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Regular Army

1st Battalion August 1914 : in Aldershot. Part of 6th Brigade, 2nd Division. 13 December 1915 : transferred to 99th Brigade, 2nd Division.

2nd Battalion August 1914 : in Jhasi, India. Returned to England, landing 22 October 1914. October 1914 : attached to 25th Brigade, 8th Division.

3rd (Reserve) Battalion August 1914 : in Reading. Remained in UK until moving to Ireland in November 1917.

Territorial Force

1/4th Battalion August 1914 : in Reading. Part of South Midland Brigade, South Midland Division. 30 March 1915 : landed at Boulogne and proceeded to the Western Front. 15 May 1915 : formation became the 145th Brigade, 48th Division.

2/4th Battalion Formed at Reading on 6 November 1914. February 1915 : attached to 2nd South Midland Brigade, 2nd South Midland Division. August 1915 : formation became 184th Brigade, 61st Division.

3/4th Battalion Formed at Chelmsford on 25 March 1915. 8 April 1916 : became 4th (Reserve) Battalion. Remained in UK throughout the war.

11th (Royal East Kent & West Kent Yeomanry) Battalion Formed at Sollum, Egypt, 1 February 1917, from two dismounted Yeomanry Regiments. February 1917 : attached to 230th Brigade, 74th Division.

New Armies

5th (Service) Battalion Formed at Reading on 25 August 1914, as part of K1. Became part of 35th Brigade, 12th (Eastern) Division. 6 February 1918 : transferred to 36th Brigade, 12th (Eastern) Division.

6th (Service) Battalion Formed at Reading, September 1914, as part of K2. October 1914 : became part of 53rd Brigade, 18th (Eastern) Division. 12 February 1918 : disbanded in France.

7th (Service) Battalion Formed at Reading, September 1914, as part of K3. Became part of 78th Brigade, 26th Division.

8th (Service) Battalion Formed at Reading, September 1914, as part of K3. September 1914 : attached as Army Troops to 26th Division. 8 August 1915 : transferred to 1st Brigade, 1st Division. 2 February 1918 : transferred to 53rd Brigade, 18th (Eastern) Division.

9th (Reserve) Battalion Formed in Portsmouth, October 1914, as a Service battalion, part of K4. Became part of 96th Brigade, original 32nd Division. 10 April 1915 : became a second Reserve battalion (after the 3rd Bn). 1 September 1916 : became 37th Training Reserve Battalion of 8th Reserve Brigade.

Other Battalions

10th (Labour) Battalion Formed in Portsmouth in May 1916; moved to France on 20 June 1916. Became 158th and 159th Labour Companies of the Labour Corps in April 1917.

11th (Labour) Battalion Formed in Parkhurst (Isle of Wight) in June 1916; moved to France on 24 July 1916. Became 160th and 161st Labour Companies of the Labour Corps in April 1917.

12th (Labour) Battalion Formed in Freshwater (Isle of Wight) in June 1916; moved to France in August 1916. Became 162nd and 163rd Labour Companies of the Labour Corps in April 1917.

13th (Labour) Battalion Formed in Cosham in July 1916; moved to France on 21 September 1916. Became 164th and 165th Labour Companies of the Labour Corps in April 1917.

1st (Home Service) Garrison Battalion Formed in Portsmouth in August 1916. Became 14th Battalion of the Royal Defence Corps in August 1917, remaining in England throughout the war.