Other sources - websites and publications

Websites

The following websites may be useful for anybody researching the King's Regiment.

• The Story of the British Army of 1914 - 1918
• The British Army
• Army Museums Ogilby Trust
  lists of books, museums and advice on ancestral tracing
• First World War medal index cards
• International Committee of the Red Cross
• Imperial War Museum
  hold no service records but have a large reference library. Also offer training to the public seeking information on ancestors in the Army
• National Army Museum
  holds no records but has an extensive Library including Army Lists and London Gazettes
• Access to Archives
  Online list for archives in UK
• Old Oppos
  Old Comrades site for all Forces since World War Two
• British Association for Local History
• Lancashire Local History Society
• Census
  Census 1901 covers most of WWI
• Medal Finder
  lost medal site
• The Orders and Medal Research Society

Recommended publications

• 'Difficulties Be Damned' The King's Regiment 8th 63rd 96th, A History of the City Regiment of Manchester and Liverpool', P. Mileham, hardback 246 pages.
  Well-illustrated, large-format history of the combined Regiments, 1685 - 2000. ISBN 0 1873907 10-9 (£45)
• 'Bravest of Hearts, The Biography of a Battalion, The Liverpool Scottish in the Great War', H. Giblin (with David Evans and Dennis Reeves), hardback 393 pages. Information on hundreds of soldiers including medal citations, biographies and photographs. ISBN 0-9539540-0-5 (£35)
• 'The Liverpool Pals', G. Maddocks.
  Detailed, illustrated history of the 17th - 20th Battalions in the First World War with roll and places of burial of soldiers who died. ISBN 0-85052-340-0
• 'The History of the King's Regiment Liverpool 1914-19', E. Wyrall, (3 Vols. 1935, reprinted 2002).
  Covers all battalions in quite good detail for specific attacks. Contains maps of the principal operations. ISBN 184342360X