British units in World War I - Revision history

GavinRobinson: /* Women's organisations */ suffixes for red links

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‎Women's organisations: suffixes for red links

GavinRobinson: /* Women's departments */

2017-11-12T15:42:31Z

‎Women's departments

GavinRobinson: updates and removing some superfluous text

2017-11-12T15:40:38Z

updates and removing some superfluous text

GavinRobinson: Text replacement - "Battalion ([^,\|]+), British Army" to "Battalion, $1, British Army"

2017-11-11T21:11:31Z

Text replacement - "Battalion ([^,\|]+), British Army" to "Battalion, $1, British Army"

GavinRobinson: Text replacement - ", UK" to ", British Army"

2017-11-11T20:04:56Z

Text replacement - ", UK" to ", British Army"

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GavinRobinson: Text replacement - "Howe Battalion, UK" to "Howe Battalion, British"

2017-11-11T11:00:44Z

Text replacement - "Howe Battalion, UK" to "Howe Battalion, British"

GavinRobinson: Text replacement - "Nelson Battalion, UK" to "Nelson Battalion, British"

2017-11-11T10:59:41Z

Text replacement - "Nelson Battalion, UK" to "Nelson Battalion, British"

GavinRobinson: Text replacement - "Hood Battalion, UK" to "Hood Battalion, British"

2017-11-11T10:58:14Z

Text replacement - "Hood Battalion, UK" to "Hood Battalion, British"

GavinRobinson: Text replacement - "Hawke Battalion, UK" to "Hawke Battalion, British"

2017-11-11T10:55:54Z

Text replacement - "Hawke Battalion, UK" to "Hawke Battalion, British"

GavinRobinson: Text replacement - "Drake Battalion, UK" to "Drake Battalion, British"

2017-11-11T10:54:23Z

Text replacement - "Drake Battalion, UK" to "Drake Battalion, British"

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 See also [[#Women's departments|women's departments of the British Army]] above.
-* [[Women's Hospital Corps]]
+* [[Women's Hospital Corps, British]]
 * [[Scottish Women's Hospitals]]: not officially recognised by the British War Office but served with other allied nations in several theatres.
 * [[The Women's Volunteer Reserve, British]]
-* [[The Women's Legion]]
+* [[The Women's Legion, British]]
-* [[Almeric Paget Military Massage Corps]]
+* [[Almeric Paget Military Massage Corps, British]]
 * [[First Aid Nursing Yeomanry, British]] (FANY, now the Princess Royal’s Volunteer Corps). Authorised by the British Crown but separate from the Army.
 * [[Women's Auxiliary Force, British]]

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 ==== Women's departments ====
-* [[Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service, British Army]]
+* [[Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service]]
 * [[Territorial Force Nursing Service, British Army]]
 * [[Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps, British Army]]

