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The article lists British Army reserve brigades in the [[First World War]]. At the start of the war, [[British Army]] volunteers in the vast majority of cases joined their local infantry [[regiment]]s reserve [[battalion]].
The article lists [[British Army]] reserve brigades in [[World War I]]. At the start of the war volunteers in the vast majority of cases joined their local infantry [[regiment]]'s reserve [[battalion]]. As the army expanded rapidly, further reserve battalions and brigades were formed. After [[conscription]] was introduced in 1916 the existing regimental system could not cope with the large influx of recruits and the existing reserve brigades were incorporated into the Training Reserve, with an official complement of over 209,000 soldiers, in addition to the regimental training units.


==Recruitment==
In 1916 when [[conscription]] was first introduced for the [[British Army]], the existing regimental system could not cope with the large influx of recruits. By January 1916, when conscription was introduced, 2.6 million men had already volunteered for service, a further 2.3 million were conscripted before the end of the war; by the end of 1918, the army had reached its peak strength of four million men. To train the recruits from 1916 onwards twenty-six reserve brigades were raised, with an official complement of over 208,500 soldiers.

==Background==
{{main|Recruitment to the British Army during World War I}}
{{main|Recruitment to the British Army during World War I}}
On 6 August 1914, less than 48 hours after Britain's declaration of war, [[Parliament of the United Kingdom|Parliament]] sanctioned an increase of 500,000 men for the Regular [[British Army]], and the newly-appointed [[Secretary of State for War]], [[Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener|Earl Kitchener of Khartoum]] issued his famous call to arms: 'Your King and Country Need You', urging the first 100,000 volunteers to come forward. This group of six divisions with supporting arms became known as Kitchener's First New Army, or 'K1'. 'K2' and 'K3', followed shortly afterwards.<ref>Becke, Pt 3a, pp. 2, 8, 59, 108.</ref> In addition, recruits flooded into the drill halls of the part-time [[Territorial Force]] (TF), which had largely volunteered for overseas service.<ref name = Becke2b>Becke, Pt 2b, p. 6.</ref> The flood of volunteers overwhelmed the ability of the army to absorb and organise them, and by the time the Fifth New Army ('K5') was authorised on 10 December 1914, many of the units were being organised as '[[Pals battalion]]s' under the auspices of mayors and corporations of towns up and down the country. Many of these pals who had lived and worked together, joined up and trained together and were allocated to the same units. The policy of drawing recruits from amongst the local population ensured that, when the Pals battalions suffered casualties, whole towns, villages, neighbourhoods and communities back in Britain were to suffer disproportionate losses.<ref>Middlebrook, ''Somme'', pp. 9–11, 260, 270.</ref><ref>{{cite web|accessdate=2009-06-06|title=The Pals Battalions in World War One|work=BBC History|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/britain_wwone/pals_01.shtml}}</ref><ref name=tr504>Tucker & Roberts (2005), p. 504.</ref>


In August 1914, 300,000 men had signed up to fight, and another 450,000 had joined-up by the end of September.<ref>Chandler, (2001) p. 11</ref> Recruitment remained fairly steady through 1914 and early 1915, but it fell dramatically during the later years, especially after the Somme campaign, which resulted in 360,000 casualties.<ref>{{cite web|accessdate=2009-06-06|title=Battle of the Somme|publisher=New Zealand History online|url=http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/war/the-battle-of-the-somme/overview}}</ref> A prominent feature of the early months of volunteering was the formation of [[Pals battalion]]s.<ref>{{cite web|accessdate=2009-06-06|title=The Pals Battalions in World War One|work=BBC History|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/britain_wwone/pals_01.shtml}}</ref> Many of these pals who had lived and worked together, joined up and trained together and were allocated to the same units. The policy of drawing recruits from amongst the local population ensured that, when the Pals battalions suffered casualties, whole towns, villages, neighbourhoods and communities back in Britain were to suffer disproportionate losses. With the introduction of conscription in January 1916, no further Pals battalions were raised.<ref name=tr504>Tucker & Roberts (2005), p. 504</ref> [[Conscription in the United Kingdom|Conscription]] for single men was introduced in January 1916. Four months later, in May 1916, it was extended to all men aged 18 to 41.<ref>{{cite web|accessdate=2009-05-13|title=Britain and World War One, 1901–1918|last=Strachen|first=Hugh Professor|work=BBC History|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/britain_wwone/overview_britain_ww1_07.shtml|archive-date=4 December 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081204083159/http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/britain_wwone/overview_britain_ww1_07.shtml|url-status=dead}}</ref> The ''[[Military Service Act (United Kingdom)|Military Service Act March 1916]]'' specified that men from the ages of 18 to 41 were liable to be called up for service in the army, unless they were married (or widowed with children), or served in one of a number of [[reserved occupation]]s, which were usually industrial but which also included clergymen and teachers. This legislation did not apply to Ireland, despite its then status as part of the United Kingdom (but see [[Conscription Crisis of 1918]]).