The King's (Liverpool) Regiment (8th Foot) Commanding Officers



up to 1914 (not inclusive)
Hon John Beaumont
1685 - 1688
Simon Packe
1688
A S de Peister
1783 - 1794
J Duffy
c1825
Hon George Cathcart
1828 - 1835
Thomas Gerrard Ball
1835 - 1842
Charles St Lo Malet
1842 - 1845
Henry Winchcombe Hartley
1845 - 1858
John Longfield CB
1857
Sir Edward Harris Greathed
June 1857 Commanded the Regiment at the Siege of Delhi
First Battalion
Sir Frederick Paul Haines
June 1860 - Dec 1861
John Hinde CB
1862 - 1866
Henry George Woods
June 1866 - Jan 1880
Edward Tanner CB
1880 - 1882
Edward Eyre Williams
1882 - Jun 1888
John Dawson
Jun 1888 - Jan 1891
John James Hamilton
Feb 1891 - 1896
George Robert Stone
Feb 1895 - Feb 1899
Lewellyn Salusbury Mellor
Feb 1899 - Feb 1900
Percy Schletter
17 Feb 1900 - 17 Feb 1904
Arthur William Howard Tripp
17 Feb 1904 - 17 Feb 1908
Thomas George Powell Glynn
17 Feb 1908 - 17 Feb 1912
William Stirling Bannatyne
17 Feb 1912 -
Second Battalion (raised at Buttevant 1857)
Thomas Maitland Wilson
1857 - 1861
James Johnston
1861 - 29 Dec 1865 (died in Malta)
Alexander Cunningham Robertson CB
Dec 1865 - June 1875
John Vere William Henry Webb
May 1875 - Mar 1877
Francis Barry Drew CB
1877 - Sep 1879
Charles Edward Grogan
1879 - Mar 1882
George Henry Cochrane
1882 - Dec 1884
Andrew Alfred Le Mesurier CB
Dec 1884 - Jul 1890
William Willoughby Egerton
Jul 1890 - Dec 1892
Stanley Napier Roberts
Dec 1892 - Aug 1897
Standish Henry Harrison
Aug 1897 -
O’Donnel Colley Grattan
17 Feb 1900 -
Horatio James Evans
17 Feb 1904 - 17 Feb 1908
Louis St Clair Nicholson
17 Feb 1908 - 17 Feb 1912
George Delamain Crocker
17 Feb 1912 -


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