. 1959 was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Mau Mau Uprising was an insurgency by Kenyan rebels against the British colonial administration from 1952 to 1960. ... 1959 was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Nakuru, the provincial capital of the Rift Valley province with roughly 300,000 inhabitants lies about 2,100m above sea level. ... Nairobi skyline Nairobi is the capital of Kenya. ... 1961 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Map of the Persian Gulf. ... The Corps of Royal Marines, usually just known as the Royal Marines (RM), are the United Kingdoms amphibious forces and a core component of the countrys Rapid Deployment Force. ...

In September of that year the King's returned to Kenya, and in early 1962 returned home to the UK. By July, the regiment was in West Berlin, at a time of increased tension between NATO and Warsaw Pact countries, due largely to the Berlin Wall, which had been built in 1961. The regiment had a relatively quiet deployment to the city, though they regularly observed Soviet position on the other-side of the Wall. In 1964 the regiment returned to the UK, becoming part of the UK Strategic Reserve, a force that 16 (Air Assault) Brigade now fulfills for the present British Army. They were stationed in Ballykinler, at the time, a rather sedate location. 1962 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... The flag of NATO NATO 2002 Summit in Prague The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO), sometimes called North Atlantic Alliance, Atlantic Alliance or the Western Alliance, is an international organisation for defence collaboration established in 1949, in support of the North Atlantic Treaty signed in Washington, D.C., on April... Map of Warsaw Pact member countries. ... Berlin Wall on November 16, 1989 The Berlin Wall (German: Die Berliner Mauer) was a long barrier separating West Berlin from East Berlin and the surrounding territory of East Germany. ... 1961 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1964 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... The 16 Air Assault Brigade (16 AAB) is a unit of the British Army It was formed as part of the defence reforms implemented by the Strategic Defence Review on 1 September 1999 by the merging of 24th Airmobile Brigade and elements of 5th Airborne Brigade. ...

The following year the battalion deployed to British Guiana for internal security duties due to worries aboutt racial tensions, between many of the different groups, that had flared up the previous year in the South American country. The battalion returned to Northern Ireland later that year. British Guiana was the name of the British colony on the northern coast of South America, now the independent nation of Guyana. ...

In 1967, the year after the historic 1966 World Cup victory by the England football team, the football squad of the 1st King's, actually managed by an ex-Dundee professional player, played a match against the England team while they were in Northern Ireland. The match, however, was not to be a victory for the King's, being beaten by a respectable 4-1, considering the opposition. Astonishingly, Gordon Banks played up front, with the goal-scoring legend Jimmy Greaves replacing him in goal. 1967 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1966 was the year that the Football World Cup went back to the country that first conceived football: England. ... First International Scotland 0 - 0 England (Partick, Scotland; 30 November 1872) Largest win Ireland 0 - 13 England (Belfast, Northern Ireland; 18 February 1882) Worst defeat Hungary 7 - 1 England (Budapest, Hungary; 23 May 1954) World Cup Appearances 11 (First in 1950) Best result Winners, 1966 European Championship Appearances 7 (First... Dundees location in Scotland Dundee (Dùn Dèagh in Gaelic) is Scotlands fourth largest city, population 154,674 (2001), situated on the North bank of the Firth of Tay. ... Royal motto: Quis separabit (Latin: Who will separate?) Northern Irelands location within the UK Official languages English, Irish, Ulster Scots Capital and largest city Belfast First Minister Office suspended Area  - Total Ranked 4th 13,843 km² Population  - Total (2001)  - Density Ranked 4th 1,685,267 122/km² NUTS 1... Gordon Banks, OBE (born Sheffield, England, 30th December, 1937) was a footballer considered by many to be the best goalkeeper to have played the game. ... James Peter Jimmy Greaves (born 20 February 1940) was an English football player, and more recently a television pundit. ...

That same year a company from the 1st King's deployed to British Honduras in response to threats from neighbouring Guatemala that they were going to annex the small Central American colony. In 1968 the battalion was moved to England to be based in Catterick. That same year, the regiment was given a slight name change, changing from The King's Regiment (Manchester and Liverpool) to The King's Regiment. British Honduras was the former name of a British colony on the east coast of Central America, now the independent nation of Belize. ... 1968 was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... Map sources for Catterick at grid reference SE2497 Catterick refers to two settlements in the county of North Yorkshire, England. ...

