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At Helmsley, where the battalion was raised, there is a marble plaque in the market square inscribed: 'To the Glorious Memory of our Comrades of the 21st (S) Battalion King's Royal Rifle Corps (Yeoman Rifles), who gave their lives in the Great War'. This was erected by the surviving members of the battalion. [58]
This is a list of pals battalions (also called "service" or "locally raised" battalions) of the British Army during the First World War. Pre-war Territorial Force (T.F.) battalions have not been included, although they too usually recruited from a specific area or occupation.
21st (Reserve) Battalion, King's (Liverpool Regiment) 21st (Service) Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps (Yeoman Rifles) 21st Battalion (Australia) 21st Provisional Battalion (Territorial Force) 22nd (Reserve) Battalion, King's (Liverpool Regiment) 22nd Battalion (Australia) 22nd Provisional Battalion (Territorial Force) 23rd Battalion ...
13th (Service) Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps; 15th (Reserve) Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps; 17th (Service) Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps (British Empire League) 18th Training Reserve Battalion; 21st (Service) Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps (Yeoman Rifles) 24th (Reserve) Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps; 51st (Graduated ...
The 21st (Service) Battalion (Yeoman Rifles) landed in France as part of the 124th Brigade in the 41st Division in May 1916 for service on the Western Front but moved to Italy in November 1917 before returning to France in March 1918. [22] Seven members of the regiment received the Victoria Cross. [34]
The 21 Special Air Service Regiment (Artists) (Reserve), historically known as The Artists Rifles, [nb 1] is a regiment of the British Army Reserve. Its name is abbreviated to 21 SAS(R) . Raised in London in 1859 as a volunteer light infantry unit, the regiment saw active service during the Second Boer War and the First World War, earning a ...
11th Middlesex Rifle Volunteer Corps (Railway Rifles) 12th (Eastern) Divisional Signals; 14th (Inns of Court) Middlesex Rifle Volunteer Corps; 15th Middlesex (The Customs and Docks) Rifle Volunteer Corps; 16th (Service) Battalion, Middlesex Regiment (Public Schools) 17th (Service) Battalion, Middlesex Regiment (1st Football)
16th (Service) Battalion, Rifle Brigade (St Pancras) 17th (Reserve) Battalion, Rifle Brigade; 10th (Service) Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (Stockbrokers) 17th (Service) Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (Empire) 18th (Service) Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (1st Public Schools) 19th (Service) Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (2nd Public Schools)