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List of Provisional Battalions of the Territorial Force

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When theTerritorial Force (TF) was created in 1908 it was a part-time volunteer force intended for home defence when the RegularBritish Expeditionary Force (BEF) was deployed overseas, although a small number of TF units had volunteered for 'Imperial Service'. With the outbreak ofWorld War I the TF was mobilised on 4 August 1914 and went to its war stations. However, on 10 August the TF was invited to volunteer for overseas service, and the majority of men and units did so. Those who did not volunteer or were unfit for overseas service were separated on 15 August to form the basis for reserve units to train the mass of volunteer recruits coming forward. From 31 August these reserve units were termed '2nd Line', distinguished from their 1st Line parents by a '2/' prefix. In this way duplicate units and formations came into being.[1][2]

Provisional units

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By May 1915 it was decided to prepare the 2nd Line TF units for overseas service, and 3rd Line training units were created to supply reinforcements to the 1st and 2nd Lines. At the same time the remaining home service and unfit personnel were separated and grouped into coast defence brigades, shortly afterwards termed provisional brigades. The provisional infantry battalions were numbered up to 108 (with some gaps in the sequence). Support units (Royal Field Artillery,Royal Engineers,Army Service Corpsetc), took the number of the provisional brigade to which they belonged.[3][4][5][6]

TheMilitary Service Act 1916 swept away the home/foreign service distinction, and all TF soldiers became liable for overseas service, if medically fit. The provisional brigades thus became anomalous, and on 1 January 1917 the remaining infantry units became numbered battalions of appropriate regiments.[4][5][7]

