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I was walking along Shaw Street, Everton, today, and spotted the large cross memorial to soldiers of the (8th?) Kings Regiment who fought in the "Great Sepoy Rebellion". The monument said it was originally erected in Portsmouth, then moved to (Chelsea, I think) and finally to Liverpool after 1900. There appear to be the unreadable remains of names on the upright of the cross, and the original inscription mentions "24Z" officers, NCOs and soldiers. It really did look like 24Z, not 247, and there wouldn't have been room for 247 names anyway, but 24 looks possible.
Anyone know more about it? And were the names ever transcribed?

Help here Barbara,

http://www.memorialsinportsmouth.co.uk/ ... giment.htm

I've passed this many times but thought it was to do with a church, I never realised it's history.

Thanks Bert
It looks like the named men might not have been Liverpool soldiers at all. They probably enlisted in the 8th Regiment of Foot before it was designated as "Liverpool". It might have been a recruiting area, though.
They are not quite forgotten. There were two substantial poppy wreaths beneath it, one still bearing the card saying it was from Liverpool's mayor, laid last Remembrance Day.
Barbara

The names on that memorial are, I understand, listed in the regiment's historical record. I am not sure, but this probably means the official history, of which copies are in the central library. As stated, the 8th Regiment of Foot did not have a specific link with Liverpool until 1873 when the brigade it was part of was based in Liverpool.

I have a list and descriptions of over a dozen memorials to the King's Liverpool Regiment or its battalions in various parts of the world and planned a booklet until discovering that no-one wished to publish it. Not many of them include names of individuals.

Daggers

daggers wrote: I have a list and descriptions of over a dozen memorials to the King's Liverpool Regiment or its battalions in various parts of the world and planned a booklet until discovering that no-one wished to publish it. Not many of them include names of individuals.

Have you considered self publishing, or alternatively if you just want it to be seen and read - put a copy on our For Posterity Board, I know quite a number of us would want to read it - not only because of the content but also because of the author!