<ref name=sp>{{cite web|url=http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/FWWpacifists.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19990422041354/http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/FWWpacifists.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=1999-04-22|accessdate=2009-05-15|title=Pacifism|first=John|last=Simkin|publisher=Spartacus Educational}}</ref> By January 1916, when conscription was introduced, 2.6 million men had volunteered for service, a further 2.3 million were conscripted before the end of the war; by the end of 1918, the army had reached its peak strength of four million men.<ref name=tr504/>
By the end of August 1914, 300,000 men had signed up to fight, and another 450,000 had joined up by the end of September.<ref>Chandler, (2001) p. 11.</ref> Voluntary recruitment remained fairly steady through 1914 and early 1915, but it fell dramatically thereafter. [[Conscription in the United Kingdom|Conscription]] for single men was introduced in January 1916. Four months later, in May 1916, it was extended to all men aged 18 to 41.<ref>{{cite web|accessdate=2009-05-13|title=Britain and World War One, 1901–1918|last=Strachan|first=Hew Professor|work=BBC History|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/britain_wwone/overview_britain_ww1_07.shtml|archive-date=4 December 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081204083159/http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/britain_wwone/overview_britain_ww1_07.shtml|url-status=dead}}</ref> The [[Military Service Act (United Kingdom)|Military Service Act March 1916]] specified that men from the ages of 18 to 41 were liable to be called up for service in the army, unless they were married (or widowed with children), or served in one of a number of [[reserved occupation]]s, which were usually industrial but which also included clergymen and teachers. This legislation did not apply to Ireland, despite its then status as part of the United Kingdom (but see [[Conscription Crisis of 1918]]).<ref name=sp>{{cite web|url=http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/FWWpacifists.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19990422041354/http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/FWWpacifists.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=1999-04-22|accessdate=2009-05-15|title=Pacifism|first=John|last=Simkin|publisher=Spartacus Educational}}</ref> By January 1916, when conscription was introduced, 2.6 million men had volunteered for service, a further 2.3 million were conscripted before the end of the war; by the end of 1918, the army had reached its peak strength of 4 million men.<ref name=tr504/>


==Training==
==Reserve brigades==
Before the war I British Army infantry regiments trained their recruits at their home depots from where they were drafted to one of their regiment's Regular Army battalions. On the outbreak of the war the part-time [[Special Reserve]] (SR; formerly [[Militia (United Kingdom)|Militia]]) battalions were mobilised to supply these reinforcement drafts from Reservists, Special Reservists, returning wounded, and new recruits. The voluntary TF was also mobilised, and after its units volunteered for overseas service in August 1914 they began forming 2nd Line battalions to train their own recruits. By May 1915 the 2nd Line was also being prepared for overseas service, and the TF began forming 3rd Line (in some cases 4th Line) units for training. Meanwhile, the battalions of the 1st, 2nd and 3rd New Armies ('K1', 'K2' and 'K3' of '[[Kitchener's Army]]') were quickly formed at the regimental depots. The SR battalions also swelled with new recruits and were soon well above their establishment strength. By the autumn the depots were overwhelmed, and on 8 October 1914 each SR battalion at its coast defence station was ordered to use its surplus to form a service battalion of the 4th New Army ('K4'). These were organised into six new divisions (30th–35th) divided into 18 brigades (89th–106th). However, on 10 April 1915 the War Office decided to convert the K4 battalions into reserve units, to provide drafts for the K1–K3 battalions in the same way that the SR was doing for the Regular battalions. The K4 divisions were scrapped and their brigades renumbered as 1st–18th Reserve Brigades (the original brigade and division numbers were re-allocated to the 'Pals battalions' of K5). Later the depot companies of the K5 battalions were combined into reserve battalions, and grouped into 19th–26th Reserve Brigades.<ref name = Becke2b/><ref name = WOI96>War Office Instruction 96 of 10 April 1915.</ref><ref name = BeckeApp>Becke, Pt 3b, Appendices 1 & 2.</ref><ref name = JamesApp>James, Appendices II & III.</ref>
[[File:KRRC memorial, Wimbledon Common.jpg|thumb|right]]
[[File:KRRC memorial, Wimbledon Common (rear).jpg|thumb|right|The memorial on Wimbledon Common to the 19th, 22nd and 23rd Reserve Battalions of the King's Royal Rifle Corps who trained there in 1916–18 as part of 26th Reserve Brigade.]]
