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> The
King's (Shropshire Light Infantry) |
| Regular
Army |
| 1st
Battalion |
| August
1914 : in Ireland. Part of 16th Brigade,
6th Division. |
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| 2nd
Battalion |
| August
1914 : in Secunderabad, India. Returned
to England, landing at Plymouh in November
1914. November 1914 : attached to 80th
Brigade, 27th Division. |
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| 3rd
(Reserve) Battalion |
| August
1914 : in Shrewsbury. In UK until December
1917, when it moved to Ireland, where
it remained. |
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| Territorial
Force |
| 1/4th
Battalion |
| August
1914 : in Shrewsbury. Attached as Army
Troops to the Welsh Division. 29 October
1914 : sailed for India, joining the
Middlesex Brigade of the Home Counties
Division, landing Bombay 1 December
1914. Two Coys moved to Hong Kong in
April 1915. 10 December 1915 : the other
two Coys landed at Singapore, with a
detachment in the Andamen Isles. On
13 April 1917, the whole Bn concentrated
in Singapore. 29 June 1917 : landed
in Plymouth, having moved via Colombo
and Cape Town. 27 July 1917 : moved
to France, landing at (Le) Havre. 18
August 1917 : attached to 190th Brigade,
63rd Division. 4
February 1918 : transferred to 56th
Brigade, 19th Division. |
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| 2/4th
Battalion |
| Formed
at Shrewsbury in October 1914. 26 November
1915 : attached to 204th Brigade, 68th
Division. Remained in England until being
absorbed
into the other Bns of the Brigade. |
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| 3/4th
Battalion |
| Formed
at Shrewsbury in May 1915. 8 April 1916
: became 4th (Reserve) Bn. Remained in
UK until merged with 1st (Reserve) Bn,
the Herefordshire
Regiment in July 1917. |
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| 10th
(Shropshire
and Cheshire
Yeomanry) Battalion |
| Formed
in Cairo on 2 March 1917, from two dismounted
Yeomanry units. 2 March 1917 : attached
to 231st Brigade, 74th
Division. |
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| New
Armies |
| 5th
(Service) Battalion |
| Formed
at Shrewsbury, August 1914, as part
of K1. August 1914 : attached to 42nd
Brigade, 14th (Light)
Division. 4 February 1918 : disbanded
in France. |
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| 6th
(Service) Battalion |
| Formed
at Shrewsbury, September 1914, as part
of K2. September 1914 : attached to 60th
Brigade, 20th (Light)
Division. |
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| 7th
(Service) Battalion |
| Formed
at Shrewsbury, September 1914, as part
of K3. September 1914 : attached to 76th
Brigade, 25th Division.
15 October 1915 : Brigade moved to 3rd
Division. 19 October 1915 : transferred
to 8th Brigade, 3rd
Division. |
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| 8th
(Service) Battalion |
| Formed
at Shrewsbury, September 1914, as part
of K3. September 1914 : attached to 66th
Brigade, 22nd Division. |
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| 9th
(Reserve) Battalion |
| Formed
in Pembroke Dock, October 1914, as a Service
battalion, part of K4. November 1914 :
attached to 104th Brigade, original 34th
Division. 10 April 1915 : became a second
Reserve battalion (after the 3rd Bn).
1 September 1916 : became 48th Training
Reserve battalion of 11th Reserve Brigade. |
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| Other
Battalions |
| This
page is dedicated to the remembrance of Gabriel
Townsend, 5th Bn, KSLI. A native of Little
Birch, near Hereford, Gabriel was killed in
action at Bellewaarde on 25 September 1915.
He has no known grave but is commemorated
on the Menin Gate Memorial to the Missing
of the Ypres Salient. Also in memory of Will
Townsend, also of 5th Battalion, who survived
the war but never forgot the loss of his younger
brother. |
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