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Originally Posted by Paul Spellman
Thanks Henk,
I got my info from a museum enquiry, but was left with the impression I was fobbed off, I did wander why the 1st Cumberland VB lost precedence with what I was told, but i can see that the 4th TF is the Cumberland and Westmoreland so that is not the case. I think something similar happened with the 3rd VB KLR.
Paul
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Westlake does not mention the secundary titles of the TF battalions, but elsewhere you can find that the 4th has (Westmorland and Cumberland), no doubt that is due to the merge of the 1st (Cumberland) and 2nd (Westmorland) VBs.
My sources (including Westlake) say that the 3rd VB The King's (Liverpool Regiment) was disbanded in 1908. Why? Maybe lack of volunteers. So it was not merged. But maybe some personal volunteered into nearby TF units. (But I guess we are now ging way off topic in this thread).