In 1969 the regiment was deployed to Minden in West Germany as part of the British Army of the Rhine (BAOR), however their deployment was to be relatively brief, for the following year the regiment was dispatched to Northern Ireland, by 1970 a very troubled place. They perfomed the usual internal security (IS) duties, going to great lengths to keep the two main warring religions apart, as well as patrolling against terrorist attacks. In 1971 the battalion returned to Germany and then back to the UK, being based at Weeton near Preston. 1969 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ... Minden is a town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. ... There have been two formations named British Army of the Rhine (BAOR). ... 1970 was a common year starting on Thursday. ... 1971 is a common year starting on Friday (click for link to calendar). ... Preston is a city and local government district in North West England. ...

In 1972, the battalion was deployed to Northern Ireland once again, this time in Belfast. During an intense firefight with IRA terrorists, a Corporal Buckley of the King's was mortally wounded, though brave attempts to rescue him were made, the Corporal died almost immediately. It took several days for the Kingsmen to carefully dislodge the IRA gunmen from the area around the bases at Turf Lodge and Ballymurphy. Unfortunately, this was not the only death the King's experienced in their 1972 tour-of-duty. Kingsman Hanley was shot dead by an IRA sniper while guarding an RE party, who were at that time removing some barricades in the Ballymurphy sector. 1972 was a leap year that started on a Saturday. ... Belfast (Béal Feirste in Irish) is a city in the United Kingdom. ... This article primarily deals with the Irish Republican Army up to 1922. ... 1972 was a leap year that started on a Saturday. ... The Corps of Royal Engineers (RE), commonly known as the Sappers, is one of the corps of the British Army. ...

The King's were involved in further incidents that month, suffering yet another death on the 30th May. The Provisional IRA, or PIRA, a splinter group of the IRA, bombed the battalion headquarters, killing Kingsman Doglay and another soldier. Between July and August a further four Kingsmen, Jones, Thomas, Christopher and Layfield, were killed. The Provisional Irish Republican Army (PIRA; more commonly referred to as the IRA, the Provos, or by some of its supporters as the army or the Ra) is an Irish republican paramilitary organisation. ...

The 1st King's were deployed to a more pleasant location in November that year, Hong Kong. They performed the usual tasks, internal security duties, as well as patrolling the Hong Kong-Chinese border in case of incursions by people fleeing the Communist regime there. Their stay there was a pleasant one, however in 1975 they were to return to the cauldron they had left in 1972, being deployed to Londonderry. 1975 was a common year starting on ghjgh Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ... 1972 was a leap year that started on a Saturday. ... Derry or Londonderry (in Irish , Doire Cholm Chille or Doire), often called the Maiden City, is a city in Northern Ireland. ...

In NI, the 1st King's had a large area of responsibility, from the northern part of County Londonderry to County Tyrone and other areas, to parts of the border with the Republic of Ireland. They lost one man during their tour-of-duty, a Sergeant Dooley. He was killed in an accident when his Land Rover overturned. County Londonderry or County Derry (Doire in Irish) is one of the six counties of Northern Ireland. ... This article is about County Tyrone. ... Land Rover was the name of one of the first British civilian all-terrain utility vehicles, first produced by Rover in 1947. ...

The following year the regiment was stationed in the garrison town of Colchester. In October 1977 the regiment was deployed to the island of Cyprus in the Mediterranean for duties in the Sovereign Base Areas and the UN peacekeeping force deployed there, which began in 1964 in response to the growing violence there between Greek and Turkish Cypriots. Colchester town centre Colchester is an historic town in the north of the English county of Essex, with a population of about 160,000. ... 1977 was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1977 calendar). ... The Mediterranean Sea is an intercontinental sea positioned between Europe to the north, Africa to the south and Asia to the east, covering an approximate area of 2. ... The UK Sovereign Base Areas are those British military base areas located in countries formerly ruled by the United Kingdom which were retained by it and not handed over when those countries attained independence. ... The United Nations, or UN, is an international organization established in 1945 and now made up of 191 states. ... 1964 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ...