Provisional BattalionFormed fromFinal designation
Scottish Command
1st (Scottish)4th, 5th and 6th Bns,Seaforth Highlanders; 4th BnCameron HighlandersAbsorbed into 10th Provisional Bn by 1917
2nd (Scottish)5th, 6th, 7th, 8th Bns and Shetland Companies,Gordon HighlandersDisbanded 1917
3rd (Scottish)6th, 7th, 8th and 9th Bns,Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders16th Bn, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders[8][9]
4th (Scottish)5th and 6th Bns,Black Watch?Disbanded
5th (Scottish)4th and 7th Bns, Black Watch; 5th Bn, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders;9th Bn, Royal ScotsDisbanded 1917
6th (Scottish)4th,5th and6th Bns,Royal ScotsDisbanded 1917
7th (Scottish)7th and 8th Bns, Royal ScotsDisbanded 1917
8th (Scottish)8th Bn,Highland Light Infantry(whole battalion)Disbanded 1916
9th (Scottish)5th, 6th,7th and9th Bns,Highland Light Infantry21st Bn, Highland Light Infantry[10][11]
10th (Scottish)5th, 6th and 7th Bns,Scottish Rifles15th Bn, Scottish Rifles[12][13]
11th (Scottish)4th and 5th Bns,Royal Scots Fusiliers;8th Bn, Scottish Rifles11th Bn, Royal Scots Fusiliers[14][15]
12th (Scottish)4th and 5th Bns,King's Own Scottish BorderersDisbanded 1917
Northern Command
21st[a]4th and 7th Bns,Northumberland Fusiliers35th Bn, Northumberland Fusiliers[16][17]
22nd[b]5th and 6th Bns, Northumberland Fusiliers36th Bn, Northumberland Fusiliers[16][17]
23rd[c]6th,7th, 8th and 9th BnsDurham Light Infantry26th Bn Durham Light Infantry[18][19]
24th4th and 5th Bns,Yorkshire Regiment18th Bn, Yorkshire Regiment[20][21]
25th4th Bn, East Yorkshire Regiment;5th Bn, Durham Light Infantry27th Bn, Durham Light Infantry[18][19]
26th5th,6th,7th and8th Bns,West Yorkshire Regiment;4th and5th Bns,York and Lancaster RegimentDisbanded 1916
27th4th,5th, 6th and 7th Bns,West Riding Regiment; 4th and5th Bns,King's Own Yorkshire Light InfantryDisbanded 1917
28th4th and5th Bns,Lincolnshire Regiment;4th and 5th Bns,Leicestershire Regiment; 5th and 6th Bns,South Staffordshire Regiment13th Bn, Lincolnshire Regiment[22][23][24][25]
29th5th,6th,7th and 8th Bns,Sherwood Foresters;5th and 6th Bns,North Staffordshire Regiment21st Bn, Sherwood Foresters[26][27]
Western Command
41st4th and 5th Bns,Royal Lancaster Regiment12th Bn, Royal Lancaster Regiment[28][29][30]
42nd4th,5th and 12th Bns,Loyal North Lancashire Regiment14th Bn, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment[28][31][32]
43rd5th and6th Bns,Liverpool Regiment25th Bn, Liverpool Regiment[33][34]
44th7th,8th and9th Bns, Liverpool Regiment26th Bn, Liverpool Regiment[28][33][34]
45th6th,7th and 8th Bns,Lancashire Fusiliers;5th,6th,7th and 10th Bns,Manchester Regiment28th Bn, Manchester Regiment[28][35][36]
46th4th, 5th,6th and 7th Bns,Cheshire Regiment23rd Bn, Cheshire Regiment[37][38]
47th4th,5th,6th and7th Bns,Royal Welsh Fusiliers23rd Bn, Royal Welsh Fusiliers[39][40]
48th1st, 2nd and 3rd Bns,Monmouthshire Regiment; 1st Bn,Herefordshire Regiment4th Bn Monmouthshire Regiment[41][42]
49th10th Bn, Liverpool Regiment; 4th and5th Bns,South Lancashire Regiment14th Bn, South Lancashire Regiment[43][44]
50th4th Bn,Shropshire Light Infantry;Brecknockshire Bn,South Wales BorderersDisbanded 1916
51st4th, 5th and6th Bns,Welsh RegimentDisbanded 1917
52nd5th Bn, Lancashire Fusiliers; 4th and 5th Bns,East Lancashire Regiment; 4th and 5th Bns,Border Regiment; 8th and 9th Bns, Manchester RegimentDisbanded 1916
Eastern Command
61st4th and 5th Bns,Norfolk Regiment11th Bn, Norfolk Regiment[45][46][47]
62nd1st BnCambridgeshire Regiment;4th Bn,Northamptonshire Regiment9th Bn, Northamptonshire Regiment[48][32][49]
63rd7th, 8th,9th and10th Bns,Middlesex Regiment32nd Bn, Middlesex Regiment[50][51]
64th4th and 5th Bns,Suffolk Regiment[52]14th Bn, Suffolk Regiment[53][54]
65th4th Bn,Essex Regiment15th Bn, Essex Regiment[55][56]
66th5th (part) and6th Bns, Essex Regiment16th Bn, Essex Regiment[45][55][56]
67th5th (part) and7th Bns, Essex Regiment17th Bn, Essex Regiment[55][56]
68th5th Bn,Bedfordshire Regiment; 1st Bn,Hertfordshire Regiment11th Bn, Bedfordshire Regiment[57][58]
69th4th and 5th BnsQueen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)19th Bn, Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)[59][60][61]
70th5th and 6th Bns,East Surrey Regiment15th Bn,Royal Sussex Regiment[22][62][63]
71st4th and 5th Bns,Buffs (East Kent Regiment); 4th and 5th Bns,Royal West Kent RegimentAmalgamated with 69th Provisional Bn 5 June 1916[61]
72nd4th &5th Bns, Royal Sussex RegimentDisbanded by 1917
Southern Command
81st5th,6th, 7th and 8h Bns,Royal Warwickshire Regiment18th Bn, Royal Warwickshire Regiment[22][64][65]
82nd4th and6th Bns,Gloucestershire Regiment;7th and 8th Bns,Worcestershire Regiment17th Bn, Gloucestershire Regiment[66][67]
83rd5th Bn, Gloucestershire Regiment; 4th and Buckinghamshire Bns,Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry; 4th Bn,Royal Berkshire Regiment10th Bn, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry[22][68][69]
84th[d]4th, 5th,6th, 7th and 8th Bns,Hampshire Regiment17th Bn, Hampshire Regiment[70][71]
85th[e]4th and 5th Bns,Somerset Light Infantry; 4th Bn,Wiltshire Regiment; 4th Bn,Dorsetshire Regiment11th Bn, Somerset Light Infantry[73][74][72]
86th4th,5th and 6th Bns,Devonshire Regiment; 4th and 5th Bns,Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry15th Bn, Devonshire Regiment[75][76]
London District
100th[77]1st,2nd,4th and7th Bns,London Regiment29th Bn, London Regiment[45][78][79]
101st3rd,5th,6th and8th Bns, London Regiment30th Bn, London Regiment[45][78][79]
102nd9th,10th and12th Bns, London RegimentAmalgamated with 100th Provisional Bn to form 29th Bn London Regiment[78]
104thHonourable Artillery Company Infantry Bn;14th and28th Bns, London RegimentAmalgamated with 101st Provisional Bn
105th11th,13th,15th and16th Bns, London RegimentAmalgamated with 107th Provisional Bn to form 31st Bn, London Regiment[78]
106th19th,20th and22nd Bns, London RegimentAmalgamated with 108th Provisional Bn to form32nd Bn, London Regiment[78]
107th17th,18th and21st Bns, London Regiment31st Bn, London Regiment[78][79]
108th23rd and24th Bns, London Regiment32nd Bn, London Regiment[78][79]

