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=== Unit histories === | === Unit histories === |
Latest revision as of 11:19, 11 November 2017
53rd Battalion, Gordon Highlanders, British Army | |
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Years active: | – |
Country: | United Kingdom |
Service: | British Army |
Branch: | New Army (British Army) |
Type: | Infantry |
Specific type: | Infantry battalion |
Full size: | 1000 |
Sources for overview: | |
Created: | |
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Name1: | 11th (Reserve) Battalion Gordon Highlanders |
Name1 Start: | |
Name1 End: | |
Reason for change: | Transferred to Training Reserve |
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Name2: | 42nd Training Reserve Battalion |
Name2 Start: | |
Name2 End: | |
Reason for change: | |
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Name3: | 42nd Young Soldier Battalion |
Name3 Start: | |
Name3 End: | |
Reason for change: | Transferred to Gordon Highlanders |
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Name4: | 53rd (Young Soldier) Battalion Gordon Highlanders |
Name4 Start: | |
Name4 End: | |
Reason for change: | Converted to pioneers |
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Name5: | 53rd Battalion Gordon Highlanders (Pioneers) |
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Name5 End: | |
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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: | Gordon Highlanders, British Army |
Parent level: | |
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Command structure | |
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Relationship type: | Administrative |
Parent unit: | Training Reserve, British Army |
Parent level: | |
Start date: | |
End date: | |
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Command structure | |
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Relationship type: | Administrative |
Parent unit: | Gordon Highlanders, British Army |
Parent level: | |
Start date: | |
End date: | |
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Command structure | |
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Relationship type: | Tactical |
Parent unit: | Divisional Engineers and Pioneers, 62nd Division, British Army |
Parent level: | Brigade |
Start date: | 01/04/1919 |
End date: | 31/08/1919 |
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Theatre of war | |
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Theatre name: | France, Belgium and Germany |
Date entered: | 01/04/1919 |
Date left: | 31/08/1919 |
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Contents
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- The National Archives of the UK (TNA): WO 95/3077/2 (01/04/1919–31/08/1919)
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