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    The Haldane Reforms were a series of far-ranging reforms of the British Army made from 1906 to 1912, and named after the Secretary of State for War, Richard...
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    Secretary of State for War between 1905 and 1912 during which time the "Haldane Reforms" of the British Army were implemented. As an intellectual he was fascinated...
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    1908, the Volunteers and Militia were reorganised nationally (the Haldane Reforms), with the former becoming the Territorial Force (TF) and the latter...
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  • battle honour South Africa 1900–1902 for their battalions. Under the Haldane Reforms of 1908, the Militia were redesignated Special Reserve, with the dual...
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  • Boer War in 1900, and a second section the following year. As part of the reforms to the volunteers (the same Territorial and Reserve Forces Act of 1907...
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    Cestrian, arriving in Southampton on 5 October 1902. As a result of the Haldane Reforms, the regiment's militia component, which was renamed the Special Reserve...
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  • left in the country, caused a surge in volunteer numbers. As part the reforms to the volunteers, and in return for increased financial support on an...
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    He was cousin to Richard Haldane, 1st Viscount Haldane, Secretary of State for War 1905–1912, instigator of the Haldane Reforms. In September 1882, after...
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    1907–1908, Richard Haldane, Secretary of State for War reorganised these second-line units of the army as part of a larger series of reforms. The existing...
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    Oxfordshire Light Infantry on 1 July 1881. In 1908, as part of the Haldane Reforms, the regiment's title was altered to become the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire...
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