Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
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]
It was brigaded with 32nd Royal Fusiliers (East Ham) (32nd RF), 10th Queen's Regiment (Battersea) (10th Queen's) and 21st King's Royal Rifle Corps (Yeoman Rifles) (21st KRRC). At Aldershot the battalions were equipped with modern rifles, specialists such as Lewis gunners , signallers and ' bombers ' were selected and trained, and route marches ...
21st Battalion may refer to: 21st Battalion (Australia), a World War I ANZAC battalion; 2/21st Battalion (Australia), a World War II Australian infantry battalion; 21st Battalion (New Zealand), a World War II New Zealand infantry battalion; 21st Battalion (Eastern Ontario), CEF, a World War I battalion that formed part of the Canadian 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) Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps; 51st (Service ...
There were two cadet battalions: 1st Cadet Battalion, The King's Royal Rifle Corps and Queen Victoria's Rifles Cadet Corps (re-titled the 2nd Cadet Battalion, The King's Royal Rifle Corps in 1945). Over the years, the formation of the cadet battalions was changed regularly, due to the changes to do with rules and the commanding officer. [43]
16th (Service) Battalion, Rifle Brigade (St Pancras) 16th Infantry Division (Greece) 17th (Reserve) Battalion, Cheshire Regiment; 17th (Reserve) Battalion, Rifle Brigade; 17th (Reserve) Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment; 17th (Service) Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps (British Empire League) 17th (Service) Battalion, Royal Scots (Rosebery)
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 ...
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]