On 1 September 1916 the whole training system was centralised with the formation of the Training Reserve (TR). The K4 and K5 reserve battalions lost their regimental affiliation and were redesignated as 1st–112th TR battalions, to which all recruits not required for the regimental reserves (SR and TF) were posted. They were issued with 'General Service' badges and could be drafted to any regiment, but the training officers and non-commissioned officers remained part of their parent regiments. The reserve brigades had now been concentrated at large training camps, and the TR had a total establishment of 209,537 men. Reserve brigades for the [[Machine Gun Corps]] were introduced in 1918.<ref name = ACI136>Army Council Instruction 1528 of 1916, Appendix 136.</ref><ref name = JamesApp/><ref name = Becke2bApp>Becke, Pt 2b, Appendix 2.</ref><ref name=reserve>[http://www.longlongtrail.co.uk/army/regiments-and-corps/training-reserve/ Training Reserve at Long, Long Trail.]</ref> There was no change to the status or organisation of the SR battalions, but on 1 September 1916, the 3rd Line TF battalions (referred to as reserve battalions since 1 April) were amalgamated into only one, two or at most three per infantry regiment, and grouped into new reserve brigades bearing the titles of the TF divisions they were reinforcing.<ref name = ACI135>Army Council Instruction 1528 of 1916, Appendix 135.</ref>


The scheme was further developed to provide for the progressive training of recruits under 19 years old (when they could be sent overseas). Of the 112 TR battalions, 42 were selected: 14 became 'Young Soldier Battalions' and 28 became 'Graduated Battalions'. When a recruit had finished initial training in the Young Soldier Battalion he was sent to one of two associated Graduated battalions, in which the four companies were organised by age, for training in 3-monthly steps between 18 and 19 years. As a result, every 3 months, 28 companies of newly trained 19-year-old soldiers were ready for drafting to France. In due course the War Office decided that Graduated battalions could be used for home defence while the men completed their training (as was the case with the SR). The Graduated battalions then began to be transferred from the Reserve brigades to replace 2nd Line TF battalions in the Home Service divisions. They were renumbered from 201st upwards, but later were once again affiliated with a particular regiment and numbered as the 51st (G), 52nd (G) or 53rd (YS) battalions of their regiment.<ref name = Becke2bApp/><ref name=reserve/><ref>Ward p. 331-2</ref>
At the start of the First World War, most British Army infantry regiments had their own reserve battalions. After conscription was introduced from 1 September 1916 onwards, the reserve infantry battalions were reorganised. The previous regimental system simply could not cope with the influx of recruits and a centralised training and reserve system was introduced.<ref name=reserve/>

The reserve battalions still kept their regimental affiliations, [[cap badge]]s and accoutrements, until 1 September 1916, when the regimental distinctions disappeared and the battalions were re-designated as the 1st to 116th reserve battalion in one of 26 reserve brigades. The Training Reserve had an official complement of 208,500 soldiers.<ref name=reserve/>

A development of the scheme was designating of 14 of the battalions as "Young Soldier Battalions". When a recruit had finished training in the Young Soldier Battalion he was sent to one of two associated "Graduated Battalions", in which the four companies were organised by age, 3 monthly steps between 18 and 19 years. As a result, every 3 months, 28 companies of newly trained soldiers were ready for drafting to France. In October 1917 some of the Graduated Battalions were found suitable for Home Service and re-designated with battalion numbers from the 201st upwards.<ref>Ward p331-2</ref>

