Great Britain

The King’s

The Manchester Regiment

Kingdom of England
 
1685: The Princess Anne of Denmark’s
Regiment of Foot

Lord Ferrer’s
1686: Lord Berwick’s
1688: John Beaumont’s
1695: John Richmond Webb’s
1702: The Queen’s Regiment of Foot
John Richmond Webb’s
1707: Kingdom of Great Britain
1715: Henry Morrison’s
1716: The King’s Regiment of Foot
Henry Morrison’s
1720: Charles Hotham’s
1721: John Pokock’s
1732: Charles Lenoe’s
1739: Richard Onslow’s
1745: Edward Wolfe’s
1751: 8th (The King’s)
Regiment of Foot

1756: 2nd Bn raised
2nd Bn, 8th Regiment of Foot
1758: 2nd Bn → 63rd Foot →
63rd Regiment of Foot

8th-Foot

63rd-Foot
1782:

63rd (West Suffolk)
Regiment of Foot

1798:

The Minorca Regiment
1801: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
1802:



The Queen’s Own
German Regiment

1804: 2nd Bn raised
2nd Bn raised

1805:



97th (Queen’s Own Germans)
Regiment of Foot

1814:
2nd Bn disbanded

1815: 2nd Bn disbanded


1816:



96th (Queen’s Own Germans)
Regiment of Foot

1818:





disbanded
 
1825:

96th Regiment of Foot
1857: 2nd Bn raised


8th Foot
63rd Foot
96th Foot
layout
layout
96th Foot
The creation of the territorial regiments by the Childers reforms
layout layout
1881: 1st Bn,    2nd Bn, 1st Bn, 2nd Bn,
The Liverpool Regiment
(The King’s)
The King’s
(Liverpool Regiment)
The Manchester Regiment
Liverpool
Manchester
Kings
Manchester
1900: 3nd Bn and 4th Bn raised
3nd Bn and 4th Bn raised
1901: 3nd Bn and 4th Bn disbanded

1906:
3nd Bn and 4th Bn disbanded
1921: The King’s Regiment
(Liverpool)



1922: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Kings
Manchester
1942:
1st Bn captured
1942: 6th Battalion →
The Manchester Regiment


→ 1st Bn reconstituted

layout
Manchester
layout layout
1945: 15th (The King’s) Battalion,
The Parachute Regiment
← 1st Bn converted to



1945: 15th Battalion,
The Parachute Regiment


PARA
layout
layout
layout layout
1947: converted to → 1st Battalion

1948: 2nd Bn disbanded
2nd Bn disbanded
1948:
part of
The Lancastrian Brigade
part of
The Lancastrian Brigade
layout layout
1958: 1st Battalion,
The King’s Regiment
(Manchester and Liverpool)

Lancastrian
1968: 1st Battalion,
The King’s Regiment
part of
The King’s Division
KLM
2006: 2nd Battalion,
The Duke of Lancaster’s Regiment
(King’s, Lancashire and Border)
LANCS
2021: 3rd Battalion,
The Ranger Regiment