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 {{About|units mainly recruited in the United Kingdom from British subjects. For units recruited by the British Crown or colonial governments outside the UK, India and the major dominions, see [[British colonial units in World War I]]. For example, we class the [[Royal Newfoundland Regiment]], [[West India Regiment]] and [[British West Indies Regiment]] as colonial, not British, as this seems to agree with the definition in the [[Constitution of the Military Forces of the British Crown|Manual of Military Law]]. If you're not sure where to look for a specific unit, use the website search. This can also help you find specific units under variant names.}}
-See '''[[How you can help|how you can help]]''' to find out how you can help collect experiences of those in the First World War in their own words; you can also help by filling in the battalions for each regiment. A good source is the Long, Long Trail's page for [http://www.1914-1918.net/regiments.htm the British infantry of 1914-1918] and on [http://www.1914-1918.net/britdivs.htm The British Divisions of 1914-1918]. Chris Baker, the site's owner, has kindly given permission to use information from the site. We now have pages for most infantry battalions, but please feel free to get stuck in if you spot a gap!
+See '''[[How you can help|how you can help]]''' to find out how you can help collect experiences of those in the First World War in their own words.
 Here's a list of [http://web.archive.org/web/20050404041821/http://regiments.org/regiments/uk/lists/ba1918.htm REGIMENTS and CORPS of the BRITISH ARMY in 1918] (via the Internet Archive as the site appears to have been down for some years).
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 *if the page for the author's unit doesn't yet exist, you can create it.
 *if you don't want to create a page or you don't know which unit the author belonged to, you can add the narrative to [[Lists of personal diaries, letters, memoirs]].
 See also [[naming conventions for British units]].
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 ==== Women's departments ====
-* [[Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service]]
+* [[Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service, British Army]]
-* [[Territorial Force Nursing Service]]
+* [[Territorial Force Nursing Service, British Army]]
-* [[Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps]]
+* [[Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps, British Army]]
 ==== Officer Cadet Battalions ====
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 == Volunteer Training Corps and Volunteer Force ==
-Home defence units similar to the Home Guard in WW2. Initially known as the Volunteer Training Corps and not officially recognised by the War Office. In June 1916, the British Crown declared that volunteer units could be accepted under the terms of the 1863 Volunteer Act, which had never been repealed but had not been used in practice since the old Volunteer Force was converted into the Territorial Force in 1908. From then on, volunteer units accepted by the Crown were part of the Volunteer Force and their names were listed in the official Army Orders when they were accepted.<ref>Units started to be recognised on 17 June 1916, {{Cite AO|203|1916}}</ref> Later in the war, probably in 1918, Volunteer battalions were integrated into British Army regiments. We're not yet sure how far they were administratively integrated, but at the very least they took the name and badge of the parent regiment.
+Home defence units similar to the Home Guard in WW2. Initially known as the Volunteer Training Corps and not officially part of the British Army, although regulated by the War Office. In June 1916, the British Crown declared that volunteer units could be accepted under the terms of the 1863 Volunteer Act, which had never been repealed but had not been used in practice since the old Volunteer Force was converted into the Territorial Force in 1908. From then on, volunteer units accepted by the Crown were part of the Volunteer Force and their names were listed in the official Army Orders when they were accepted.<ref>Units started to be recognised on 17 June 1916, {{Cite AO|203|1916}}</ref> In 1918, Volunteer battalions were integrated into British Army regiments. We're not yet sure how far they were administratively integrated, but at the very least they took the name and badge of the parent regiment.
-* [[Carnarvonshire Volunteer Regiment, British Army]]
+For the purposes of data on this site,  "Volunteer Force" is treated as a branch of the British Army, covering units from the date they were accepted by the Crown. "Volunteer Training Corps" is treated as a separate service, covering the same units before they were accepted by the Crown, and units that were never accepted into the Volunteer Force, if any can be identified.
 For more information see:
 * [http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=229702 Great War Forum thread on Volunteer Battalions]
 * [[Wikipedia:Volunteer Training Corps (World War I)]]
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 * [[Women's Hospital Corps]]
 * [[Scottish Women's Hospitals]]: not officially recognised by the British War Office but served with other allied nations in several theatres.
-* [[The Women's Volunteer Reserve]]
+* [[The Women's Volunteer Reserve, British]]
 * [[The Women's Legion]]
 * [[Almeric Paget Military Massage Corps]]
-* [[First Aid Nursing Yeomanry]] (FANY, now the Princess Royal’s Volunteer Corps). Authorised by the British Crown but separate from the Army.
+* [[First Aid Nursing Yeomanry, British]] (FANY, now the Princess Royal’s Volunteer Corps). Authorised by the British Crown but separate from the Army.
-* [[Women's Auxiliary Force]]
+* [[Women's Auxiliary Force, British]]
-* [[Women's Auxiliary Agricultural Corps]]
+* [[Women's Auxiliary Agricultural Corps, British]]
-* [[Women's Forage Corps]]
+* [[Women's Forage Corps, British]]
-* [[Women's Forestry Corps]]
+* [[Women's Forestry Corps, British]]
-* [[Women's Land Army]]
+* [[Women's Land Army, British]]