Another consequence of the centralised training system was that when recruits were posted to a battalion on active service, they would be sent to where there was a vacancy and not their local regiment. This system lasted until May 1917, when the reserve battalions were once again affiliated with a particular regiment and became known as graduated or young soldier battalions of their regiment.<ref name=reserve/>


==List of brigades==
==List of brigades==
===Reserve Brigades===

{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
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! Reserve<br>brigade<ref name = WOI96/><ref name = BeckeApp/> !! Training camp<br>September 1916<ref name = ACI135/><ref>James, p. 120.</ref> !! Original<br>battalions<ref name = WOI96/><ref name=reserve/> !! TR battalion<br>number<br>September 1916<ref name = ACI135/>
! Reserve<br>brigade<br>number !! Original regiment<ref name=reserve>{{cite web|accessdate=26 January 2012 |last=Baker |first=Chris |publisher=The Long Long Trail |title=Training Reserve Battalions |url=http://www.1914-1918.net/training_reserve.htm |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140703143625/http://1914-1918.net/training_reserve.htm |archivedate=3 July 2014 |df=dmy }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|accessdate=27 January 2012|last=Baker|first=Chris|publisher=The Long Long Trail|title=Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers|url=http://www.1914-1918.net/skins.htm}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|accessdate=27 January 2012|last=Baker|first=Chris|publisher=The Long Long Trail|title=Royal Irish Rifles|url=http://www.1914-1918.net/ririfles.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120205055513/http://www.1914-1918.net/ririfles.htm#|archive-date=5 February 2012|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|accessdate=27 January 2012|last=Baker|first=Chris|publisher=The Long Long Trail|title=Royal Irish Fusiliers|url=http://www.1914-1918.net/rifus.htm}}</ref>
! Reserve<br> battalion<br>number
|-
|-
| align=center bgcolor=#bbddbb rowspan=5| {{anchor|1}}1st Reserve Brigade || [[List of battalions of the Durham Light Infantry|16th (Reserve) Battalion]], [[Durham Light Infantry]] || 1st
| align=center bgcolor=#bbddbb rowspan=5| {{anchor|1}}1st Reserve Brigade<br>(former [[89th_Brigade_(United_Kingdom)#Original_89th_Brigade|89th Brigade]]) ||rowspan=5| [[Rugeley]] || [[List of battalions of the Durham Light Infantry|16th (Reserve) Battalion]], [[Durham Light Infantry]] || 1st
|-
|-
| [[List of battalions of the Durham Light Infantry|17th (Reserve) Battalion, Durham Light Infantry]] || 2nd
| [[List of battalions of the Durham Light Infantry|17th (Reserve) Battalion, Durham Light Infantry]] || 2nd
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| 10th (Reserve) Battalion, [[Leicestershire Regiment]] || 5th
| 10th (Reserve) Battalion, [[Leicestershire Regiment]] || 5th
|-
|-
|align=center bgcolor=#ddbbbb rowspan=5| {{anchor|2}}2nd Reserve Brigade || 13th (Reserve) Battalion, [[West Yorkshire Regiment]] || 6th
|align=center bgcolor=#ddbbbb rowspan=5| {{anchor|2}}2nd Reserve Brigade<br>(former [[90th_Brigade_(United_Kingdom)#Original_90th_Brigade|90th Brigade]]) || rowspan=5| [[Brocton,_Staffordshire#Brocton_Military_Training_Camp|Brocton]] || 13th (Reserve) Battalion, [[West Yorkshire Regiment]] || 6th
|-
|-
| [[9th (Reserve) Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment]] || 7th
| [[9th (Reserve) Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment]] || 7th
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| [[11th (Reserve) Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment]] || 9th
| [[11th (Reserve) Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment]] || 9th
|-
|-
| 15th (Reserve) Battalion, [[Yorkshire Regiment]] || 10th
| 15th (Reserve) Battalion, [[Green Howards]] || 10th
|-
|-
| align=center bgcolor=#bbddbb rowspan=5| {{anchor|3}}3rd Reserve Brigade|| 9th (Reserve) Battalion, [[Lincolnshire Regiment]] || 11th
