Music for the ceremony in the Palace Gardens was provided by His Majesty’s Band of the Royal Marines, the Band of the Grenadier Guards, and the Band of the Royal Air Force Regiment, playing in harmony in tribute to a splendid joint force occasion. At this point, although the Norfolk numerical sequence was complete, the alphabetic name sequence was not - there were no A, B or Y surnames - and it seemed logical that there should have been some. This was where the "Rosetta Stone" effect came to the fore, because although the Norfolk sequence had run out, I was now able to use the deduced Kings Liverpool numerical sequence to move the investigation forward and complete the alphabetic name series. The basic idea was simple. I reasoned that if my father's service record no longer existed then, if I could identify men who joined the same regiment at the same time, perhaps some of their records may have survived - and if so, they might throw some light on what happened to my Dad. The King’s Company guards the body of the Sovereign in life and even after death. Few will forget the sight of members of The King’s Company standing vigil by and then bearing Her Late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II’s coffin at Her funeral in September 2022. I would like to know if anybody served with 24325120 Kgsm V.J. White (Around 1973 Enlistment). He was awarded the GSM Northern Ireland and the Unficyp medals.

The Brigade was defending positions on The Hook [a crescent-shaped ridge, ‘The Hook’ was the most notorious position of all along the UN front line]. There was considerable speculation about ‘Peace’ accompanied with an assessment that the Chinese were likely to try to over-run The Hook to gain an advantage in the negotiations. The analysis technique was exactly the same as that used for the Norfolk regiment, except this time searching the TNA database (see Figure 5) with "Liverpool" in the [Corps] box and "9591?", "9601?" etc. into the [Regt. number] box. These searches tied up the loose ends.xv]The Great War Forum is a freely available resource having tens of thousands of members worldwide covering a wide spectrum of interests centred on WW1. Its purpose is to share knowledge. The 1stKing’s remained in Korea in and out of line until October 1953 earning the Regiment's last battle honour. The Regiment would then travel onto Hong Kong, joined by their families in their new peacetime role before returning home to Britain in 1958. Battle map used in the King’s Regiment command post in Korea, 1953 The Branch runs a programme of events throughout the year both commemorative and social. New ideas for such events are always welcome.

Named marches are usually the preserve of Regiments but the only Company in the British Army to be granted its own march is The King's Company. The new “King's Company March”, which now replaces 'The Queen's Company' march, was written by the Band of the Grenadier Guards’ Director of Music Captain Ben Mason, and was premiered at today's auspicious event Their Division, the 12th, which had led the two-month advance, had lost over 40% of its establishment in bringing Gen. Rawlinson's Fourth Army face to face with the formidable Hindenburg Line. I am trying to find some information regarding my late Grandfather Mr Thomas Mahon, Born Bootle 1884 died at the Military Pensions Hospital Knotty Ash Liverpool 1923.due to Gas Poisoning.

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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. To focus my search, I concentrated on the Norfolk squad of 100, because my father was number 85 in that group, and I began the search with the fourteen names above him - it yielded two service records. Then I started investigating names from 84 downwards - and by the time I'd done seven searches there were another two records. After that however, there was a long barren period when no new records came to light. I became a little disheartened and decided to analyse the four records I'd already uncovered before completing the remaining searches. 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 mystery that I couldn't explain, and that intrigued me more and more as time went on, was the glaring mismatch in those clues. The photo showed my Dad in the uniform of the Kings Liverpool Regiment (the cap badge is unmistakable) yet both the medals and the document appeared to indicate that he served only in the Norfolk Regiment. So, this study of the coherent group of 100 Kings Liverpool to 7th Bn Norfolk Regiment transferees had yielded 9 service records - and they tell a consistent story.