1/7th Battalion, Black Watch, British Army

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1/7th Battalion, Black Watch, British Army
Years active:	1/4/1908 – unknown
Country:	United Kingdom
Service:	British Army
Branch:	Territorial Force
Type:	Infantry
Specific type:	Infantry battalion
Full size:	1,000
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Created:	1/4/1908.
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Name1:	7th (Fife) Battalion Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
Name1 Start:	1/4/1908
Name1 End:	1915
Reason for change:	renumbering of Territorial battalions
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Name2:	1/7th (Fife) Battalion Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
Name2 Start:	1915
Name2 End:	unknown
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Disbanded:	unknown.
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Command structure
Relationship type:	Administrative
Parent unit:	Black Watch, UK
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Start date:	1/4/1908
End date:	unknown
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Command structure
Relationship type:	Tactical
Parent unit:	153rd Infantry Brigade, UK
Parent level:	Brigade
Start date:	01/05/1915
End date:	31/03/1919
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Theatre of war
Theatre name:	France, Belgium and Germany
Date entered:	01/05/1915
Date left:	31/03/1919
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Personal narratives

R Lawson

Leeds University, Liddle Collection, LIDDLE/WW1/WF/REC/01/L5: brief notes of events 1916-1918 by Doctor R Lawson, Royal Army Medical Corps, UK. Catalogue entry shows that he served with these units:

• 5th Field Ambulance, UK
• Medical officer, 2nd Battalion King's Own Scottish Borderers, UK
• Medical officer, 7th Battalion Black Watch (probably meaning 1/7th Battalion Black Watch, UK)

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References

This page contains data imported from the UK National Archives Discovery catalogue, licensed under Open Government Licence v2.0.