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While most of the 'Pals battalions' formed in 1914–15 by local initiative were based on single towns or professions, one of the last to be formed was the 21st (Service) Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps, known as the 'Yeoman Rifles' because it was raised from farmers across a wide area of rural Northern England. [3]
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) 20th (Service) Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (3rd Public Schools)
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 ]
When the battalions were taken over by the British Army they became variously the 16th (Service) Battalion (Public Schools) of the Middlesex Regiment and the 18th–21st (Service) Battalions (1st–4th Public Schools) of the Royal Fusiliers. However, Kitchener's Army was faced with a dire shortage of officers and so 'young gentlemen'— public ...
60th (The Duke of York's Own Rifle Corps) Regiment of Foot 1824–1830 [98] 60th (The King's Royal Rifle Corps) Regiment of Foot 1830–1881 [99] Raised as 62nd (Royal American) Regiment of Foot in 1755, renumbered as 60th in 1757 on disbandment of existing 50th and 51st Foot. [97] 1881: The King's Royal Rifle Corps: The Rifles
20th Middlesex Rifle Volunteer Corps (Railway Rifles) 21st (Finsbury Rifles) Middlesex Rifle Volunteer Corps; 22nd (Central London Rangers) Middlesex Rifle Volunteer Corps; 23rd (Inns of Court) Middlesex Rifle Volunteer Corps; 23rd (Service) Battalion, Middlesex Regiment (2nd Football) 23rd Middlesex Rifle Volunteer Corps; 26th (Customs and ...
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) Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps; 51st (Service ...
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]