The Brecknockshire Battalion was a Welsh unit of the British Army's auxiliary forces. First raised in 1859, it became a Volunteer Battalion of the South...
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numbered. 1st Battalion (Reg) 2nd Battalion (Reg) 3rd (Reserve) Battalion (SR) – formerly the 3rd Militia Battalion The Brecknockshire Battalion (TF) - formerly...
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The Brecknockshire Militia, later the Royal Brecknockshire Rifles, was an auxiliary regiment reorganised from earlier precursor units in the Welsh county...
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Monmouthshire Regiment (redirect from 4th Battalion, Monmouthshire Regiment)
1st Volunteer Battalion being formed at the same time from the 1st Brecknockshire Rifle Volunteers). Although the volunteer battalions saw no active service...
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The regiment now had one SR battalion (the 3rd (Reserve) Bn at Brecon Barracks) and one TF battalion (the 1st Brecknockshire Bn at Conway Street drill hall...
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This unit evolved to become the 1st (Brecknockshire) Battalion, The South Wales Borderers in 1908. The battalion was mobilised at the drill hall in August...
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1917 10th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment 2–0 Brecknockshire Battalion 1918 Training Reserve Battalion 1–0 Signal Service Depot 1919 1st Battalion of Brecknockshire...
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certification of fitness. Specifically, the vast majority of the 1st Brecknockshire Battalion, South Wales Borderers were deployed to Normandy at the end of...
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transferred to Northern Army (Home Forces). The battalion absorbed the 2/1st Brecknockshire Battalion of the South Wales Borderers in November 1916. During...
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their local infantry regiment's reserve battalion. As the army expanded rapidly, further reserve battalions and brigades were formed. After conscription...
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