Difference between revisions of "British units in World War I"

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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 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.

To be categorised

This is a great place to add any units that aren't yet linked, so they can be slotted in later.

• Lincolnshire Regiment, British infantry
  • 1/5th Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment, British infantry

-- Regiments and battalions 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