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 Type the name of the unit, add ", British Army" to the end if it's a British unit, then make it into a wiki link by putting two square brackets around the name of the regiment or battalion, like this:
-<nowiki>[[1st Battalion Example Regiment, British Army]]</nowiki>
+<nowiki>[[1st Battalion, Example Regiment, British Army]]</nowiki>
-This makes it into a red link [[1st Battalion Example Regiment, British Army]]; you can click on any red-linked page name to create that page. You can also create a page by entering its name in the search box. If it doesn't already exist, you can click on the red link in the search results.
+This makes it into a red link [[1st Battalion, Example Regiment, British Army]]; you can click on any red-linked page name to create that page. You can also create a page by entering its name in the search box. If it doesn't already exist, you can click on the red link in the search results.
 See also [[naming conventions for British units]].
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 * [[Imperial Camel Corps]]
 * [[Imperial Camel Brigade]]
-* [[2nd Battalion Imperial Camel Corps]]
+* [[2nd Battalion, Imperial Camel Corps]]
 === Machine Gun Units ===
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 ** [[3rd Guards Machine Gun Company, British Army]]
 * [[Guards Machine Gun Regiment, British Army]] (formerly Machine Gun Guards):
-** [[1st Battalion Guards Machine Gun Regiment, British Army]]
+** [[1st Battalion, Guards Machine Gun Regiment, British Army]]
-** [[2nd Battalion Guards Machine Gun Regiment, British Army]]
+** [[2nd Battalion, Guards Machine Gun Regiment, British Army]]
-** [[3rd Battalion Guards Machine Gun Regiment, British Army]]
+** [[3rd Battalion, Guards Machine Gun Regiment, British Army]]
-** [[4th Battalion Guards Machine Gun Regiment, British Army]]
+** [[4th Battalion, Guards Machine Gun Regiment, British Army]]
 === Artillery ===
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 * [[Carnarvonshire Volunteer Regiment, British Army]]
-** [[1st Battalion Carnarvonshire Volunteer Regiment, British Army]]
+** [[1st Battalion, Carnarvonshire Volunteer Regiment, British Army]]
-** [[2nd Battalion Carnarvonshire Volunteer Regiment, British Army]]
+** [[2nd Battalion, Carnarvonshire Volunteer Regiment, British Army]]
 * [[Cheshire Volunteer Regiment, British Army]]
-** [[6th Battalion Cheshire Volunteer Regiment, British Army]]
+** [[6th Battalion, Cheshire Volunteer Regiment, British Army]]
 ** [[Bucklow Mounted Corps, British Army]]
 * [[Dorsetshire Volunteer Regiment, British Army]]
 * [[Durham Volunteer Regiment, British Army]]
-** [[1st Battalion Durham Volunteer Regiment, British Army]]
+** [[1st Battalion, Durham Volunteer Regiment, British Army]]
-** [[2nd Battalion Durham Volunteer Regiment, British Army]]
+** [[2nd Battalion, Durham Volunteer Regiment, British Army]]
-** [[3rd Battalion Durham Volunteer Regiment, British Army]]
+** [[3rd Battalion, Durham Volunteer Regiment, British Army]]
-** [[4th Battalion Durham Volunteer Regiment, British Army]]
+** [[4th Battalion, Durham Volunteer Regiment, British Army]]
-** [[5th Battalion Durham Volunteer Regiment, British Army]]
+** [[5th Battalion, Durham Volunteer Regiment, British Army]]
-** [[6th Battalion Durham Volunteer Regiment, British Army]]
+** [[6th Battalion, Durham Volunteer Regiment, British Army]]
-** [[7th Battalion Durham Volunteer Regiment, British Army]]
+** [[7th Battalion, Durham Volunteer Regiment, British Army]]
-** [[8th Battalion Durham Volunteer Regiment, British Army]]
+** [[8th Battalion, Durham Volunteer Regiment, British Army]]
-** [[9th Battalion Durham Volunteer Regiment, British Army]]
+** [[9th Battalion, Durham Volunteer Regiment, British Army]]
-** [[10th Battalion Durham Volunteer Regiment, British Army]]
+** [[10th Battalion, Durham Volunteer Regiment, British Army]]
-** [[11th Battalion Durham Volunteer Regiment, British Army]]
+** [[11th Battalion, Durham Volunteer Regiment, British Army]]
-** [[12th Battalion Durham Volunteer Regiment, British Army]]
+** [[12th Battalion, Durham Volunteer Regiment, British Army]]
 * [[Forfarshire Volunteer Regiment, British Army]]
-** [[1/1st Battalion Forfarshire Volunteer Regiment, British Army]]
+** [[1/1st Battalion, Forfarshire Volunteer Regiment, British Army]]
-** [[2/1st Battalion Forfarshire Volunteer Regiment, British Army]]
+** [[2/1st Battalion, Forfarshire Volunteer Regiment, British Army]]
 * [[Hampshire Volunteer Regiment, British Army]]
-** [[1st Battalion Hampshire Volunteer Regiment, British Army]]
+** [[1st Battalion, Hampshire Volunteer Regiment, British Army]]
-** [[2nd Battalion Hampshire Volunteer Regiment, British Army]]
+** [[2nd Battalion, Hampshire Volunteer Regiment, British Army]]
-** [[3rd Battalion Hampshire Volunteer Regiment, British Army]]
+** [[3rd Battalion, Hampshire Volunteer Regiment, British Army]]
-** [[4th Battalion Hampshire Volunteer Regiment, British Army]]
+** [[4th Battalion, Hampshire Volunteer Regiment, British Army]]
 * [[Surrey Volunteer Regiment, British Army]]
-** [[5th Battalion Surrey Volunteer Regiment, British Army]]
+** [[5th Battalion, Surrey Volunteer Regiment, British Army]]

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 * [[Hawke Battalion, British]]
 * [[Hood Battalion, British]]
-* [[Howe Battalion, UK]]
+* [[Howe Battalion, British]]
 * [[Nelson Battalion, British]]

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 * [[Drake Battalion, British]]
 * [[Hawke Battalion, British]]
-* [[Hood Battalion, UK]]
+* [[Hood Battalion, British]]
 * [[Howe Battalion, UK]]
 * [[Nelson Battalion, UK]]

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 * [[Benbow Battalion, British]]
 * [[Collingwood Battalion, British]]
-* [[Drake Battalion, UK]]
+* [[Drake Battalion, British]]
 * [[Hawke Battalion, UK]]
 * [[Hood Battalion, UK]]