| align=center bgcolor=#bbddbb rowspan=5| {{anchor|3}}3rd Reserve Brigade<br>(former [[91st_Brigade_(United_Kingdom)#Original_91st_Brigade|91st Brigade]]) || rowspan=5| Brocton || 9th (Reserve) Battalion, [[Lincolnshire Regiment]] || 11th
|-
|-
| 13th (Reserve) Battalion, [[Sherwood Foresters]] || 12th
| 13th (Reserve) Battalion, [[Sherwood Foresters]] || 12th
|-
|-
| 14th (Reserve) Battalion, Sherwood Foresters || 13th
| [[14th (Reserve) Battalion, Sherwood Foresters]] || 13th
|-
|-
| [[14th (Reserve) Battalion, Manchester Regiment]] || 14th
| [[14th (Reserve) Battalion, Manchester Regiment]] || 14th
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| [[13th (Reserve) Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers]] || 15th
| [[13th (Reserve) Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers]] || 15th
|-
|-
|align=center bgcolor=#ddbbbb rowspan=5| {{anchor|4}}4th Reserve Brigade || [[11th (Reserve) Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment]] || 16th
|align=center bgcolor=#ddbbbb rowspan=6| {{anchor|4}}4th Reserve Brigade<br>(former [[92nd_Brigade_(United_Kingdom)#Original_92nd_Brigade|92nd Brigade]]) || rowspan=6| [[Seaford, East Sussex|Seaford]] || [[11th (Reserve) Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment]] || 16th
|-
|-
| [[11th (Reserve) Battalion, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment]] || 17th
| [[11th (Reserve) Battalion, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment]] || 17th
|-
|-
| 15th (Reserve) Battalion, [[King's Royal Rifle Corps]] || 18th
| 14th (Reserve) Battalion, [[King's Royal Rifle Corps]] || {{efn|Absorbed into the other battalions of 4th Reserve Bde}}
|-
| [[15th (Reserve) Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps]] || 18th
|-
|-
| 14th (Reserve) Battalion, [[Rifle Brigade]] || 19th
| 14th (Reserve) Battalion, [[Rifle Brigade]] || 19th
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| 15th (Reserve) Battalion, Rifle Brigade || 20th
| 15th (Reserve) Battalion, Rifle Brigade || 20th
|-
|-
| align=center rowspan=5 bgcolor=#bbddbb| {{anchor|5}}5th Reserve Brigade || [[9th (Reserve) Battalion, Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)]] || {{efn|Absorbed into the other battalions of 5th Reserve Bde}}
| align=center rowspan=7 bgcolor=#bbddbb| {{anchor|5}}5th Reserve Brigade<br>(former [[93rd_Brigade_(United_Kingdom)#Original_93rd_Brigade|93rd Brigade]]) || rowspan=7| [[Shoreham-by-Sea|Shoreham]] || [[9th (Reserve) Battalion, Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)]] || 21st
|-
|-
|11th (Reserve) Battalion, [[East Surrey Regiment]] || 21st
|[[11th (Reserve) Battalion, East Surrey Regiment]] || {{efn|Amalgamated with 9th Queen's to form 21st TR Battalion}}
|-
|-
| [[16th (Reserve) Battalion, Royal Fusiliers]] || 22nd
| [[16th (Reserve) Battalion, Royal Fusiliers]] || 22nd
|-
| [[9th (Reserve) Battalion, Queens Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)]] || {{efn|Absorbed into 16th (Reserve) Battalion, Royal Fusiliers<ref>Frederick, pp. 208, 287.</ref>}}
|-
|-
| [[10th (Reserve) Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment]] || 23rd
| [[10th (Reserve) Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment]] || 23rd
|-
|-
| 14th (Reserve) Battalion, [[Middlesex Regiment]] || 24th
| [[14th (Reserve) Battalion, Middlesex Regiment]] || 24th
|-
|-
|align=center rowspan=4 bgcolor=#ddbbbb| {{anchor|6}}6th Reserve Brigade || 10th (Reserve) Battalion, [[Norfolk Regiment]] || 25th
| [[15th (Reserve) Battalion, Middlesex Regiment]] || {{efn|Absorbed into the other battalions of 5th Reserve Bde}}
|-
|align=center rowspan=5 bgcolor=#ddbbbb| {{anchor|6}}6th Reserve Brigade<br>(former [[94th_Infantry_Brigade_(United_Kingdom)#Original_94th_Brigade|94th Brigade]]) || rowspan=5| [[Harwich]] || [[10th (Reserve) Battalion, Norfolk Regiment]] || 25th
|-
|-
| [[10th (Reserve) Battalion, Suffolk Regiment]] || 26th
| [[10th (Reserve) Battalion, Suffolk Regiment]] || 26th
|-
|-
| 10th (Reserve) Battalion, [[Bedfordshire Regiment]] || 27th
