Showing posts with label Pals Battalions. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Pals Battalions. Show all posts

16 February 2014

Liverpool Pals: Number sequences and battalions


Here are some number blocks for the Liverpool Pals: more correctly, The 17th (1st City) King's (Liverpool Regiment), 18th (2nd City) King's (Liverpool Regiment), 19th (3rd City) King's (Liverpool Regiment) and 20th (4th City) King's (Liverpool Regiment).

15000 - 16151: 17th Battalion
16152 - 17259: 18th Battalion
17260 - 21899: 19th Battalion
21900 - 21999: a combination of 18th and 20th Battalion
22000 - 23149: 20th Battalion

These series may be considered to cover the initial intakes into the four City of Liverpool Pals' Battalions.  I am less certain of the battalions whose numbers fall into the following series:

23150 - 23599: non City Battalions
23600 - 23699: mostly 17th Battalion (but also men from the 15th, 16th and 18th Battalions)
23700 - 23800: various, including at least three men who died whilst serving with regular battalions
23801 - 24004: mostly 20th Battalion
24005 - 24199: non City Battalions
24200 - 24399: mostly 19th Battalion
24400 - 24499: mostly 20th Battalion
24500 - 24799: mostly 18th Battalion
24800 - 24999: mostly 17th Battalion
25000 - 25299: non City Battalions
25300 - 24349: mostly 19th Battalion
24350 - 25499: non City Battalions
25500 - 25599: mostly 19th Battalion
25600 - 25699: non City Battalions
25700 - 25799: mostly 18th Battalion
25800 - 25999: non City Battalions
26000 - 26099: mostly 18th Battalion
26100 - 26199: mostly 17th Battalion
26200 - 26499: non City Battalions
26500 - 26599: mostly 20th Battalion
26600 - 26699: mostly 17th & 18th Battalions


The majority of the City Battalion men whose numbers fall between and 15000 and 26199 arrived overseas in France on 7th November 1915.

Both Ancestry and Findmypast have data collections covering the King's (Liverpool Regiment) City Battalions, and here's a tip for finding men in Ancestry's poorly indexed WO 363 and WO 364 collections. After you've exhausted King's, Lpool and Liv* in the regiment field, just type in KLCB.  This is, of course, the acronym for King's Liverpool City Battalion and was scrawled across many an attestation paper in 1914 (and keyed-as-seen by Ancestry's transcription house many years later).

Also see my request for assistance with Liverpool Pals battalions HERE.

I also offer a comprehensive, fast and cost-effective military history research service. Follow the link for more information.

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10 February 2014

Liverpool Pals



For the most part, the number blocks allocated to the initial contingents of the first four battalions of the Liverpool Pals are well defined. However, there is a series of 100 numbers between 21900 and 21999 (where the number series proper for the 20th Bn / 4th Liverpool Pals begins) which leaps about a little and includes men from the 17th (1st Pals), 18th (2nd Pals) and 20th (4th Pals) Battalions.  
 
The list below shows number, rank (taken from medal index cards), forename and last name. I've copied this directly from my Liverpool Pals' database.  Numbers with no entry against them indicate that I could find no MIC.  Entries in bold indicate a surviving service record in WO 363 or WO 364 (all available on Ancestry). I would be grateful for assistance in filling in the gaps. 

21900PteArnold HenryWalker
21901  
21902PteDavidCorry
21903PteCharles FNewman
18th Bn21904CplJohn CRoutledge
21905PteWalterFortune
21906  
21907PteThomasGeorge
21908PteWilliamStott
21909PteAlbert EdJones
18th Bn21910PteErnestPhillips
18th Bn21911PteAndrew CampbellWood
18th Bn21912PteThomas H Rosbotham
18th Bn21913PteJohnStockley
21914PteJohnHeyes
21915PteWilliamHeyes
21916  
21917PteHerbert REdwards
18th Bn21918PteBenjamin ArthurJackson
21919  
21920  
21921  
21922  
21923  
21924  
21925  
21926PteThomasHolman
21927PteJ HTaylor
18th Bn21928PteRobert ArmourBell
21929PteAlexander  Maude
21930PteJames WUnsworth
21931  
17th Bn
21932PteCyril Charles HollandAhier
21933PteCharlesStapley
21934PteBernard HSpice
21935PteArthur AngusMcLean
21936PteWilliam HMason
17th Bn
21937PteGeorge FrederickWright
21938PteGeorge HMills
17th Bn
21939PteAlfredTaylor
20th Bn21940PteThomasAckerley
20th Bn21941PtePercyBraham
21942PteJohnButt
21943PteJohn CoryCarr
20th Bn21944PteEdwardCharnock
21945PteFred WCheesbrough
20th Bn21946PteJohn RDawson
21947  
21948PteGeorgeEllis 
21949  
21950PteLawrence A VFish
20th Bn21951A/CplAlfredGreenwood
17th Bn
21952PteCharlesGilroy
17th Bn
21953PteFrederickGrundy
21954  
21955PteFrank CHarrison
21956  
21957PteLeo FrancisHeyes
21958  
17th Bn
21959PteS TalbotJones
21960PteHerbert EJones
20th Bn21961PteJohnLitchfield
21962  
18th Bn21963PteFrederickMeek
21964  
21965PteFrederick C Morgan
21966PteFrankOldfield
21967  
21968PtePercyParkinson
21969PteEdwardRoberts
21970  
21971  
21972PteJohnWilliams
17th Bn
21973PteSeymour GlynneWeston
21974OswaldWinfield
20th Bn21975PteHarold Barker
17th Bn
21976PteMatthew FloodJackson
21977  
21978  
21979PteJohnRalph
21980PteRichard NevilleSpong
21981SgtThomas Teare
21982PteWilliam RMears
21983PteSamuelBarker
21984  
21985SgtCharles EMaddox
18th Bn21986WalterLloyd
21987PteWilliamIrving
21988PteThomasCunnett
21988PteWilliam HNichols
18th Bn21989PteEdwardMorris
21990PteJoseph EdBlackmore
21991  
21992PteFrederick Downham
17th Bn
21993PteRobertBeggs
21994PteArthur  Biddles
21995  
17th Bn
21996PteJohnO'Sullivan
21997  
17th Bn
21998PteFrederick IvanPulford
21999PteEdward GerrardAustin
 

The image on this post comes from The Liverpool Organic Brewery which, in turn, draws attention to the fund to pay for a permanent memorial to the Liverpool Pals.  Read more about this on the Liverpool Pals Memorial Fund website.

Also see my post on Liverpool Pals battalions and number series.

I also offer a comprehensive, fast and cost-effective military history research service. Follow the link for more information.

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