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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]
The 2nd Cadet Battalion, the King's Royal Rifle Corps was formed in 1942 when a Home Guard instruction was issued ordering each Home Guard battalion to raise a cadet unit. Lieutenant-Colonel R.L. Clark of Queen Victoria's Rifles was given the task, and on 15 May 1942 the Queen Victoria's Rifles Cadet Corps was born.
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 ...
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 ]
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
14th (Inns of Court) Middlesex Rifle Volunteer Corps; 15th Middlesex (The Customs and Docks) Rifle Volunteer Corps; 16th (Service) Battalion, Middlesex Regiment (Public Schools) 17th (Service) Battalion, Middlesex Regiment (1st Football) 18th (Harrow Rifles) Middlesex Rifle Volunteer Corps; 18th (Paddington Rifles) Middlesex Rifle Volunteer Corps
21st (Service) Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps (Yeoman Rifles) (disbanded March 1918) 20th (Service) Battalion, Durham Light Infantry (Wearside) (transferred from 123rd Brigade March 1918) 124th Machine Gun Company (joined June 1916, moved to 41st Battalion Machine Gun Corps (M.G.C.) March 1918) 124th Trench Mortar Battery (joined June 1916)
The battalion also fought at the Second Battle of Manassas and formed the rearguard during the Union retreat at that battle. The battalion then became part of V Corps and fought in the Battle of Antietam and the Battle of Fredericksburg. In March 1863, three companies of the battalion were disbanded due to a shortage of replacements.