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53rd Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment, British Army
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Years active:
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–
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Country:
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United Kingdom
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Service:
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British Army
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Branch:
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New Army
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Type:
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Infantry
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Specific type:
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Infantry battalion
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Full size:
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1000
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Created:
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Name1:
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13th (Reserve) Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment)
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Name1 Start:
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Name1 End:
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Reason for change:
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Transferred to Training Reserve
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Name2:
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12th Training Reserve Battalion
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Name3:
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12th Young Soldier Battalion
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Name3 Start:
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Name3 End:
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Reason for change:
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Transferred to Leicestershire Regiment
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Name4:
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53rd (Young Soldier) Battalion Leicestershire Regiment
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For more information on what infobox fields mean, see documentation at military unit, command structure and theatre of war.
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Command structure
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Relationship type:
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Administrative
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Parent unit:
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Sherwood Foresters, UK
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Command structure
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Relationship type:
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Administrative
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Parent unit:
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Training Reserve, UK
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Command structure
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Relationship type:
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Administrative
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Parent unit:
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Leicestershire Regiment, UK
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Personal narratives
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