THE fourth new gallery pays tribute to the King’s Regiment – one of Britain’s oldest, founded in 1685.
Its history has impacted on thousands of Liverpool families, with its members serving in two world wars, in Asia, Africa, America and Ireland.
In 2006, the King’s Regiment became part of the new Duke of Lancaster’s Regiment, the infantry regiment of the North West.
Key exhibits include:
A Victoria Cross awarded to Corporal James Huntley Knight during the Boer War. He and four Mounted Infantry men held off an attack of around 50 Boers . Two of Knight’s men were wounded. He left one in safety and carried the other for nearly two miles;
A letter of condolence written to the mother of Sergeant Dennis “Tom” Dooley, the eldest of nine brothers, five of whom served with the King’s. He was killed in a road traffic accident close to his platoon’s base in Northern Ireland;
Desert clothing worn by Territorial Army member John Earle, in Iraq, in 2004. A member of the TA for more than 20 years, he served as Operations Room watchkeeper during his six-month tour of duty based in Basra.
