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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 21st (Service) Battalion (Yeoman Rifles) landed in France as part of the 124th Brigade in the 41st Division in May 1916 for service on the Western Front but moved to Italy in November 1917 before returning to France in March 1918. [22] Seven members of the regiment received the Victoria Cross. [34]
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)
20th (Service) Battalion, Manchester Regiment (5th City) 20th Lancashire Battery, Royal Field Artillery; 21st (Reserve) Battalion, King's (Liverpool Regiment) 21st (Service) Battalion, Manchester Regiment (6th City) 21st (Wigan) Lancashire Rifle Volunteer Corps; 21st Lancashire Rifle Volunteer Corps; 22 (West Lancashire) Corps Signal Regiment
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 ]
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 ...
11th Middlesex Rifle Volunteer Corps (Railway Rifles) 12th (Eastern) Divisional Signals; 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)
4th Administrative Battalion, Lancashire Rifle Volunteers; 4th Lancashire Rifle Volunteer Corps; 5th Battalion, Manchester Regiment; 21st (Wigan) Lancashire Rifle Volunteer Corps; 652nd (5th Battalion, Manchester Regiment) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery