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I'm working on a definitive list of British battalions and regiments from 1914-1918, starting with the infantry, but here's a list of [http://web.archive.org/web/20050404041821/http://regiments.org/regiments/uk/lists/ba1918.htm REGIMENTS and CORPS of the BRITISH ARMY in 1918] (via the Internet Archive as the site appears to have been down for some years). | I'm working on a definitive list of British battalions and regiments from 1914-1918, starting with the infantry, but here's a list of [http://web.archive.org/web/20050404041821/http://regiments.org/regiments/uk/lists/ba1918.htm REGIMENTS and CORPS of the BRITISH ARMY in 1918] (via the Internet Archive as the site appears to have been down for some years). | ||
Revision as of 06:35, 5 November 2014
'The battalion was the basic tactical unit of the infantry of the British Army in the Great War of 1914-1918. At full establishment it consisted of 1,007 men of whom 30 were officers. It comprised a Battalion Headquarters and four Companies.'[1]
I'm working on a definitive list of British battalions and regiments from 1914-1918, starting with the infantry, but here's a list of REGIMENTS and CORPS of the BRITISH ARMY in 1918 (via the Internet Archive as the site appears to have been down for some years).
The Long, Long Trail site has several pages on The British Divisions of 1914-1918 and Chris Baker, the site's owner, has given permission to use information from the site, so populating this page from those is a high priority task. Please feel free to get stuck in if you spot a gap!
If you've got a diary you want to add now, please just click 'Edit' above, and add the name of the author's regiment. Add 'British infantry' or another appropriate label to help differentiate between units across different armies, then make it into a wiki link by putting two square brackets around the name of the regiment or battalion, like this:
[[Royal Warwickshire Regiment, British infantry]]
This makes it into a red link Royal Warwickshire Regiment, British infantry; you can click on any red-linked page name to create that page.
Contents
To be categorised
This is a great place to add any units that aren't yet linked, so they can be slotted in later.
- Guards Machine Gun Regiment, British infantry (aka 6th or Machine Gun Regiment of Foot Guards)
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Regiments and battalions below added from the listings on http://www.1914-1918.net/regiments.htm (with many thanks to Chris Baker)
Coldstream Guards
1st Battalion, Coldstream Guards, British infantry
2nd Battalion, Coldstream Guards, British infantry
3rd Battalion, Coldstream Guards, British infantry
4th Battalion (Pioneers), Coldstream Guards, British infantry Formed as Guards Pioneer Battalion, but soon redesignated.
5th (Reserve) Battalion, Coldstream Guards, British infantry Formed as 4th (Reserve) Battalion; redesignated as 5th (Reserve) Battalion.
1st Provisional Battalion, Coldstream Guards, British infantry
Grenadier Guards
1st Battalion, Grenadier Guards, British infantry
2nd Battalion, Grenadier Guards, British infantry
3rd Battalion, Grenadier Guards, British infantry
4th Battalion, Grenadier Guards, British infantry
5th (Reserve) Battalion, Grenadier Guards, British infantry
1st Provisional Battalion, Grenadier Guards, British infantry
Irish Guards
1st Battalion, Irish Guards, British infantry
2nd Battalion, Irish Guards, British infantry
3rd (Reserve) Battalion, Irish Guards, British infantry
Scots Guards
1st Battalion, Scots Guards, British infantry
2nd Battalion, Scots Guards, British infantry
3rd (Reserve) Battalion, Scots Guards, British infantry
Welsh Guards
1st Battalion, Welsh Guards, British infantry
2nd (Reserve) Battalion, Welsh Guards, British infantry
Line Regiments
Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders Regiment, British infantry
Bedfordshire Regiment, British infantry
Black Watch Regiment, British infantry
Border Regiment, British infantry
Buffs (East Kent) Regiment, British infantry
Cameron Highlanders Regiment, British infantry
Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) Regiment, British infantry
Cheshire Regiment, British infantry
Connaught Rangers Regiment, British infantry
Devonshire Regiment, British infantry
Dorsetshire Regiment, British infantry
Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry Regiment, British infantry
Duke of Wellington's (West Riding) Regiment, British infantry
Durham Light Infantry Regiment, British infantry
East Lancashire Regiment, British infantry
East Surrey Regiment, British infantry
East Yorkshire Regiment, British infantry
Essex Regiment, British infantry
Gloucestershire Regiment, British infantry
Gordon Highlanders Regiment, British infantry
Hampshire Regiment, British infantry
Highland Light Infantry Regiment, British infantry
King's (Liverpool) Regiment, British infantry
King's Own (Royal Lancaster) Regiment, British infantry
King's Own Scottish Borderers Regiment, British infantry
King's (Shropshire Light Infantry) Regiment, British infantry
King's Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry) Regiment, British infantry
King's Royal Rifle Corps Regiment, British infantry
Lancashire Fusiliers Regiment, British infantry
Leicestershire Regiment, British infantry
Lincolnshire Regiment, British infantry
Loyal North Lancashire Regiment, British infantry
Leinster Regiment, British infantry
Manchester Regiment, British infantry
Middlesex Regiment, British infantry
Norfolk Regiment, British infantry
Northamptonshire Regiment, British infantry
North Staffordshire Regiment, British infantry
Northumberland Fusiliers Regiment, British infantry
Ox & Bucks Light Infantry Regiment, British infantry
Queen's (Royal West Surrey) Regiment, British infantry
Rifle Brigade Regiment, British infantry
Royal Berkshire Regiment, British infantry
Royal Dublin Fusiliers Regiment, British infantry
Royal Fusiliers Regiment, British infantry
Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Regiment, British infantry
Royal Irish Fusiliers Regiment, British infantry
Royal Irish Regiment Regiment, British infantry
Royal Irish Rifles Regiment, British infantry
Royal Munster Fusiliers Regiment, British infantry
Royal Scots Regiment, British infantry
Royal Scots Fusiliers Regiment, British infantry
Royal Sussex Regiment, British infantry
Royal Warwickshire Regiment, British infantry
Royal Welsh Fusiliers Regiment, British infantry
Royal West Kent Regiment, British infantry
Seaforth Highlanders Regiment, British infantry
Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment, British infantry
Somerset Light Infantry Regiment, British infantry
South Lancashire Regiment, British infantry
South Staffordshire Regiment, British infantry
South Wales Borderers Regiment, British infantry
Suffolk Regiment, British infantry
Welsh Regiment, British infantry
West Yorkshire Regiment, British infantry
Wiltshire Regiment, British infantry
Worcestershire Regiment, British infantry
