| CHAPTER I | PAGE |
| Formation of the Battalion—The Depot—Blackpool—Canterbury—Margate—Upstreet Camp—Canterbury—Gore Street Camp | 1 |
| CHAPTER II |
| Preparation for Overseas—Bourley Camp—Inkerman Barracks, Woking | 17 |
| CHAPTER III |
| Overseas—Strazeele—Fleurbaix—Bac St. Maur—Rue du Bois—Rue Marle—Rue Dormoire | 30 |
| CHAPTER IV |
| ArmentiÈres up to Gas Attack | 68 |
| CHAPTER V |
| From Gas Attack to St. Hilaire—Passchendaele (First Time)—Louches | 126 |
| CHAPTER VI |
| Passchendaele (Second Time)—ArmentiÈres—St. Hilaire (Second Time)—Arrewage—Fleurbaix | 148 |
| CHAPTER VII |
| Merville—Period in Reserve—Gommecourt—Fampoux | 172 |
| CHAPTER VIII |
| Battle of Cambrai | 204 |
| CHAPTER IX |
| Ruitz—Lille—Froyennes | 231 |
| CHAPTER X |
| Armistice—Lille—Arras—Finale | 252 |
| APPENDICES |
| APPENDIX I |
| Brief Notes on Specialists | 269 |
| APPENDIX II |
| Roll of Commanding Officers, Seconds in Command, Adjutants, and Quartermasters Rolls of Company Commanders (Overseas) and Warrant Officers (Overseas) | 281 |
| APPENDIX III |
| Nominal Roll and Record of Service of all Officers, Warrant Officers, Non-Commissioned Officers and Men | 286 |
| Index of Persons and Principal Places | 361 |
| ILLUSTRATIONS |
| Lieut.-Colonel W. A. L. Fletcher, D.S.O. | Frontispiece |
| Facing page |
| Battalion Cap Badge, Title, and Distinguishing Patch | 1 |
| Colonel G. A. Wilson, V.D. | 16 |
| The Battalion—Blackpool, 1914 | 33 |
| Group—Canterbury, 1916 | 33 |
| The Officers—Margate, 1915 | 48 |
| The King's Inspection, Review Ground, Laffan's Plain, 1916 | 65 |
| The Officers—Woking, February, 1917 | 80 |
| Sergeants' Mess—Woking, February, 1917 | 97 |
| The Battalion—Woking, February, 1917 | 104 |
| Rue de Lille, ArmentiÈres | 112 |
| Houplines Road, looking towards ArmentiÈres | 129 |
| Boche Front Line opposite Left Sector, Houplines. Frelinghien in Background, and River Lys in Flood | 129 |
| Houplines—British and German Trenches on Left Company's Front. River Lys, Hobbs and Edmeads Farms. Aeroplane Photo dated 1/1/18 | 144 |
| The Pont Ballot Salient Houplines. British and German Trench on Right and Right Centre Companies' Front. Aeroplane Photo dated 28/12/17 | 144 |
| The Trail to Passchendaele | 161 |
| Near Langemarck | 161 |
| Lieut.-Colonel Hon. N. C. Gathorne-Hardy, D.S.O. | 176 |
| Gommecourt Park | 193 |
| General View of FampouxBattalion Cap Badge, Title, and Distinguishing Patch THE HISTORY
OF THE
2/6th (Rifle) Bn. "THE KING'S"
(Liverpool Regiment)
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