In 1979, the battalion deployed to Northern Ireland once again, back to Belfast. It was to be a successful, yet at times, tragic tour-of-duty for the 1st King's. They lost three men during this tour-of-duty, Kingsman Shanley and Lance Corporals Rumble were killed in the same vehicle by a PIRA sniper. Lance Corporal Webster was killed by a remote controlled bomb, similar to what many Coalition soldiers faced in Iraq in 2003 and probably into 2004 and possibly beyond. This page refers to the year 1979. ... This article deals with the post-invasion period in Iraq and its occupation. ... 2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

A Kingsman's duty

In 1980 the 1st King's were back in West Germany, this time based in Osnabrück, as of 2004, still a key British garrison base. They took part in a number of major exercises while stationed there, as well as in Canada. In 1984 the regiment was deployed to Belfast, NI once again. They performed the usual tasks that they had been charged with in previous deployments, though thankfully this tour-of-duty was much more quiet compared to the previous tours. They returned to Osnabrück later that year. 1980 is a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... Osnabrück is a city in the Westphalian half of Lower Saxony, Germany, some 80km NNW of Dortmund, 45km NNW of Münster, and some 100km due West of Hanover. ... 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1984 is a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

In 1985 the 1st King's returned to the UK, being based in Chester. That year, the regiment celebrated 300 years in existence, when in 1685 the Princess Anne of Denmark's Regiment was raised by Lord Ferrar. The Colonel-in-Chief HM Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother took the salute during the Tercentenary Parade. The battalion was soon deployed to the Falkland Islands garrison there, staying for four months. 1985 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Chester is the county town of Cheshire in the north-west of England, close to the border with Wales. ... Events February 6 - James Stuart, Duke of York becomes King James II of England and Ireland and King James VII of Scotland. ...

In May 1987, the King's were deployed to NI again, as before, this tour was more subdued compared to the earlier tours. They returned to Chester in September that year. In 1988 the 1st King's were deployed to West Berlin, still full of mystery and, though more subdued, tension, yet the Cold War was soon to end. For on the 9th November 1989 checkpoints in the Berlin Wall open for the first-time in decades. The next day, many parts of the Berlin Wall was brought down by thousands of jubilant Germans, the Kingsmen witnessed it all. 1987 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1988 is a leap year starting on a Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... For the generic term for a high-tension rivalry between countries, see cold war (war). ... 1989 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

In February 1990 the regiment deployed, yet again, to Northern Ireland. It would, during October, be a tragic deployment. The King's were the victims of just one of a series of proxy car bomb attacks, driven by hostages kidnapped by the IRA, who had also the families of the drivers hostage, ordering the car bomb drivers to the targets via radio. The car bomb that hit the King's was immense, killing Lance Corporal Burrows and Kingsmen Beecham, Scott, Sweeney and Worral. The regiment saw further duties in NI, thankfully nothing further tragic occurred. 1990 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

In 1992, 1st King's were stationed in West London. Later that year, two companies of the 1st King's were deployed to the Falkland Islands, a tour that would last four months. In 1995 the regiment deployed to NI again, thankfully, far more peaceful than one could imagine in the '70s and '80s, though the King's still mounted the many arduous patrols which largely deterred terrorist attacks, guarding numerous bases and generally supporting the RUC. 1992 is a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Greater London and the Regions of England. ... 1995 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article provides extensive lists of events and significant personalities of the 1970s. ... // Events and trends The 1980s marked an abrupt shift towards more conservative lifestyles after the momentous cultural revolutions which took place in the 60s and 70s and the definition of the AIDS virus in 1981. ... The Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) was the police force in Northern Ireland from 1922 to 2001. ...

In 1996 the regiment deployed to Cyprus, being stationed in the Sovereign Base Areas. The regiment was involved in various and diverse duties during their tour-of-duty on the troubled island. The 1st King's were also involved in exercises in Kuwait in 1997. In early 1998, the 1st King's departed Cyprus for the UK, being based in Weeton Barracks, not stationed there since the early 1970s. In 1998 and 1999 the regiment saw two brief deployments to Northern Ireland, performing many of the usual duties that their predecessors had done before them. 1996 is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... 1997 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1998 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... This article provides extensive lists of events and significant personalities of the 1970s. ... 1998 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... 1999 is a common year starting on Friday Anno Domini (or the Current Era), and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ...

