At 2.35 p.m. on May 12th Havre was reached, and Harfleur Reception Camp was the home for the night. Thence next day the cadre joined No. 2 Wing Despatch Division, and after many formalities embarked on May 15th for Southampton in s.s. Lydia. From Southampton to Felixstowe, and thence to Prees Heath, took a few days more, and much man-handling of vehicles and stores; but by 12 noon on May 22nd, 1919, the 2/6th (Rifle) Battalion "The King's" Liverpool Regiment had ceased to exist.
LT.-COL. C. L. MACDONALD, D.S.O.
LT.-COL. C.C. STAPLEDON.
But in the hearts of those who were numbered among its members the memory of it, and of those who lie buried in the cemeteries of France, will live for ever; and when in years to come, in the different quarters of the world, men meet each other, how gladly will they cast back their minds to the good old days in the "Second Sixth"!
Finis.