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Battalions of the Guernsey Militia
1st Battalion:
August 1914 : in Guernsey.
March 1915 : one company was detached and joined the 6th (Service) Bn, the Royal
Irish Regiment.
1916 : the Militia formed two battalions of the Guernsey Light Infantry.
The 2nd (Reserve) Bn remained in Guernsey. The 1st (Service) Bn moved to England
and joined the 202nd Brigade, 67th Division at Bourne Park near Canterbury.
September 1917 : the 1st Bn left the Division and moved to France, landing at
Le Havre on 27 September.
2 October 1917 : attached to 86th Brigade, 29th Division.
27 April 1918 : transferred to GHQ Troops, after heavy casualties in the Battle
of the Lys.
| Did you know? There is an excellent book about this largely unknown regiment. "Diex Aix: God Help Us: Guernseymen Who Marched Away, 1914-1918", written by Major Edwin Parks, published by Guernsey Museums and Galleries, 1992. ISBN 1871560853. |