See also

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Footnotes

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  1. ^Originally formed as 1st North Coast Defence Battalion.[6]
  2. ^Originally formed as 2nd North Coast Defence Battalion.[6]
  3. ^Originally formed as 3rd North Coast Defence Battalion.[18]
  4. ^Originally formed as Hampshire Brigade Battalion.[70]
  5. ^Originally formed as South-Western Infantry Brigade Composite Battalion.[72]

Notes

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  1. ^Becke, Pt 2a, p. 40.
  2. ^Becke, Pt 2b, p. 6.
  3. ^Army Council Instructions, January 1916, Appendix 18.
  4. ^abFrederick, pp. viii–ix, 184–5.
  5. ^ab'Provisional Brigades and Battalions' at Long, Long Trail.
  6. ^abcDavid Porter's work on Provisional Brigades at Great War Forum.
  7. ^Becke, Pt 2b, p. 105.
  8. ^Frederick, p. 63.
  9. ^James, p. 109.
  10. ^Frederick, p. 258.
  11. ^James, p. 103.
  12. ^Frederick, p. 74.
  13. ^James, p. 71.
  14. ^Frederick, p. 255.
  15. ^James, p. 65.
  16. ^abFrederick, p. 278.
  17. ^abJames, p. 47.
  18. ^abcFrederick, p. 146.
  19. ^abJames, p. 101.
  20. ^Frederick, p. 107.
  21. ^James, p. 63.
  22. ^abcdBecke, Pt 2b, pp. 108–9.
  23. ^Frederick, p. 227.
  24. ^James, p. 54.
  25. ^Simpson, p. 399.
  26. ^Frederick, p. 321.
  27. ^James, p. 87.
  28. ^abcdBecke, Pt 2b, pp. 114–5.
  29. ^Frederick, p. 120
  30. ^James, p. 46.
  31. ^Frederick, p. 191.
  32. ^abJames, p. 89.
  33. ^abFrederick, p. 128.
  34. ^abJames, p. 52.
  35. ^Frederick, p. 133.
  36. ^James, p. 98.
  37. ^Frederick, p. 77.
  38. ^James, p. 66.
  39. ^Frederick, p. 304.
  40. ^James, p. 68.
  41. ^Frederick, p. 172.
  42. ^James, p. 112.
  43. ^Frederick, p. 189.
  44. ^James, p. 82.
  45. ^abcdBecke, Pt 2b, pp. 102–3.
  46. ^Frederick, p. 221.
  47. ^James, p. 53.
  48. ^Frederick, p. 228.
  49. ^Regimental History Committee, p. 341.
  50. ^Frederick, p. 214.
  51. ^James, p. 94.
  52. ^Murphy, pp. 342–3.
  53. ^Frederick, p. 223.
  54. ^James, p. 56.
  55. ^abcFrederick, p. 234.
  56. ^abcJames, p. 86.
  57. ^Frederick, p. 230.
  58. ^James, p. 60.
  59. ^Frederick, p. 198.
  60. ^James, p. 44.
  61. ^abWylly, pp. 285–6.
  62. ^Frederick, p. 211.
  63. ^James, p. 78.
  64. ^Frederick, p. 282.
  65. ^James, p. 49.
  66. ^Frederick, p. 101.
  67. ^James, p. 72.
  68. ^Frederick, p. 241.
  69. ^James, p. 85.
  70. ^abFrederick, p. 252.
  71. ^James, p. 80.
  72. ^abLock, pp. 133–4.
  73. ^Frederick, p. 136.
  74. ^James, p. 57.
  75. ^Frederick, p. 87.
  76. ^James, p. 55.
  77. ^Grimwade, p. 117.
  78. ^abcdefgFrederick, p. 150.
  79. ^abcdJames, p. 117.

