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The History of the 2/6th (Rifle) Battalion, "the King's" (Liverpool Regiment) 1914-1919

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A regimental history traces the raising and home training of a territorial rifle battalion, its embarkation for the Western Front, and its experience of trench warfare. It recounts periods in reserve and in sustained defence, a severe gas bombardment at Armentières, and participation in major offensives including Passchendaele, the breaking of the Drocourt-Quéant section of the Hindenburg Line, the Cambrai fighting, and the final advance into northern towns up to the Armistice. The volume includes maps, photographs, sketches of specialist roles, and detailed appendices of officers, warrant officers, and service rolls.

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Title: The History of the 2/6th (Rifle) Battalion, "the King's" (Liverpool Regiment) 1914-1919

Author: C. E. Wurtzburg

Release date: September 4, 2015 [eBook #49875]
Most recently updated: October 24, 2024

Language: English

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THE HISTORY

OF THE

2/6th (RIFLE) BATTALION "THE KING'S"

(LIVERPOOL REGIMENT)

1914-1919

Photo by Houghton, Margate.

LIEUT.-COL. W. A. L. FLETCHER, D.S.O.


THE HISTORY
of the
2/6th (Rifle) Battalion "The King's"
(Liverpool Regiment)
1914-1919

BY
Capt. C. E. WURTZBURG, M.C.
Adjutant, Nov. 1916-Nov. 1918

With a Foreword by
Major-General Sir R. W. R. BARNES, k.c.b., d.s.o.

Late G.O.C. 57th (West Lancs.) Division

PRINTED FOR THE REGIMENTAL COMMITTEE

BY
GALE & POLDEN LIMITED
Wellington Works, Aldershot
1920

To the Memory

OF

LIEUT.-COL. W. A. L. FLETCHER, D.S.O.

THE OFFICERS

WARRANT OFFICERS

NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS

AND

RIFLEMEN

WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES

FOR THEIR

COUNTRY

Not fearing death, nor shrinking for distress,
But always resolute in most extremes.