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| 1st
Battalion |
| August
1914 : in Tidworth. Part
of 7th Brigade, 3rd Division.
18
October 1915 : transferred with the Brigade
to 25th Division.
21
June 1918: transferred to 110th Brigade,
21st Division. |
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| 2nd
Battalion |
| August
1914 : in Gibraltar. returned to England,
landing Southampton 3 September 1914. September
1914 : attached to 21st Brigade, 7th
Division. 19
December 1915 : transferred with Brigade
to 30th Division.
13
May 1918 : transferred to 58th Brigade,
19th Division.
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| 3rd
(Reserve) Battalion |
| August
1914 : in Devizes. Remained in UK throughout
the war. |
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| 1/4th
Battalion |
| August
1914 : in Trowbridge. Part
of South-Western Brigade, Wessex
Division. 9
October 1914 : sailed from Southampton,
landing at Bombay 9 November 1914. The Division
(later renamed 43rd) was broken up on arrival
in India. September
1917 : moved to Egypt, where it remained.
25 September 1917, attached to 233rd Brigade,
75th Division. Transferred to 232nd Brigade
on 3 May 1918. |
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| 2/4th
Battalion |
| Formed
at Trowbridge in October 1914. Became
part of 2/South Western (135th) Brigade, 2/Wessex
Division. 12
December 1914 :moved in India, landing in
Bombay in January 1915. The Division was broken
up on arrival in India, where the Bn remained
throughout the war. |
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| 3/4th
Battalion |
| Formed
at Trowbridge in March 1915. 8
April 1916 : became 4th (Reserve) Bn. Remained
in UK until moving to Ireland in May 1918. |
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| 5th
(Service) Battalion |
| Formed
at Devizes, August 1914, as part of K1.
August
1914 : attached as Army Troops to 13th
(Western) Division. December 1914 transferred
to 40th Brigade. |
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| 6th
(Service) Battalion |
| Formed
at Devizes, September 1914, as part of K2.
September 1914 : attached as Army Troops to
19th (Western) Division.
December 1914 transferred to 58th Brigade
in same Division. 20 September 1917 : amalgamated
with the Wiltshire
Yeomanry, to become the 6th (Royal
Wiltshire Yeomanry) Bn. 13 May 1918
: reduced to cadre strength. 16 June 1918
: transferred to 42nd Brigade, 14th
(Light) Division. Reconstituted on 18
June with the 9th Bn, the Dorsets. |
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| 7th
(Service) Battalion |
| Formed
at Devizes, September 1914, as part of K3.
October 1914 : attached to 79th Brigade, 26th
Division. June 1918 : left the Division
and moved to France, arriving Serqueux on
1 July 1918. 16 July 1918 : attached to 150th
Brigade, 50th Division. |
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| 8th
(Reserve) Battalion |
| Formed
in Weymouth, November 1914, as a Service battalion,
part of K4. October 1914 : attached to 102nd
Brigade, original 34th Division. 10 April
1915 : became a second Reserve battalion (after
the 3rd Bn). 1
September 1916 :absorbed
into Training
Reserve battalions of 8th Reserve Brigade. |
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