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WW1 - 13 Battalions
1st Battalion
August 1914 : in Ireland. Part of 16th Brigade, 6th
Division. - France/Flanders on 10th Sept 1914.- Left
Germany April 1919.- Aden 10 Nov. 1919 - India 1 Dec
1920
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2nd Battalion
August 1914 : in Secunderabad, India. Returned to England,
landing at Plymouh in November 1914. November 1914 :
attached to 80th Brigade, 27th Division. - France/Flanders
21 Dec 1914 - Salonika 4 Dec 1915 - South Russia 23
Dec 1919 (Batum, with detatchments at Tchakwa and Artvin)
- Embarked for Uk 17 June 1919 - Ireland July 1919 -
1922.
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3rd (Reserve) Battalion
August 1914 : in Shrewsbury. In UK until December 1917,
when it moved to Ireland, where it remained.
Territorial Force
1/4th Battalion
August 1914 : in Shrewsbury. Attached as Army Troops
to the Welsh Division. 29 October 1914 : sailed for
India, joining the Middlesex Brigade of the Home Counties
Division, landing Bombay 1 December 1914. Two Coys moved
to Hong Kong in April 1915. 10 December 1915 : the other
two Coys landed at Singapore, with a detachment in the
Andamen Isles. On 13 April 1917, the whole Bn concentrated
in Singapore. 29 June 1917 : landed in Plymouth, having
moved via Colombo and Cape Town. 27 July 1917 : moved
to France, landing at (Le) Havre. 18 August 1917 : attached
to 190th Brigade, 63rd Division. 4 February 1918 : transferred
to 56th Brigade, 19th Division.
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2/4th Battalion
Formed at Shrewsbury in October 1914. 26 November 1915
: attached to 204th Brigade, 68th Division. Remained
in England until being absorbed into the other Bns of
the Brigade.
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3/4th Battalion
Formed at Shrewsbury in May 1915. 8 April 1916 : became
4th (Reserve) Bn. Remained in UK until merged with 1st
(Reserve) Bn, the Herefordshire Regiment in July 1917.
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10th (Shropshire and Cheshire Yeomanry) Battalion
Formed in Cairo on 2 March 1917, from two dismounted
Yeomanry units. 2 March 1917 : attached to 231st Brigade,
74th Division. - Palestine 1917/18 - France/Flanders
7 May 1918.
New Armies
5th (Service) Battalion
Formed at Shrewsbury, August 1914, as part of K1. August
1914 : attached to 42nd Brigade, 14th (Light) Division.
4 February 1918 : disbanded in France.
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6th (Service) Battalion
Formed at Shrewsbury, September 1914, as part of K2.
September 1914 : attached to 60th Brigade, 20th (Light)
Division.
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7th (Service) Battalion
Formed at Shrewsbury, September 1914, as part of K3.
September 1914 : attached to 76th Brigade, 25th Division.
15 October 1915 : Brigade moved to 3rd Division. 19
October 1915 : transferred to 8th Brigade, 3rd Division.
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8th (Service) Battalion
Formed at Shrewsbury, September 1914, as part of K3.
September 1914 : attached to 66th Brigade, 22nd Division.
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9th (Reserve) Battalion
Formed in Pembroke Dock, October 1914, as a Service
battalion, part of K4. November 1914 : attached to 104th
Brigade, original 34th Division. 10 April 1915 : became
a second Reserve battalion (after the 3rd Bn). 1 September
1916 : became 48th Training Reserve battalion of 11th
Reserve Brigade.
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