Home Service Battalions information

The Home Service Battalions were a force of the British Army in both the First and Second World Wars, intended for home defence and other duties. Those...

K4 battalions into 2nd Reserve units, providing drafts for the K1–K3 battalions in the same way that the SR was doing for the Regular battalions. The...

infantry regiment of the British Army, consisted of 7 battalions, eventually expanding to 52 battalions, although not all existed at the same time, of which...

the battalions were voluntarily formed into Active Service Companies, providing reinforcements for the regular battalion. Both volunteer battalions were...

for the 5th and 6th (Service) Battalions, and the 1st and 2nd (later 8th) Home Service Battalions. The 1/4th Battalion of the Territorial Force served...

locally recruited Ulster Defence Regiment was formed, becoming home-service battalions of the Royal Irish Regiment in 1992 before it was disbanded in...

former militia battalions were converted to Special Reserve battalions and allocated one to each of the regular army's two-battalion infantry regiments...

The 2 battalions of the Royal Irish Rangers would amalgamate to create a single "General Service" battalion. The existing nine UDR battalions would be...

Volunteer Battalions. The Territorial Force (later Territorial Army) was formed in 1908, which the volunteer battalions joined, while the militia battalions transferred...

conducted by 8 Training Battalion REME. In line with Army 2020 Refine, there are seven regular, one training and three Army Reserve battalions within REME. Alongside...

The Pals battalions of World War I were specially constituted battalions of the British Army comprising men who had enlisted together in local recruiting...

Supernumerary Companies, 18 (Home Service) Garrison battalions of line infantry regiments became part of the RDC. Garrison battalions were composed of soldiers...

enlist. This group was organized as the 40th Battalion. The 41st and 42nd Battalions were depot battalions stationed in Plymouth, England. In his memoirs...

Rifle Volunteer Battalions were renamed as Volunteer Battalions of the Durham Light Infantry retaining their Administrative battalion numbers. The 3rd...

infantry battalions were numbered up to 108 (with some gaps in the sequence). Support units (Royal Field Artillery, Royal Engineers, Army Service Corps etc)...

Reserve) battalions respectively. These were joined by the 1st and 2nd (Derbyshire) and the 3rd (Robin Hood) and 4th (Nottinghamshire) Volunteer battalions. Following...

Three 'Service' battalions were raised to serve abroad, being the 6th, 7th and 8th Battalions, in addition to the 9th and 10th (Service) Battalions who remained...

has a total strength of about 144,418 personnel in 132 battalions including 9 reserve battalions. The Central Reserve Police Force is the largest of the...

Defence Companies were formed into battalions attached to regular army regiments; renamed "Home Service Battalions", they would guard vulnerable points...

eventually reduced to 7 battalions before being amalgamated with the Royal Irish Rangers in 1992 to form the "Home Service Battalions" of the Royal Irish...

"service" battalions. Following the armistice ending the First World War, the war-raised battalions were rapidly disbanded. The regular battalions returned...

Now consisting of three Regular Force battalions and one Reserve Force battalion, the regiment's four battalions are now stationed in Ontario and New Brunswick...

battalions, and the 'Kitchener's Army' recruits formed new Service battalions. During the war the South Wales Borderers had a total of 21 battalions,...

battalions, rangers, logistics battalions and 4 reserve heavy armoured battalions and 40 territorial defence battalions. The battalion is the core unit but all...