 One @-@ month later , on 24 April , a German offensive began Second Ypres , which became the 4th and 1 / 6th King 's first major battle . In the second subsidiary action of the offensive , at Saint @-@ Julien , the 4th King 's sustained more than 400 casualties over a four @-@ day period , the majority , some 374 , while supporting the 1 / 4th Gurkha Rifles on the 27th . The 1 / 6th supported 1st Cheshires in the defence of Hill 60 . After the regiment 's involvement in ' Second Ypres ' receded , four battalions fought at Festubert , collectively incurring in excess of 1 @,@ 200 casualties . Lance Corporal Tombs became the regiment 's first Victoria Cross recipient of the war for assisting wounded soldiers during the battle . The 1 / 10th Battalion fought its first battle on 16 June , in a " local " action at Bellewaarde . Losses for the Liverpool Scottish neared 400 killed , wounded and missing , with just two of 24 officers present surviving unscathed . 
