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A COMPANY HISTORY


A Company, Kings & Cheshire Regiment consists of 3 different capbadges. The
Kings, Cheshire & Liverpool Scottish, each with its own proud history.

       
 

The Liverpool Scottish (Currently Platoon Strength)

The Liverpool Scottish was formed as an infantry battalion in 1900 in response to the crisis of the Boer War. With HQ established in Fraser Street in the Liverpool City Centre, the home of the Scottish until 1967, the Battalion was redesignated in 1908 on the establishment of the Territorial Force as the 10th (Scottish) Battalion, The King's (Liverpool Regiment).
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The Kings Regiment

Formed in 1685, the King's Regiment now comprises the 1st or Regular Battalion, stationed with its families in Bourlon Barracks, Catterick Garrison, North Yorkshire since March 2001, and the Territorial Army companies of the King's and Cheshire Regiment which has King's Regiment bases in Liverpool, Warrington, Manchester and Ashton-Under-Lyne. The Colonel in Chief is HM Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother.
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The Cheshire Regiment

The Cheshire Regiment if one of the many parts that make up the Kings & Cheshire Regiment. They to have a proud history, as the Kings and Liverpool Scottish. (Click on the Capbadge to be directed to the Cheshire Regiment Website.

 
 

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