39th (Liverpool Welsh) Lancashire RVC 46th (Liverpool Welsh) Royal Tank Regiment 653rd (Liverpool Welsh) HAA Regiment, RA 533rd (Liverpool Welsh) HAA Regiment, RA | |
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Active | 1860–1862 1939–1956 |
Country | United Kingdom |
Branch | Volunteer Force/Territorial Army |
Role | Infantry Armour Heavy Anti-Aircraft Artillery |
Part of | King's Liverpool Regiment 23rd Armoured Brigade |
Garrison/HQ | Liverpool |
Engagements | Western Desert Campaign Sicily Campaign Italian Campaign Anzio Greek Civil War |
The Liverpool Welsh, under various guises, was a unit of Britain's Volunteer Force and Territorial Army (TA) associated with the King's Liverpool Regiment. It served as a tank regiment in the Western Desert and Italian Campaigns in the Second World War, as a security force during the Greek Civil War, and as a heavy anti-aircraft artillery regiment postwar.