| [[9th (Reserve) Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment]] || {{efn|Absorbed into the other battalions of 6th Reserve Bde<ref>Frederick, p. 230.</ref><ref>James, p. 100.</ref>}}
|-
| [[10th (Reserve) Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment]] || 27th
|-
|-
| 8th (Reserve) Battalion, [[Northamptonshire Regiment]] || 28th
| 8th (Reserve) Battalion, [[Northamptonshire Regiment]] || 28th
|-
|-
| align=center rowspan=4 bgcolor=#bbddbb| {{anchor|7}}7th Reserve Brigade || 9th (Reserve) Battalion, [[Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment)]] || 29th
| align=center rowspan=4 bgcolor=#bbddbb| {{anchor|7}}7th Reserve Brigade<br>(former 95th Brigade) || rowspan=4| [[Dover]] || [[9th (Reserve) Battalion, Buffs (East Kent Regiment)]] || 29th
|-
|-
| 10th (Reserve) Battalion, [[East Surrey Regiment]] || 30th
| [[10th (Reserve) Battalion, East Surrey Regiment]] || 30th
|-
|-
| [[14th (Reserve) Battalion, Royal Fusiliers]] || 31st
| [[14th (Reserve) Battalion, Royal Fusiliers]] || 31st
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| [[15th (Reserve) Battalion, Royal Fusiliers]] || 32nd
| [[15th (Reserve) Battalion, Royal Fusiliers]] || 32nd
|-
|-
|align=center rowspan=5 bgcolor=#ddbbbb| {{anchor|8}}8th Reserve Brigade|| 13th (Reserve) Battalion, [[Royal Warwickshire Regiment]] || 33rd
|align=center rowspan=6 bgcolor=#ddbbbb| {{anchor|8}}8th Reserve Brigade<br>(former 96th Brigade) || rowspan=6| [[Wool, Dorset|Wool]]|| 13th (Reserve) Battalion, [[Royal Warwickshire Regiment]] || 33rd
|-
|-
| 13th (Reserve) Battalion, [[Hampshire Regiment]] || 34th
| 13th (Reserve) Battalion, [[Hampshire Regiment]] || 34th
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| [[9th (Reserve) Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment]] || 37th
| [[9th (Reserve) Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment]] || 37th
|-
|-
| [[8th (Reserve) Battalion, Wiltshire Regiment]] || {{efn|Absorbed into the other battalions of 8th Reserve Bde}}
| rowspan=5 align=center bgcolor=#bbddbb| {{anchor|9}}9th Reserve Brigade || 11th (Reserve) Battalion, [[Black Watch]] || 38th
|-
| rowspan=5 align=center bgcolor=#bbddbb| {{anchor|9}}9th Reserve Brigade<br>(former 97th Brigade) || rowspan=5| [[Dunfermline]] || 11th (Reserve) Battalion, [[Black Watch]] || 38th
|-
|-
| 10th (Reserve) Battalion, [[Seaforth Highlanders]] || 39th
| 10th (Reserve) Battalion, [[Seaforth Highlanders]] || 39th
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| 11th (Reserve) Battalion, [[Gordon Highlanders]] || 42nd
| 11th (Reserve) Battalion, [[Gordon Highlanders]] || 42nd
|-
|-
|align=center rowspan=5 bgcolor=#ddbbbb| {{anchor|10}}10th Reserve Brigade || [[10th (Reserve) Battalion, King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster)]] || 43rd
|align=center rowspan=6 bgcolor=#ddbbbb| {{anchor|10}}10th Reserve Brigade<br>(former [[98th_Brigade_(United_Kingdom)#Original_98th_Brigade|98th Brigade]]) || rowspan=6| [[Wareham, Dorset|Wareham]] || [[10th (Reserve) Battalion, King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster)]] || 43rd
|-
|-
| [[11th (Reserve) Battalion, Devonshire Regiment]] || 44th
| [[11th (Reserve) Battalion, Devonshire Regiment]] || 44th
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| [[9th (Reserve) Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry]] || 45th
| [[9th (Reserve) Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry]] || 45th
|-
|-
| 13th (Reserve) Battalion, [[Worcestershire Regiment]] || 46th
| [[12th (Reserve) Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment]] || {{efn|Absorbed into the other battalions of 10th Reserve Bde}}
|-
| [[13th (Reserve) Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment]] || 46th
|-
|-
| [[10th (Reserve) Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment]] || 47th
| [[10th (Reserve) Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment]] || 47th
|-
|-
| rowspan=5 align=center bgcolor=#bbddbb| {{anchor|11}}11th Reserve Brigade || 9th (Reserve) Battalion, [[Shropshire Light Infantry]] || 48th
