| 7th
(Service) Battalion |
Formed
at Winchester on 19 August 1914, as part of K1.
August
1914 : attached to 41st Brigade, 14th
(Light) Division.
2 February 1918 : transferred to
43rd Brigade, 14th (Light) Division.
25 April 1918 : reduced to cadre strength.
16 June 1918 : transferred to 49th Brigade, 16th
Division.
On returning to England, the cadre was absorbed by
34th Bn, the Londons. |
|
| 8th
(Service) Battalion |
Formed
at Winchester on 21 August 1914, as part of K1.
August
1914 : attached to 41st Brigade, 14th
(Light) Division.
27 April 1918 : reduced to cadre
strength.
16 June 1918 : transferred to 34th
Division.
27 June 1918 : transferred to 39th
Division.
3 August 1918 : disbanded in
France. |
|
| 9th
(Service) Battalion |
Formed
at Winchester on 21 August 1914, as part of K1.
August
1914 : attached to 42nd Brigade, 14th
(Light) Division.
27 April 1918 : reduced to cadre
strength.
16 June 1918 : transferred to 34th
Division.
27 June 1918 : transferred to 39th
Division.
3 August 1918 : disbanded in
France. |
|
| 10th
(Service) Battalion |
Formed
at Winchester on 14 September 1914, as part of K2.
September
1914 : attached to 59th Brigade, 20th
(Light) Division.
5 February 1918 : disbanded in
France. |
|
| 11th
(Service) Battalion |
Formed
at Winchester in September 1914, as part of K2.
September
1914 : attached to 59th Brigade, 20th
(Light) Division. |
|
| 12th
(Service) Battalion |
Formed
at Winchester on 21 September 1914, as part of K2.
September
1914 : attached to 60th Brigade, 20th
(Light) Division. |
|
| 13th
(Service) Battalion |
Formed
at Winchester on 7 October 1914, as part of K3.
October
1914 : attached as Army Troops to 21st
Division.
April 1915 : transferred to 111th Brigade, 37th
Division. |
|
| 14th
and 15th (Reserve) Battalions |
Formed
in Sheerness in October 1914, as Service battalions, part
of K4.
November 1914 : attached to 92nd Brigade, original
31st Division.
10 April 1915 : became Reserve battalions.
1 September 1916 : 14th was absorbed into Training
Reserve battalions of 4th Reserve Brigade, and 15th
became 18th Training Reserve Bn
in 4th Reserve Brigade. |
|
| 16th
(Service) Battalion (Church Lads Brigade) [War
Diary] |
| Formed
in Denham, Bucks. on 19 September 1914, by Field-Marshal
Lord Grenfell, Commandant of the Church Lads Brigade, from
current and previous members of that organisation. June
1915 : attached to 100th Brigade, 33rd
Division. |
|
| 17th
(Service) Battalion (British Empire League) |
Formed
in London on 16 May 1915, by the British Empire League.
July 1915 : attached to 117th Brigade, 39th
Division.
16 May 1918 : reduced to cadre strength.
16 August 1918 : transferred to 197th Brigade, 66th
Division. |
|
| 18th
(Service) Battalion (Arts and Crafts) |
Formed
in Gidea Park, Essex on 4 June 1915, by Major Sir Herbert
Raphael.
October 1915 : attached to 122nd Brigade, 41st
Division. |
|
| 19th
(Reserve) Battalion |
| Formed
in Bexhill, October 1915, from depot companies of the 16th
and 17th Bns, as local reserve Bn. 1 September 1916 : became
109th Training Reserve battalion,
in 26th Reserve Brigade. |
|
| 20th
(Service) Battalion (British Empire League Pioneers) |
Formed
in London on 20 August 1915, by the British Empire League.
30 March 1916 : moved to France, landing (Le) Havre.
19
May 1916 : attached as Pioneers to 3rd
Division. |
|
| 21st
(Service) Battalion (Yeoman Rifles) |
Formed
in September 1915 from volunteers from the farming communities
of Yorkshire, Northumberland and Durham by the Northern
Command. January 1916 : attached to 124th Brigade, 41st
Division. 16 March 1918 : disbanded in
France. |
|
| 22nd
(Reserve) Battalion |
| Formed
in September 1915, from depot companies of the 20th, as
local reserve Bn. 1 September 1916 : became 110th Training
Reserve Bn in 26th Reserve Brigade. |
|
| 23rd
(Reserve) Battalion |
| Formed
in September 1915, from depot companies of the 18th, as
local reserve Bn. 1 September 1916 : became 111th Training
Reserve Bn in 26th Reserve Brigade. |
|
| 24th
(Reserve) Battalion |
| Formed
in Skipton in April 1916, from depot companies of the 21st,
as local reserve Bn. 1 September 1916 : absorbed in Training
Reserve Bns in 21st Reserve Brigade. |
|
| 25th
(Service) Battalion (Pioneers) |
| On
13 May 1916, the 2nd Garrison Guard Bn - recently formed
in France - became 25th (Garrison) Bn. The title 'Garrison'
was discontinued in July 1918. 13 May 1918 : attached as
Pioneers to 59th Division. |
