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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]
13th (Service) Battalion, King’s Royal Rifle Corps (left April 1915) 13th (Service) Battalion, Rifle Brigade (left April 1915) 237th Machine Gun Company (joined 17 July 1917, transferred into 21st MG Battalion 24 February 1918) 21st Battalion Machine Gun Corps (formed 24 February 1918) Divisional Mounted Troops A Sqn, South Irish Horse ...
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 unit was disbanded in 1945, but reformed in The Rifle Brigade in January 1947 and transferred to The Army Air Corps in July as the 21st Special Air Service Regiment (Artists Rifles). [15] The number 21 SAS was chosen to perpetuate two disbanded wartime regiments, 2 SAS and 1 SAS.
The County Association of Rutland did not have charge of any units, but did provide facilities for sub-units of the Leicestershire Yeomanry and the 5th Battalion Leicestershire Regiment. A number of units, particularly those attached to the Royal Garrison Artillery and Royal Engineers, had their titles altered again in 1910. [2]
Rifle Volunteer Corps of the British Army; Military units and formations in Lancashire; Military units and formations in Wigan; Military units and formations established in 1860; Military units and formations disestablished in 1880
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)
18th (Bromley Rifle Club) Kent Rifle Volunteer Corps; 21st Kent (Lewisham) Rifle Volunteer Corps; 25th Kent (Blackheath Artisans) Rifle Volunteer Corps; 26th Kent (Royal Arsenal) Rifle Volunteer Corps; 27th Kent (Deptford Dockyard) Rifle Volunteer Corps; 28th Kent (Charlton) Rifle Volunteer Corps; 32nd Kent (Eltham) Rifle Volunteer Corps