Liverpool Rifles 6th Bn (Rifles) King's Regiment 38th (King's) Searchlight Regiment, RA 635 (King's Regiment) Regiment, RA 573 (King's Regiment) HAA Regiment, RA
Active
From 19 August 1859
Country
United Kingdom
Branch
Territorial Force
Role
Infantry, searchlight, artillery
Part of
King's Regiment (Liverpool)
Garrison/HQ
Princes Park Barracks, Liverpool
Engagements
Western Front The Blitz Operation Diver Operation Doomsday
Battle honours
South Africa 1900–01
Military unit
The Liverpool Rifles was a unit of the Territorial Army, part of the British Army, formed in Lancashire as a 'Rifle Volunteer Corps' (RVC) in 1859, becoming a battalion of the King's Regiment (Liverpool) in 1881. It saw action on the Western Front in the First World War and later became a searchlight unit of the Royal Artillery in the Second World War.
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