| rowspan=5 align=center bgcolor=#bbddbb| {{anchor|11}}11th Reserve Brigade<br>(former 99th Brigade) || rowspan=5| [[Whitchurch_(Tilstock)_Airfield#Prees_Heath_Army_Camp|Prees Heath]] || 9th (Reserve) Battalion, [[Shropshire Light Infantry]] || 48th
|-
|-
| [[15th (Reserve) Battalion, King's (Liverpool Regiment)]] || 49th
| [[15th (Reserve) Battalion, King's (Liverpool Regiment)]] || 49th
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| [[10th (Reserve) Battalion, South Lancashire Regiment]] || 51st
| [[10th (Reserve) Battalion, South Lancashire Regiment]] || 51st
|-
|-
|align=center rowspan=5 bgcolor=#ddbbbb| {{anchor|12}}12th Reserve Brigade || 13th (Reserve) Battalion, [[Highland Light Infantry]] || 52nd
|align=center rowspan=5 bgcolor=#ddbbbb| {{anchor|12}}12th Reserve Brigade<br>(former 100th Brigade) || rowspan=5| [[Kinghorn]] || 13th (Reserve) Battalion, [[Highland Light Infantry]] || 52nd
|-
|-
| 9th (Reserve) Battalion, [[King's Own Scottish Borderers]] || 53rd
| 9th (Reserve) Battalion, [[King's Own Scottish Borderers]] || 53rd
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| 12th (Reserve) Battalion, [[Scottish Rifles]] || 56th
| 12th (Reserve) Battalion, [[Scottish Rifles]] || 56th
|-
|-
| align=center rowspan=5 bgcolor=#bbddbb| {{anchor|13}}13th Reserve Brigade || [[9th (Reserve) Battalion, South Wales Borderers]] || 57th
| align=center rowspan=5 bgcolor=#bbddbb| {{anchor|13}}13th Reserve Brigade<br>(former [[101st Brigade (United Kingdom)#Original 101st Brigade|101st Brigade]]) || rowspan=5| [[Kinmel Camp|Kinmel Park]] || [[9th (Reserve) Battalion, South Wales Borderers]] || 57th
|-
|-
| 12th (Reserve) Battalion, [[Welsh Regiment]] || 58th
| [[12th (Reserve) Battalion, Welsh Regiment]] || 58th
|-
|-
| 13th (Reserve) Battalion, [[South Wales Borderers]] || 59th
| 13th (Reserve) Battalion, [[South Wales Borderers]] || 59th
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| 21st (Reserve) Battalion, Welsh Regiment || 61st
| 21st (Reserve) Battalion, Welsh Regiment || 61st
|-
|-
|align=center rowspan=5 bgcolor=#ddbbbb| {{anchor|14}}14th Reserve Brigade|| 12th (Reserve) Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers || 62nd
|align=center rowspan=5 bgcolor=#ddbbbb| {{anchor|14}}14th Reserve Brigade<br>(former [[102nd (Tyneside Scottish) Brigade#Original 102nd Brigade|102nd Brigade]]) || rowspan=5| Kinmel Park || 12th (Reserve) Battalion, [[Royal Welsh Fusiliers]] || 62nd
|-
|-
| 18th and 20th (Reserve) Battalions, [[Royal Welsh Fusiliers]] || 63rd
| 18th and 20th (Reserve) Battalions, Royal Welsh Fusiliers || 63rd
|-
|-
| 21st and 22nd (Reserve) Battalions, Royal Welsh Fusiliers || 64th
| 21st and 22nd (Reserve) Battalions, Royal Welsh Fusiliers || 64th
|-
|-
| 14th (Reserve) Battalion, South Wales Borderers || 65th
| [[14th (Reserve) Battalion, South Wales Borderers]] || 65th
|-
|-
| 22nd (Reserve) Battalion, the Welsh Regiment || 66th
| 22nd (Reserve) Battalion, the Welsh Regiment || 66th
|-
|-
| align=center rowspan=7 bgcolor=#bbddbb| {{anchor|15}}15th Reserve Brigade || 3rd (Reserve) Battalion, [[Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers]] || –
| align=center rowspan=8 bgcolor=#bbddbb| {{anchor|15}}15th (Ulster) Reserve Brigade<br>(former 103rd Brigade) || rowspan=8| Ireland || 3rd (Reserve) Battalion, [[Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers]] || &ndash;
|-
|-
| 4th (Extra Reserve) Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers || –
| 4th (Extra Reserve) Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers || –
|-
| 12th (Reserve) Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers || {{efn|Absorbed into 3rd (Reserve) Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers}}
|-
|-
| 3rd (Reserve) Battalion, [[Royal Irish Rifles]] || –
| 3rd (Reserve) Battalion, [[Royal Irish Rifles]] || –
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| 4th (Extra Reserve) Battalion, Royal Irish Fusiliers || –
| 4th (Extra Reserve) Battalion, Royal Irish Fusiliers || –
