tom bowler Posted 16 December , 2014 Share Posted 16 December , 2014 I can't find any information on the above unit. My Grandfather seems to have been transferred to this unit at the end of WW1 when his own unit the 9th Loyal North Lancashire Regiment was disbanded. My Grandfather had been a POW at Soltau. Can anyone give any info on the '29th Kings Liverpool' ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFBSM Posted 16 December , 2014 Share Posted 16 December , 2014 Tom Where did you find the reference to the 29th King's Liverpool Regiment? Could the document you are looking at refer to 2/9th KLR? King's Liverpool Regiment on The Long, Long Trail: http://www.1914-1918.net/kings.htm Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Lees Posted 16 December , 2014 Share Posted 16 December , 2014 The 2/9th Bn. King's Liverpool Regiment didn't exist at the end of the war. It had re-absorbed the 1/9th Bn. and become simply the 9th Bn. in January, 1918. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GraemeClarke Posted 16 December , 2014 Share Posted 16 December , 2014 Morning Can I ask where you obtained the information 29th Battalion ??Also, if you let us know his name it would help matter, Regards, Graeme Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom bowler Posted 16 December , 2014 Author Share Posted 16 December , 2014 It's an official document from Preston regarding medals earned and dated 1920. There is a Colonels signature at the bottom of the document I don't think forum rules allow me to paste such stuff. If they do, I will post the document. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GraemeClarke Posted 16 December , 2014 Share Posted 16 December , 2014 Still dont know his name Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom bowler Posted 16 December , 2014 Author Share Posted 16 December , 2014 100805 Pte John Barker;Kings Liverpool. Previously 19660 Loyal North Lancashire Regiment. The document is the medal roll for the Kings Liverpool. Medal section Infantry records office, Fulwood Barracks, Preston. It clearly says and type written 29th Kings Liverpool hence my original post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Riley Posted 16 December , 2014 Share Posted 16 December , 2014 Patrick Mileham's list of WW1 KLR battalions in the tercentenary history of the King's Regiment (the amalgamation of the KLR and the Manchester Regiment), Difficulties Be Damned, does not list a 29th Battalion. His list runs to the 28th (Home Service) Battalion KLR, formed in June 1918 and disbanded in July with the majority of soldiers going to the 17th Bn KLR. There is a 27th (Home Service) Bn KLR formed in April 1918, serving in the UK until the end of the war. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GraemeClarke Posted 17 December , 2014 Share Posted 17 December , 2014 Morning Kings Regimental History by Wyrall states 29th Battalion formed after 11.11.18 France (served in France til 1919) Regards, Graeme Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daggers Posted 17 December , 2014 Share Posted 17 December , 2014 Brig. James's 'British Regiments 1914-1918' has nothing for 29th Bn. KLR and under 9th (S) Bn Loyals simply states '12.8.18 disbanded in France'. Daggers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom bowler Posted 17 December , 2014 Author Share Posted 17 December , 2014 Morning Kings Regimental History by Wyrall states 29th Battalion formed after 11.11.18 France (served in France til 1919) Regards, Graeme Very interesting info/source Graeme. This unit may have been in residence in France in case the ceasefire failed ? As there was no certainty that that would have happened. I cannot imagine that my Grandfather, who must have just been released from Soltau, had been shot in right eye (ICRC report), and was married with young children .Who was also a coal miner/hewer by trade. Would have been expected to serve a little longer in France Post WW1 ? John Gillick 100806 2nd Kings Liverpool and John Willie Coops 100808 K/L are on the same medals list I quoted, and date stamped 5th.November 1920. Thanks to everyone who has replied and for your interest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pbrydon Posted 17 December , 2014 Share Posted 17 December , 2014 Having just had a look at my copy of Wyrall I cannot find mention of the 29th Battalion but it may just be me. I would be grateful for the page number please. Thanks in advance. P.B. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GraemeClarke Posted 17 December , 2014 Share Posted 17 December , 2014 Hi Volume 1. Page 218 Regards Graeme Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Riley Posted 17 December , 2014 Share Posted 17 December , 2014 Well, I am now aware of this Appendix. I had thought to look in Wyrall but would never have looked in Volume 1. Thanks! Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pbrydon Posted 18 December , 2014 Share Posted 18 December , 2014 Many thanks Graeme, Like Ian, I hadn't thought of looking in Vol.1 but there it is. P.B. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom bowler Posted 29 April , 2016 Author Share Posted 29 April , 2016 Here is the Medal Roll for my Grandfather, where his final unit for WW1 was listed as the 29th.Kings Liverpool Regiment. There seems to be a dearth of information about this Battalion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 7 April , 2017 Share Posted 7 April , 2017 searching for information on the 29th KLR and found this thread, it's old I know! My grandfather is listed on both a birth and death cert, both sadly a month apart, a Drummer 29th K.L.R. 107348 (if I am reading the writing correctly) date on the certs of 1920.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GraemeClarke Posted 8 April , 2017 Share Posted 8 April , 2017 Morning Mary, The History of the Kings Regiment can be seen here, http://lib.militaryarchive.co.uk/library/infantry-histories/The-History-of-the-Kings-Regiment-Liverpool-Regiment-1914-1919.asp Regards, Graeme Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 16 October , 2018 Share Posted 16 October , 2018 I can see this thread sometime ago but I wondered if any more information on the 29th Battalion had been found. My Grandfather Sgt John Dawson served with this regiment until his death in France from drowning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Lees Posted 16 October , 2018 Share Posted 16 October , 2018 (edited) Have you looked for service papers for the other two men on the same page? They were clearly transferred to the 29th KLR at the same time so could give you information relevant to your relative, too. [EDIT] Evans has a surviving service record but there is nomention of the King's Liverpool Regiment. All of his post-war documents mention only 5th South Wales Borderers, so perhaps the 29th KLR was an administrative unit and he didn't actually serve with them other than on paper. Edited 16 October , 2018 by Ken Lees Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom bowler Posted 17 October , 2018 Author Share Posted 17 October , 2018 Here is the record for my Grandfathers service; Pte. John Barker . Date stamped the very same date as John D's document . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom bowler Posted 17 October , 2018 Author Share Posted 17 October , 2018 (edited) On 16/10/2018 at 14:00, Ken Lees said: [EDIT] so perhaps the 29th KLR was an administrative unit and he didn't actually serve with them other than on paper. That was my thinking too. As I mentioned earlier, my Grandfather was a POW at Soltau till cessation of hostilities. His own Battalion, the 9th Loyal North Lancashire Regiment, had been disbanded when he was incarcerated. He lived in Wigan. Edited 17 October , 2018 by tom bowler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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