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| specific_type = Infantry battalion | | specific_type = Infantry battalion | ||
| size_at_full_strength = 1,000 | | size_at_full_strength = 1,000 | ||
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| unit_name1_start_date = 1/4/1908 | | unit_name1_start_date = 1/4/1908 | ||
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| relationship_type = Administrative | | relationship_type = Administrative | ||
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Latest revision as of 10:02, 11 November 2017
1/6th Battalion, East Surrey Regiment, British Army | |
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Years active: | 1/4/1908 – |
Country: | United Kingdom |
Service: | British Army |
Branch: | Territorial Force (British Army) |
Type: | Infantry |
Specific type: | Infantry battalion |
Full size: | 1,000 |
Sources for overview: | |
Created: | 1/4/1908. |
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Name1: | 6th Battalion East Surrey Regiment |
Name1 Start: | 1/4/1908 |
Name1 End: | 1915 |
Reason for change: | Renumbering of Territorial battalions |
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Name2: | 1/6th Battalion East Surrey Regiment |
Name2 Start: | 1915 |
Name2 End: | |
Reason for change: | |
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Alternate names: | |
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Disbanded: | |
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For more information on what infobox fields mean, see documentation at military unit, command structure and theatre of war. |
Command structure | |
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Relationship type: | Administrative |
Parent unit: | East Surrey Regiment, British Army |
Parent level: | |
Start date: | 1/4/1908 |
End date: | |
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Theatre of war | |
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Theatre name: | India and East Persia |
Date entered: | 2/12/1914 |
Date left: | |
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Contents
Personal narratives
Related media
Official sources
Unit war diaries
No war diaries exist for this unit. This could be because:
- units and formations were only required to keep official war diaries when operating in a theatre of war.
- war diaries were created but no longer survive.
- some unit pages on this site that represent groups of formation troops don't correspond to a unit or staff department that kept war diaries.
Unit histories
Other official documents
Other sources
- Follow the Drum – The Terriers far from home: blog post about this battalion's experiences in India by Patricia Moloney of Richmond library.