Welsh Battalion?

I have wondered why there were Scottish and Irish Battalions of The King's Liverpool Regiment but no Welsh - considering the large Welsh presence in the city. This article from 1914 shows that there was some attempt to create a Welsh Battalion.

The Liverpool Daily Post and Mercury, Saturday October 3rd 1914.

CYMRIC VOLUNTEERS

CLAIMS OF THE LIVERPOOL WELSH

PATRIOTIC IDEALISM

Welshmen who have read Mr. Lloyd George’s speeches need no further reason why their race should be well represented in the khaki line. The chancellor, indeed, has presented the case with a cogency that allows neither hesitation nor questioning, and already there can be no doubt at to the response in the principality. Wales, most peaceful of countries in ordinary times, has been swept by a wave of patriotic feeling, and well will its sons do their share in the struggle. Welshmen above all else are idealists and the idealism that has chiefly impelled them to action now is that of justice to that other little nation, Belgium

Comrades in arms.

But what are the Welshmen exiled from their native hills and valleys doing? What opportunity has Liverpool, the traditional capital of greater Wales, of joining in the movement of martial ardour? No distinctive battalion has been formed, such as the Liverpool Scottish or the Irish Territorial Battalion, the 8th “King’s”. Nevertheless, there is in being a local battalion in which the Cymric element is already well represented, and that is the 9th. No fewer than 30 percent of the rank and file and about ten of the officers are Welshmen. And there is a feeling that this element might well be strengthened. It is intended that it should be brought up to 50 per cent of the total enlistment. Like all the other Territorial units, a large proportion of the men have volunteered readily for active service, and the number of recruits now needed to complete the foreign service section is 150 and the home service section is 250. Eligible Welshmen who are anxious to answer the national call, therefore, have the advantage of joining with their compatriots, and the comradeship of arms.

Life in Camp

Colonel Luther Watts, V.D. a son of the venerable alderman, is in command of the battalion, whilst his second in command is Major J.E.Lloyd, V.D. Dunfermline is the present training ground and according to all accounts the men have entered into the spirit of their work with a will and have made remarkable progress. Some days ago for instance they underwent a twenty-five miles march in first-class form and in many other ways they have recalled the true soldierly quality. From time to time, too, the battalion band brings variety to the busy daily round by means of attractive public concerts, and now the men have a mind to form a drum and fife band as well. The Welshmen who enrol will, as far as possible, be placed together in the same companies, and they will be able to proceed to camp without delay.