 For the regiment , expansion was on a more modest scale than that of the Great War . Ten battalions ( see List of battalions of the King 's Regiment ( Liverpool ) ) were formed between 1939 and 1940 , including the reconstituted 8th ( Liverpool Irish ) Battalion . Two of the battalions converted to armour and anti @-@ air roles in 1941 : the 11th became the 152nd Regiment in the Royal Armoured Corps , but continued to wear their King 's Regiment cap badge on the black beret of the RAC , as did all infantry units converted in this way , while the 12th transferred to the Royal Artillery as 101st Light Anti @-@ Aircraft Regiment . 
