High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The King`s Regiment (Liverpool) was one of the oldest infantry regiments of the British Army, having been formed in 1685 and numbered as the 8th (The King`s) Regiment of Foot in 1751. Unlike most British infantry regiments, which were associated with a county, the King`s represented the city of Liverpool, one of only four regiments affiliated to a city in the British Army After 273 years of continuous existence, the regiment was amalgamated with the Manchesters in 1958.