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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 ...
The Middlesex Regiment (Duke of Cambridge's Own) was a line infantry regiment of the British Army in existence from 1881 until 1966. The regiment was formed, as the Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment), in 1881 as part of the Childers Reforms when the 57th (West Middlesex) and 77th (East Middlesex) Regiments of Foot were amalgamated with the county's militia and rifle volunteer units.
The London Irish Rifles was originally formed in 1859 during the Victorian Volunteer Movement and named 28th Middlesex (London Irish) Rifle Volunteer Corps. [3] In 1880 it was renumbered the 16th Middlesex Rifle Volunteers. [4] During the Second Boer War, the battalion sent eight officers and 208 private soldiers for active
17th (Service) Battalion, Middlesex Regiment (1st Football) (Left 8 December 1915) 16th (Service) Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps (Church Lads' Brigade), 1st Battalion, Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) (joined 15 December 1915 transferred to 19th Brigade 14 February 1918) 2nd Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment (joined 20 December 1915)
1st Battalion, Middlesex Regiment: 16th Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps: 1st Battalion, The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) 2nd Battalion, Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders: 1/9th Battalion, Highland Light Infantry: 1/5th Battalion, The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) Pioneers: 18th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment
16th (Service) Battalion, Middlesex Regiment (Public Schools) (joined April 1916, disbanded February 1918) 1st Battalion, Royal Guernsey Light Infantry ( joined October 1917, left April 1918 ) 86th Machine Gun Company ( formed 26 February 1916, moved to 29th Battalion Machine Gun Corps (M.G.C.) on 15 Feb 1918 )
6th (Extra Reserve) Battalion, Middlesex Regiment; 6th (Royal East Middlesex Militia) Battalion, Middlesex Regiment; 9th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment; 10th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment; 14th (Reserve) Battalion, Middlesex Regiment; 15th (Reserve) Battalion, Middlesex Regiment; 16th (Service) Battalion, Middlesex Regiment (Public Schools) 17th ...
Largely composed of professional and amateur sportsmen, "McCrae's" was the first of the so-called 'footballers' Pals battalions to be raised during the war and was the main inspiration behind the creation of the 17th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment in 1915.