| 1/1st
Battalion |
| August
1914 : in Newport. Part of Welsh Border
Brigade, Welsh Division.
February 1915 : left the Division and moved
to France.
13 February 1915 : attached to
84th Brigade, 28th Division.
27 May 1915 : amalgamated with the 1/2nd
and 1/3rd Bns, after all suffered heavy
casualties.
Resumed identity on 11 August
1915.
3 September 1915 : transferred as
Pioneers to 46th Division. |
|
| 1/2nd
Battalion |
August
1914 : in Pontypool. Part of Welsh Border
Brigade, Welsh Division.
November 1914 : left the Division and moved
to France.
20 November 1914 : attached to
12th Brigade, 4th Division.
27 May 1915 : amalgamated with the 1/1st and
1/3rd Bns after all suffered heavy casualties.
Resumed identity on 11 August 1915.
30 January
1916 : moved to Lines of Communication.
1
May 1916 : transferred as Pioneers to 29th
Division. |
|
| 1/3rd
Battalion |
August
1914 : in Abergavenny. Part of Welsh Border
Brigade, Welsh Division.
February 1915 : left the Division and moved
to France.
3 March 1915 : attached to 83rd
Brigade, 28th Division.
27 May 1915 : amalgamated with the 1/1st and
1/2nd Bns after all suffered heavy casualties.
Resumed identity on 11 August 1915.
2 September
1915 : transferred to 49th
Division, becoming Divisional Pioneers
on 18 September.
9 August 1916 : transferred
to GHQ Troops.
31 August 1916 : disbanded
in France. |
|
| 2/1st
Battalion |
Formed
in Newport in September 1914.
19 April 1915
: attached to 205th Brigade, 68th Division.
Remained in UK until disbanded
on 31 March 1918. |
|
| 2/2nd
Battalion |
Formed
in Pontypool in September 1914.
19 April 1915
: attached to 205th Brigade, 68th Division.
Remained in UK until disbanded
on 20 April 1918. |
|
| 2/3rd
Battalion |
Formed
in Abergavenny in September 1914.
19 April
1915 : attached to 205th Brigade, 68th Division.
Remained in UK until disbanded
in August 1917. |
|
| 3/1st
to 3/3rd Battalions |
Formed
at home stations in February 1915.
8 April
1916 : became Reserve Bns.
1 September 1916
: 1st absorbed the 2nd and 3rd Bns, part
of the Welsh Reserve Brigade.
10 July 1917
: absorbed the 1st Reserve Brecknock
Bn of the South Wales Borderers.
Remained in UK throughout the war. |
|
| 4th
Battalion |
| 1
January 1917, the 48th Provisional Bn became
4th Monmouths. The 4th had been formed from
Home Service personnel from the TF Bns of
the Monmouths and Herefordshire
Regiment. Remained in UK throughout the
war. |
