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Regular Army  |
| 1st
Battalion >Book |
August
1914 : in Aldershot. Part of 2nd Brigade, 1st
Division. |
| 2nd
Battalion |
August
1914 : in Alexandria, Egypt.
Returned to England, landing October
1914.
October 1914 : attached to 24th Brigade, 8th
Division. |
| 3rd
(Reserve) Battalion |
| August
1914 : in Northampton. Remained in UK throughout the war. |
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Territorial Force |
| 1/4th
Battalion |
August
1914 : in Northampton. Part of East Midlands Brigade, East Anglian
Division.
May 1915 : formation became 162nd Brigade, 54th
Division. |
| 2/4th
Battalion |
Formed
at Northampton on 27 November 1914.
Attached to 207th Brigade,
69th Division.
14 March 1918 : disbanded in
UK. |
| 3/4th
Battalion |
Formed at Northampton
on 12 May 1915.
8 April 1916 : became 4th (Reserve) Bn.
Remained
in UK throughout the war. |
| 9th Battalion |
1 January 1917,
the 62nd Provisional Bn became the 9th Northants.
It had been
formed in June 1915 from Home Service personnel.
Remained in
UK, being disbanded 20 December
1917. |
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New Armies |
| 5th
(Service) Battalion (Pioneers) |
Formed
at Northampton, August 1914, as part of K1.
August 1914 : attached
as Army Troops to 12th (Eastern) Division,
becoming Divisional Pioneer Bn January 1915. |
| 6th
(Service) Battalion |
Formed at Northampton,
September 1914, as part of K2.
September 1914 : attached as Army
Troops to 18th (Eastern) Division.
November
1914 :transferred to 54th Brigade, 18th (Eastern)
Division. |
| 7th
(Service) Battalion |
Formed at Northampton,
September 1914, as part of K3.
September 1914 : attached to 73rd
Brigade, 24th Division. |
| 8th
(Reserve) Battalion |
Formed in Weymouth,
October 1914, as a Service battalion, part of K4.
November 1914
: attached to 103rd Brigade, original 34th Division.
10 April
1915 : became a second Reserve battalion (after the 3rd Bn).
1 September 1916 : became 28th Training
Reserve battalion of 6th Reserve Brigade. |
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Other Battalions |
| 1st
(Garrison) Battalion |
Formed in Warlingham,
September 1915.
Went to Egypt in October 1915, moving eventually
to Palestine and Salonika. |
| 2nd
(Home Service) Garrison Battalion |
Formed
in Sheerness, June 1916.
In August 1917, became the 13th Bn.
the Royal Defence Corps. |
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