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Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own) |
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Regular
Army  |
| 1st
Battalion |
August
1914 : in Colchester. Part of 11th Brigade, 4th
Division |
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| 2nd
Battalion |
August
1914 : in Kuldana. Returned to England, arriving Liverpool
on 22 October 1914.
October 1914 : attached to 25th Brigade, 8th
Division. |
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| 3rd
Battalion |
August
1914 : in Cork. Part of 17th Brigade, 6th
Division.
14 October 1915 : transferred
with the Brigade to 24th Division. |
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| 4th
Battalion |
August
1914 : in Dahshai, India. Returned to England, arriving
Devonport on 18 November 1914. Attached to 80th Brigade, 27th
Division. |
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| 5th
and 6th (Reserve) Battalions |
| August
1914 : in Winchester. Both remained in UK throughout the
war. |
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| Territorial
Force |
The
RB formed no pre-war TF battalions. |
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| 18th
(London); 19th (Western); 20th (Northern); 21st (Midland);
22nd (Wessex & Welsh); 23rd (North Western) and 24th
(Home Counties) Battalions |
| Formed
in accordance with an Army Council Instruction on 29 November
1915. The Bns were made up of supernumary TF Companies,
formed from National Reservists who were used in guarding
vulnerable points in Great Britain. The Bns were posted
for Garrison duty overseas in 1916. The 18th, 23rd and
24th went to India; 19th and 20th to Egypt. The 21st went
to India via Egypt, and the 22nd Salonika via Egypt. The
latter was attached to the 228th Brigade, 28th
Division. |
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| 25th
(Reserve) Garrison Battalion |
| Formed
in August 1916, and remained in England throughout the
war. |
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| New
Armies |
| 7th
(Service) Battalion |
Formed
at Winchester on 21 August 1914, as
part of K1. Attached to 41st Brigade, 14th
(Light) Division.
27 April 1918 :
reduced to cadre strength.
17 June 1918 :
absorbed by 33rd Bn, the London
Regiment. |
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| 8th
(Service) Battalion |
Formed
at Winchester on 21 August 1914,
as part of K1, 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 117th Brigade, 34th
Division.
3 August 1918 : disbanded in
France. |
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| 9th
(Service) Battalion |
Formed
at Winchester on 21 August 1914, as part
of K1, attached to 41st Brigade, 14th
(Light) Division.
27 April 1918 :
reduced to cadre strength.
16 June 1918 :
left the Division.
27 June 1918 : transferred
to 117th Brigade, 34th Division.
3
August 1918 : disbanded in
France. |
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| 10th
(Service) Battalion |
Formed
at Winchester in September 1914, as part
of K2, attached to 59th Brigade, 20th
(Light) Division.
5 February 1918 : disbanded in
France. |
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| 11th
(Service) Battalion |
| Formed
at Winchester in September 1914, as part
of K2, attached to 59th Brigade, 20th
(Light) Division |
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| 12th
(Service) Battalion |
| Formed
at Winchester in September 1914, as part
of K2, attached to 60th Brigade, 20th
(Light) Division |
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| 13th
(Service) Battalion |
| Formed
at Winchester in October 1914, as part of K3, attached
as Army Troops to 21st Division. April
1915 : transferred to 111th Brigade, 37th
Division. |
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| 14th
and 15th (Reserve) Battalions |
Formed
in Southend in October 1914, as Service
battalions, part of K4, attached to 92nd Brigade, original
31st Division.
10 April 1915 : became
second Reserve battalions.
1 September 1916 :
became 19th and 20th Training
Reserve battalions of 4th Reserve Brigade. |
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| 16th
(Service) Battalion (St Pancras) > Report
of trench raid |
Formed
in the Borough of St. Pancras on 2 April 1915,
by the Parliamentary Recruiting Committee.
August
1915 : attached to 117th Brigade, 39th
Division.
16 May 1918 : reduced to
cadre strength.
16 August 1918 : transferred
to 197th Brigade, 66th Division. |
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| 17th
(Reserve) Battalion |
Formed
in October 1915, as a local reserve Bn.
1
September 1916 : became 112th Training
Reserve Bn, in 26th Reserve Brigade. |
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| Other
Battalions |
| None
formed. |
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