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Battalions of the regular army
None. This was an all Territorial regiment.
Battalions of the Territorial Force
1/1st Battalion:
August 1914 : in Hereford. Part
of Welsh Border Brigade, Welsh Division.
24 April 1915 : transferred to North Wales Brigade, Welsh
Division.
13 May 1915 : formation became 158th Brigade, 53rd (Welsh) Division. Landed on
Gallipoli. They embarked at Devonport on the SS Euripedes on 16th July 1915.
There were 29 officers and 969 other ranks. On reaching Port Said the Bn. was
reduced to 25 officers and 750 ORs and these men went on to land at 'C' beach
at Suvla Bay on Gallipoli on the 9th August at 7.20 am.Their divisional artillery
had been left behind in England under orders for France, and the Division had
no wheels and no horses. For their part in the landing at Suvla Bay on 9th August
the bn. was mentioned in despatches by Ian Hamilton."
.......the 1st/1st
Herefordshire, which attacked with impetuosity
and courage between Hetman Chair and Kaslar
Chair about Azmak Dere on the extreme right
of his line."
1 June 1918 : left the Division and moved via Italy to France, landing at Taranto
(Italy) on 22 June 1918.
30 June 1918 : attached to 102nd Brigade, 34th Division.
2/1st Battalion:
Formed in Hereford in September 1914 as a second line unit. Moved in December 1914 to Aberystwyth. 19 April 1915 : attached to 205th Brigade, 68th Division at Northampton. In May to June 1915 the battalion worked on north London defences in the Billericay area. Moved to Bedford in July 1915 and on to Lowestoft in November. Moved to Herringfleet in May 1917 and finally disbanded on 10 September 1917.
3/1st Battalion:
Formed in Hereford in February 1915 as a depot/training unit. Moved to Abergavenny and by September 1915 was at Oswestry. Renamed 1st Reserve Battalion on 8 April 1916. Merged with 4th Reserve Battalion of the King's Shropshire Light Infantry on 24 July 1917.
| Did you know? The regiment had a close relationship with, and technically was part of the same corps as, the King's Shropshire Light Infantry. Many volunteer recruits from the county went into the KSLI . |
This page is dedicated to the memory of Herefordshire Regiment soldiers Harry Edward Juckes, a Ledbury lad who went on to become RSM of the 6th KSLI; Harold Pritchard, who after training with the 2/1st saw service with the Monmouths and the Cheshire Regiment before being discharged in September 1918; and my wife's great uncle Harold Townsend from Little Birch, who served with the Herefords before going on to the Welsh Guards.