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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]
21st (Reserve) Battalion, King's (Liverpool Regiment) 21st (Service) Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps (Yeoman Rifles) 21st Battalion (Australia) 21st Provisional Battalion (Territorial Force) 22nd (Reserve) Battalion, King's (Liverpool Regiment) 22nd Battalion (Australia) 22nd Provisional Battalion (Territorial Force) 23rd Battalion ...
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 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.
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 ]
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)
18th (Service) Battalion, Manchester Regiment (3rd City) 19th (Service) Battalion, Manchester Regiment (4th City) 20th (Service) Battalion, Manchester Regiment (5th City) 21st (Service) Battalion, Manchester Regiment (6th City) 22nd (Service) Battalion, Manchester Regiment (7th City) 23rd (Service) Battalion, Manchester Regiment (8th City)
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.