5th Battalion, King's Regiment (Liverpool)

1st Lancashire Rifle Volunteer Corps 5th Battalion, King's Regiment (Liverpool)
Badge of the King's Regiment (Liverpool), 1908–1927. A version with black metal was worn by the 5th King's.[1]
Active	28 June 1859–1 April 1967
Country	United Kingdom
Branch	Volunteer Force/Territorial Force/Territorial Army
Type	Infantry
Size	1–3 Battalions
Part of	55th (West Lancashire) Division
Garrison/HQ	65 St Anne Street, Liverpool
Engagements	World War I: Battle of Festubert Battle of Loos Battle of the Somme Third Battle of Ypres Battle of Cambrai Battle of the Lys Hundred Days Offensive World War II D Day North West Europe
Commanders
Notable commanders	Nathaniel Bousfield

The 5th Battalion, King's Regiment (Liverpool) (5th King's) was a volunteer unit of the King's Regiment (Liverpool) of the British Army. It traced its heritage to the raising in 1859 of a number rifle volunteer corps in Liverpool, which were soon consolidated into the 1st Lancashire Rifle Volunteer Corps (RVC). It was affiliated to the King's Regiment (Liverpool), and became its 1st Volunteer Battalion of the regiment. In 1908 the battalion was transferred to the new Territorial Force as the 5th Battalion, King's Regiment (Liverpool). It saw active service on the Western Front during World War I, as did its second line second-line battalion, and even a garrison battalion. Before World War II it again formed a second line battalion. Both served in home defence, but the 5th King's landed in Normandy on D Day as part of a specialist beach group 1939. When the Territorial Army was reduced in 1967, the 5th King's became a company of the Lancastrian Volunteers.