In 2002 the regiment was moved to Catterick. That same year their Colonel-in-Chief, since amalgamation in 1958 (she had been Colonel-in-Chief of The Manchester Regiment from 1947), passed away, she was 101. A detachment of the King's took part in the funeral procession of the late Queen Mother. 2002 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1958 was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1947 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ...

In late 2002 and early 2003, the regiment was deployed on fire-fighting duties as part of Operation Fresco during the firefighters strike. They operated in the Greater Manchester area. 2002 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Greater Manchester is a metropolitan county in England established in 1974 which covers an area roughly encompassing the conurbation of Manchester. ...

In June 2003, 1st King's, along with a company from the terroritorial battalion of The King's and Cheshire Regiment, deployed to Iraq as part of 19 Mechanised Brigade, two months after the Iraq War ended. The regiment was involved in many tasks that the regiment had performed in NI, performing their duties with great professionalism and awareness of a potentially volatile area. The regiment returned to their barracks in Catterick in November 2003, a world away from their deployment to the Middle East state. 2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article contains information that has not been verified. ... 2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

In December 2004, it was announced that the King's Regiment, along with the King's Own Royal Border Regiment and the Queen's Lancashire Regiment, would be amalgamated to form the King's Lancashire and Border Regiment as part of the restructuring of the infantry. This will be a complete merging into a two battalion regiment - thus it is impossible to maintain the old regimental titles as part of the new battalions, since that would involve one regiment disappearing completely. 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Kings Own Royal Border Regiment is an infantry regiment of the British Army, part of the Kings Division. ... The Queens Lancashire Regiment (QLR) is an infantry regiment of the British Army, part of the Kings Division. ... The Kings Lancashire and Border Regiment is one of the new large infantry regiments of the British Army. ...

Other information

• Colonel-in-Chief: Lieutenant-General HRH Prince Charles, The Prince of Wales KG, KT, GCB, AK, QSO, ADC
• Colonel: Colonel Malcolm Grant Haworth CBE
• Motto: Nec aspera terrent (Difficulties be damned)
• Anniversaries: Ladysmith (28th February), Kohima (15th May), Guadeloupe (10th June), Somme (1st July), Blenheim (13th August), Delhi (14th September), Inkerman (5th Novembers)
• Freedoms: Liverpool, Manchester and the Borough of Tameside
• Marches: Quick: The Kingsman Slow: Lord Ferrar's March
• Alliances:
  • 10th/27th Battalion, The Royal South Australia Regiment
  • The Royal Regiment of Canada
  • The Otago & Southland Regiment
  • 1st Battalion (Scinde), The Frontier Force Regiment
  • 5th Battalion, The Sikh Regiment

