• 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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    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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