British Infantry Badges

KING'S LIVERPOOL 17/20 BATT PALS CAP BADGE HM SILVER

ISSUED BY EARL OF DERBY 1914

2 LUGS

Lord Kitchener was the Secretary of State for War

in August 1914. He had made an appeal on the 7th of August for

100,000 volunteers for the Regular Army. As a result, Lord Derby, also known

as the King of Lancashire answered the call and raised several Volunteer

Battalions in 1914 to include the 17th-20th Battalions of the King's

(LIVERPOOL) Regiment. These battalions were known as the Liverpool "PALS".

The cap badge that they wore was that of Lord Derby's own crest, motto

"SANS CHANGER" (CONSTANT). All the volunteers who joined prior to October

16th, 1914 received a sterling silver cap badge as a personal gift from Derby himself.

After that date the badges were made of brass for the O.R's.