References

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  • Maj A.F. Becke,History of the Great War: Order of Battle of Divisions, Part 2a: The Territorial Force Mounted Divisions and the 1st-Line Territorial Force Divisions (42–56), London: HM Stationery Office, 1935/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, 2007,ISBN 1-847347-39-8.
  • Maj A.F. Becke,History of the Great War: Order of Battle of Divisions, Part 2b: The 2nd-Line Territorial Force Divisions (57th–69th), with the Home-Service Divisions (71st–73rd) and 74th and 75th Divisions, London: HM Stationery Office, 1937/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, 2007,ISBN 1-847347-39-8.
  • J.B.M. Frederick,Lineage Book of British Land Forces 1660–1978, Vol I, Wakefield: Microform Academic, 1984,ISBN 1-85117-007-3.
  • Capt F. Clive Grimwade,The War History of the 4th Battalion The London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) 1914–1919, London: Regimental Headquarters, 1922/Uckfield, Naval & Military Press, 2002,ISBN 978-1-843423-63-8.
  • Brig E.A. James,British Regiments 1914–18, London: Samson Books, 1978,ISBN 0-906304-03-2/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, 2001,ISBN 978-1-84342-197-9.
  • Maj H.O. Lock,History of the Dorsetshire Regiment, 1914–1919, Part II:The Territorial Units, Dorchester: Henry Ling, 1933/Uckfield: Naval & Military, 2002,ISBN 978-1-84342209-9.
  • Lt-Col C.C.R. Murphy,The History of the Suffolk Regiment 1914–1927, London: Hutchinson, 1928/Uckfield: Naval & Military, 2002,ISBN 978-1-84342-245-7.
  • Regimental History Committee,The Northamptonshire Regiment, 1914–1918, Aldershot: Gale & Polden, 1932/Uckfield: Naval & Military, 2005,ISBN 1-845742-70-2.
  • Maj-Gen C.R. Simpson (ed),The History of the Lincolnshire Regiment 1914–1918, London: Medici Society, 1931//Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, 2002,ISBN 978-1-84342-355-3.
  • War Office,Army Council Instructions Issued During January 1916, London: HM Stationery Office, 1916.
  • Col H.C. Wylly,History of the Queen's Royal (West Surrey) Regiment in the Great War, Aldershot: Gale & Polden, 1925/Uckfield, Naval & Military Press, 2003,ISBN 978-1-84342539-7.

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