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1st Battalion
August 1914 : in Warley, London District.
September 1914 : attached to 20th Brigade, 7th Division.
4 August 1915 : transferred to 3rd Guards Brigade, Guards Division.
2nd Battalion > Book
August 1914 : in Chelsea. Part of 4th (Guards) Brigade, 2nd Division.
20 August 1915 : transferred to 1st Guards Brigade, Guards Division.
3rd Battalion
August 1914 : in Wellington Barracks, London District.
Moved overseas 27 July 1915, landing at (Le) Havre.
19 August 1915 : attached to 2nd Guards Brigade, Guards Division.
4th Battalion
Formed at Marlow.
Moved overseas 14 July 1915.
19 August 1915 : attached to 3rd Guards Brigade, Guards Division.
8 February 1918 : transferred to 4th Guards Brigade, 31st Division.
20 May 1918 : transferred to GHQ Reserve.
5th (Reserve) Battalion
Formed at Kensington during August 1914 as 4th (Reserve) Battalion.
14 July 1915 : redesignated as 5th (Reserve) Battalion.
Other Battalions
1st Provisional Battalion
Formed at Aldershot on 7 August 1918 for duty at the Senior Officers School.
 
The Grenadier Guards formed no battalions of the Territorial Force or the New Armies.

 

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