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Battle honours

• Pre-War:
  • Blenheim, Ramillies, Oudenarde, Malpaquet, Dettingen, Guadelope 1759, Egmont-op-Zee, Peninsula, Martinique 1809, Guadeloupe 1810, Niagara, New Zealand, Alma, Inkerman, Sevastopol, Delhi 1857, Lucknow, Peiwar Kotal, Afghanistan 1878-80, Egypt 1882, Burma 1885-87, Defence of Ladysmith, South Africa 1899-1902
• The Great War 1914-1918:
  • Western Front: Mons, Retreat from Mons, Marne 1914, Aisne 1914, Ypres 1914 1915 1917, La Bassée, Armentieres, Langemarck 1914-17, Gheluvelt, Battle of Nonne Bosschen, Givenchy 1914, Neuve Chapelle, Gravenstafel, St Julien, Frezenberg, Bellewaarde, Battle of Aubers, Festubert 1915, Loos, Somme 1916 1917, Albert 1916 1918, Bazentin, Delville Wood, Guillemont, Ginchy, Flers-Courcelette, Morval, Thiepval, Le Transloy, Ancre Heights, Ancre 1916 1918, Bapaume 1917 1918, Arras 1917 1918, Scarpe 1917 1918, Arleux, Bullecourt, Pilckem, Menin Road, Polygon Wood, Broodseinde, Poelcappelle, Passchendaele, Cambrai 1917 1918, St Quentin, Rosiéres, Avre, Lys, Estaires, Messines 1918, Bailleul, Kemmel, Bethune, Scherpenberg, Amiens, Drocourt-Queant, Hindenburg Line, Epéhy, Canal du Nord, Battle of the St Quentin Canal, Beaurevoir, Courtai, Selle, Sambre, France and Flanders 1914-18
  • Italy: Piave, Vittorio Veneto, Italy 1917-18,
  • Macedonia: Doiran 1917, Macedonia 1915-18
  • Gallipoli Campaign: Helles, Battle of Krithia, Suvla, Landing at Suvla, Scimitar Hill, Gallipoli 1915
  • Mesopotamia: Tigris 1916, Kut al Amara Baghdhad, Mesopotamia 1916-18
  • Egypt and Palestine: Rumani, Egypt 1915-17, Megiddo, Sharon, Palestine 1918
  • Other Theatres: NW Frontier, India 1915, Archangel 1918-1919
• Inter-War:
  • Afghanistan 1919
• The Second World War 1939-45:
  • North-West Europe: The Dyle, Withdrawal to Escaut, Defence of Escaut, Defence of Arras, St Omer-La Bassée, Ypres-Comines Canal, North-West Europe 1940, Normandy Landings, Caen, Esquay, Falaise, Nederrijn, Scheldt, Walcheren Causeway, Flushing, Lower Maas, Venlo Pocket, Roer, Ourthe, Rhineland, Reichswald, Goch, Weeze, Rhine, Ibbenburen, Drierwalde, Aller, Bremen, North-West Europe 1944-45
  • Italy: Cassino II, Trasimene Line, Tuori, Gothic Line, Monte Gridolfo, Coriano, San Clemente, Gemmano Ridge, Montilgallo, Capture of Forli, Lamone Crossing, Lamone Bridgehead, Rimini Line, Montescudo, Cesena, Italy 1944-45
  • Asia: Singapore Island, Malaya 1941-1942, Chindits 1943, Chindits 1944, North Arakan, Kohima, Pinwe, Shwebo, Myinmu Bridgehead, Irrawaddy, Burma 1943 1944-1945
  • Other Theatres: Malta 1940, Athens, Greece 1944-45
• Post-War: The Hook 1953, Korea 1952-1953

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Victoria Cross winners (external links)

• Second Lieutenant Edward Felix Baxter, 1/8th Bn, The King's (Liverpool Regiment)
• Private Jack Thomas Counter, 1st Bn, The King's (Liverpool Regiment)
• Sergeant Charles Harry Coverdale, 11th Bn, The Manchester Regiment
• Lieutenant-Colonel Wilfrith Elstob, 16th Bn, The Manchester Regiment
• Company Sergeant-Major George Evans, 18th Bn, The Manchester Regiment
• Lieutenant William Thomas Forshaw, 1/9th Bn, The Manchester Regiment
• Sergeant Harry Hampton, 2nd Bn, The King's (Liverpool Regiment)
• Private William Edward Heaton, 1st Bn, The King's (Liverpool Regiment)
• Captain George Stuart Henderson, 2nd Bn, The Manchester Regiment
• Sergeant John Hogan, 2nd Bn, The Manchester Regiment
• Sergeant David Jones, 12th Bn, The King's (Liverpool Regiment)
• Second-Lieutenant James Kirk, 10th Bn, The Manchester Regiment
• Corporal Henry James Knight, 1st Bn, The King's (Liverpool Regiment)
• Second-Lieutenant James Leach, 2nd Bn, The Manchester Regiment
• Private Walter Mills, 1/10th Bn, The Manchester Regiment
• Private James Pitts, 1st Bn, The Manchester Regiment
• Private Arthur Herbert Procter, 1/5th Bn, The King's (Liverpool Regiment)
• Captain Oswald Austin Reid, 1st Bn, The King's (Liverpool Regiment)
• Private Robert Scott, 1st Bn, The Manchester Regiment
• Corporal Issy Smith, 1st Bn, The Manchester Regiment
• Private George Stringer, 1st Bn, The Manchester Regiment
• Lance-Corporal Joseph Harcourt Tombs, 1st Bn, The King's (Liverpool Regiment)
• Private Alfred Robert Wilkinson, 1/5th Bn, The Manchester Regiment