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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.
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 .
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]
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)
26th (Service) Battalion, Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) (3rd Public Works Pioneers) as Pioneers in the Regular 27th Division [29] 20th (Service) Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps (British Empire League Pioneers) as Pioneers in the Regular 3rd Division [ 30 ]
In November 1919 the Light Division was abolished and 1st Light Brigade became the Light Brigade in the Independent Division. These in turn were broken up in January–February and 20th (Service) Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps (BEL) was disbanded on 9 February 1920. [3] [34] Pioneers' collar badge in black. The KRRC memorial at Winchester.
As a result the unit became the 13th Middlesex (Queen's Westminster) Volunteer Rifle Corps and were attached to the King's Royal Rifle Corps as a Volunteer Battalion. [3] In 1886 the battalion established its headquarters at 58 Buckingham Gate, Westminster. [4] and by 1902 it was the largest volunteer rifle corps battalion in London. [5]
4th Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps (left June 1918) 4th Battalion, ... 17th Field Company, R.E. – (transferred from 5th Division on 24 March 1915)