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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]
The 21 Special Air Service Regiment (Artists) (Reserve), historically known as The Artists Rifles [nb 1] is a regiment of the British Army Reserve. Its name is abbreviated to 21 SAS(R) . Raised in London in 1859 as a volunteer light infantry unit, the regiment saw active service during the Second Boer War and the First World War, earning a ...
13th (Service) Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps; 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 ...
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
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)
13th (Service) Battalion, King’s Royal Rifle Corps (left April 1915) 13th (Service) Battalion, Rifle Brigade (left April 1915) 237th Machine Gun Company (joined 17 July 1917, transferred into 21st MG Battalion 24 February 1918) 21st Battalion Machine Gun Corps (formed 24 February 1918) Divisional Mounted Troops A Sqn, South Irish Horse ...
The corps was renumbered as the 21st Rifle Corps on 13 June 1955. The corps headquarters was disbanded in mid-1957 when most Soviet Army corps headquarters were removed from the force structure. [ 3 ] [ 15 ]