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When the battalions were taken over by the British Army they became variously the 16th (Service) Battalion (Public Schools) of the Middlesex Regiment and the 18th–21st (Service) Battalions (1st–4th Public Schools) of the Royal Fusiliers. However, Kitchener's Army was faced with a dire shortage of officers and so 'young gentlemen'— public ...
1st Battalion, Middlesex Regiment: 16th Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps: 1st Battalion, The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) 2nd Battalion, Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders: 1/9th Battalion, Highland Light Infantry: 1/5th Battalion, The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) Pioneers: 18th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment
The Middlesex Regiment (Duke of Cambridge's Own) was a line infantry regiment of the British Army in existence from 1881 until 1966. The regiment was formed, as the Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment), in 1881 as part of the Childers Reforms when the 57th (West Middlesex) and 77th (East Middlesex) Regiments of Foot were amalgamated with the county's militia and rifle volunteer units.
17th (Service) Battalion, Middlesex Regiment (1st Football) (Left 8 December 1915) 16th (Service) Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps (Church Lads' Brigade), 1st Battalion, Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) (joined 15 December 1915 transferred to 19th Brigade 14 February 1918) 2nd Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment (joined 20 December 1915)
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]
Middlesex Regiment (2 C, 32 P) Monmouthshire Regiment (2 C, 7 P) N. North Irish Horse (11 P) ... Huntingdonshire Cyclist Battalion; I. Irish Guards; K. King Edward's ...
During the First World War the British Armed Forces was enlarged to many times its peacetime strength. This was done mainly by adding new battalions to existing regiments (the King's Royal Rifles raised a total of 26 battalions).
2nd Battalion, Royal Fusiliers; 1st Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers; 1st Battalion, Royal Munster Fusiliers; 1st Battalion, Royal Dublin Fusiliers; 2/3rd Battalion, London Regiment – attached 24 September 1915 to January 1916; 16th (Service) Battalion, Middlesex Regiment (Public Schools) 1st Battalion, Royal Guernsey Light Infantry; 86th ...