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==== Medal rolls ====
  
 
Campaign medal rolls at the UK National Archives.
 
Campaign medal rolls at the UK National Archives.
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|[http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C7247821 WO 329/3269]
 
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Royal Defence Corps, British Army
Years active: –
Country: United Kingdom
Service: British Army
Branch:
Type: Infantry
Specific type: Infantry regiment (administrative)
Full size: unknown
Sources for overview:
Created:
Sources for created:
Name1: Royal Defence Corps
Name1 Start:
Name1 End:
Reason for change:
Sources for name1:
Alternate names:
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Disbanded:
Sources for disbanded:
For more information on what infobox fields mean, see documentation at military unit, command structure and theatre of war.
Command structure
Relationship type: Administrative
Parent unit: London Infantry Record Office, British Army
Parent level:
Start date:
End date:
Sources:
Command structure
Relationship type: Administrative
Subordinate unit: 1st Battalion, Royal Defence Corps, British Army
Subordinate level:
Start date:
End date:
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Command structure
Relationship type: Administrative
Subordinate unit: 2nd Battalion, Royal Defence Corps, British Army
Subordinate level:
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End date:
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Command structure
Relationship type: Administrative
Subordinate unit: 3rd Battalion, Royal Defence Corps, British Army
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Command structure
Relationship type: Administrative
Subordinate unit: 4th Battalion, Royal Defence Corps, British Army
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Command structure
Relationship type: Administrative
Subordinate unit: 5th Battalion, Royal Defence Corps, British Army
Subordinate level:
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Command structure
Relationship type: Administrative
Subordinate unit: 6th Battalion, Royal Defence Corps, British Army
Subordinate level:
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Command structure
Relationship type: Administrative
Subordinate unit: 7th Battalion, Royal Defence Corps, British Army
Subordinate level:
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Command structure
Relationship type: Administrative
Subordinate unit: 8th Battalion, Royal Defence Corps, British Army
Subordinate level:
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End date:
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Command structure
Relationship type: Administrative
Subordinate unit: 9th Battalion, Royal Defence Corps, British Army
Subordinate level:
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End date:
Sources:
Command structure
Relationship type: Administrative
Subordinate unit: 10th Battalion, Royal Defence Corps, British Army
Subordinate level:
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End date:
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Command structure
Relationship type: Administrative
Subordinate unit: 11th Battalion, Royal Defence Corps, British Army
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End date:
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Command structure
Relationship type: Administrative
Subordinate unit: 12th Battalion, Royal Defence Corps, British Army
Subordinate level:
Start date:
End date:
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Command structure
Relationship type: Administrative
Subordinate unit: 13th Battalion, Royal Defence Corps, British Army
Subordinate level:
Start date:
End date:
Sources:
Command structure
Relationship type: Administrative
Subordinate unit: 14th Battalion, Royal Defence Corps, British Army
Subordinate level:
Start date:
End date:
Sources:
Command structure
Relationship type: Administrative
Subordinate unit: 15th Battalion, Royal Defence Corps, British Army
Subordinate level:
Start date:
End date:
Sources:
Command structure
Relationship type: Administrative
Subordinate unit: 16th Battalion, Royal Defence Corps, British Army
Subordinate level:
Start date:
End date:
Sources:
Command structure
Relationship type: Administrative
Subordinate unit: 17th Battalion, Royal Defence Corps, British Army
Subordinate level:
Start date:
End date:
Sources:
Command structure
Relationship type: Administrative
Subordinate unit: 18th Battalion, Royal Defence Corps, British Army
Subordinate level:
Start date: August 1917
End date:
Sources:


Personal narratives

Related media

Official Sources

Unit war diaries

None. Administrative organisations did not keep war diaries because they had no operational role.

See descendant unit pages for their war diaries.


Unit histories

Other official documents

  • The National Archives of the UK (TNA): WO 32/18622, documents about reorganisation, demobilisation and disbandment of the Royal Defence Corps.

Medal rolls

Campaign medal rolls at the UK National Archives.

Medal Officers Other ranks
1914 Star
1914-15 Star WO 329/2873, WO 329/2874
British War and Victory medals WO 329/2277 WO 329/1957, WO 329/1958, WO 329/1959, WO 329/1960, WO 329/1961, WO 329/1962, WO 329/1963
Territorial Force War Medal WO 329/3269


Other sources

References

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