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  2. 17th (Service) Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps (British ...

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    The 17th (Service) Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps (British Empire League), (17th KRRC) was an infantry unit recruited by the British Empire League as part of 'Kitchener's Army' in World War I. It served on the Western Front, including the battles of the Somme and the Ancre, the Third Battle of Ypres and the German spring offensives.

  3. Football Battalion - Wikipedia

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    The 23rd (Service) Battalion, Middlesex Regiment was formed in June 1915 and became known as the 2nd Football Battalion. [1] The battalions fought in the Battle of the Somme in 1916 among others. Soldiers who fought in the 17th and 23rd Battalions included Second Lieutenant Walter Tull , who was possibly the first black infantry officer in the ...

  4. 17th (Service) Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (Empire) - Wikipedia

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    The 17th (Service) Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (Empire), (17th RF) was a 'Pals battalion' recruited as part of 'Kitchener's Army' in World War I.It served with the 2nd Division on the Western Front from November 1915 until the Armistice, seeing action on the Somme and the Ancre, at Arras and Cambrai (where one of its officers won the Victoria Cross), against the German spring offensive, and in ...

  5. Poplar and Stepney Rifles - Wikipedia

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    The 17th (County of London) Battalion, The London Regiment (Poplar and Stepney Rifles), was a unit of Britain's Territorial Force formed in 1908 from Volunteer corps dating back to 1859. It saw considerable service on the Western Front , at Salonika and in Palestine during the First World War .

  6. 17th (Northern) Division - Wikipedia

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    The 17th (Northern) Division was constituted as follows during the war: 50th Brigade. 10th (Service) Battalion, Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment) 7th (Service) Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment

  7. Bernard Montgomery - Wikipedia

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    On graduation in September 1908 he was commissioned into the 1st Battalion the Royal Warwickshire Regiment as a second lieutenant, [25] and first saw overseas service later that year in India. [24] He was promoted to lieutenant in 1910, [ 26 ] and in 1912 became adjutant of the 1st Battalion of his regiment at Shorncliffe Army Camp .

  8. 17th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers - Wikipedia

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    The 17th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers was one of the numerous Pals Battalions formed in the North East of England on Kitchener's call for men during the early parts of the First World War. [1] The battalion was raised by the North Eastern Railway (NER) and was the only pals battalions to be raised by a single company.

  9. List of pals battalions - Wikipedia

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    25th (Service) Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) (Frontiersmen) served in the East African Campaign from May 1915 to the end of 1917 [23] 21st (Service) Battalion, Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment) (Wool Textile Pioneers) as Pioneers in the Regular 4th Division [24]