The Public Schools Battalions were a group of Pals battalions of the British Army during World War I. They were raised in 1914 as part of Kitchener's...
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Private school Public Schools Battalions Public Schools Club Rugby Group, a group of eighteen schools within the HMC Toffs and Toughs photograph "PUBLIC SCHOOL...
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The pals battalions of World War I were specially constituted battalions of the British Army comprising men who enlisted together in local recruiting...
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divisional machine gun battalion. By 1918, the brigade formation had been reduced to three battalions. However, each battalion now had thirty-six Lewis...
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subordinate GCE battalions and regiments (infantry and artillery only) by Marine division (MARDIV) headquarters battalions. Additionally, this battalion provides...
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Robert Drayton (category People educated at Exeter School)
Exeter School before being articled to Roberts and Andrew, of Exeter. At the outbreak of World War I he enlisted in the Public Schools Battalions, serving...
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2nd Royal Lancashire Militia (The Duke of Lancaster's Own Rifles) (redirect from 4th (Extra Reserve) Battalion, King's (Liverpool Regiment))
formation originally composed of 'Pals battalions', with 98th Bde consisting of four Public Schools Battalions. However, these had been stripped for officer...
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This is a list of pals battalions (also called "service" or "locally raised" battalions) of the British Army during the First World War. Pre-war Territorial...
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Extermination battalions or destruction battalions, colloquially istrebitels (истребители, "exterminators", "destroyers") abbreviated: istrebki (Russian)...
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another four Public Schools Battalions of the Royal Fusiliers raised at Epsom in Surrey on 11 September 1914 by the Public Schools and University Men's...
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