|-
|-
|align=center rowspan=5 bgcolor=#ddbbbb| {{anchor|16}}16th Reserve Brigade || 21st (Reserve) Battalion, King's (Liverpool Regiment) || 67th
|align=center rowspan=5 bgcolor=#ddbbbb| {{anchor|16}}16th Reserve Brigade<br>(former 104th Brigade) || rowspan=5| [[Altcar Training Camp|Altcar]] || [[21st (Reserve) Battalion, King's (Liverpool Regiment)]] || 67th
|-
|-
| 22nd (Reserve) Battalion, the King's (Liverpool Regiment) || 68th
| [[22nd (Reserve) Battalion, King's (Liverpool Regiment)]] || 68th
|-
|-
| 25th (Reserve) Battalion, [[Manchester Regiment]] || 69th
| [[25th (Reserve) Battalion, Manchester Regiment]] || 69th
|-
|-
| 26th (Reserve) Battalion, Manchester Regiment || 70th
| [[26th (Reserve) Battalion, Manchester Regiment]] || 70th
|-
|-
| 27th (Reserve) Battalion, the Manchester Regiment || 71st
| [[27th (Reserve) Battalion, Manchester Regiment]] || 71st
|-
|-
| align=center rowspan=5 bgcolor=#bbddbb| {{anchor|17}}17th Reserve Brigade || 21st (Reserve) Battalion, [[Lancashire Fusiliers]] || 72nd
| align=center rowspan=5 bgcolor=#bbddbb| {{anchor|17}}17th Reserve Brigade<br>(former 105th Brigade) || rowspan=5| Prees Heath || 21st (Reserve) Battalion, [[Lancashire Fusiliers]] || 72nd
|-
|-
| 22nd (Reserve) Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers || 73rd
| 22nd (Reserve) Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers || 73rd
|-
|-
| 17th (Reserve) Battalion, [[Cheshire Regiment]] || 74th
| [[17th (Reserve) Battalion, Cheshire Regiment]] || 74th
|-
|-
| 12th (Reserve) Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment || 75th
| [[12th (Reserve) Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment]] || 75th
|-
|-
| 12th (Reserve) Battalion, [[King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)]] || 76th
| 12th (Reserve) Battalion, [[King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)]] || 76th
|-
|-
|align=center rowspan=3 bgcolor=#ddbbbb| {{anchor|18}}18th Reserve Brigade || 18th (Reserve) Battalion, [[Royal Scots]] || 77th
|align=center rowspan=3 bgcolor=#ddbbbb| {{anchor|18}}18th Reserve Brigade<br>(former 106th Brigade) || rowspan=3| [[Dundee]] || 18th (Reserve) Battalion, [[Royal Scots]] || 77th
|-
|-
| 19th (Reserve) Battalion, [[Highland Light Infantry]] || 78th
| 19th (Reserve) Battalion, [[Highland Light Infantry]] || 78th
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| 20th (Reserve) Battalion, Highland Light Infantry || 79th
| 20th (Reserve) Battalion, Highland Light Infantry || 79th
|-
|-
| align=center rowspan=4 bgcolor=#bbddbb| {{anchor|19}}19th Reserve Brigade || [[17th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers#32nd Battalion|32nd (Reserve) Battalion]], [[Northumberland Fusiliers]] || 80th
| align=center rowspan=4 bgcolor=#bbddbb| {{anchor|19}}19th Reserve Brigade || rowspan=4| [[Newcastle upon Tyne]] || [[32nd (Reserve) Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers]] || 80th
|-
|-
| 14th (Reserve) Battalion, [[Yorkshire Regiment]] || 81st
| 14th (Reserve) Battalion, [[Yorkshire Regiment]] || 81st
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| 12th (Reserve) Battalion, [[Leicestershire Regiment]] || 83rd
| 12th (Reserve) Battalion, [[Leicestershire Regiment]] || 83rd
|-
|-
|align=center rowspan=4 bgcolor=#ddbbbb| {{anchor|20}}20th Reserve Brigade || 29th (Reserve) Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers ''re-designated "A" Battalion, [[Machine Gun Corps|MGC]]'' || 84th
|align=center rowspan=5 bgcolor=#ddbbbb| {{anchor|20}}20th Reserve Brigade<br>(1st Training Brigade,<br>MGC, early 1918)<ref name=reserve/> || rowspan=5| [[Hornsea]] || 29th (Reserve) Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers ''re-designated "A" Battalion, [[Machine Gun Corps|MGC]]'' || 84th
|-
|-
| 30th (Reserve) Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers ''re-designated "B" Battalion, MGC'' || 85th
| 30th (Reserve) Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers ''re-designated "B" Battalion, MGC'' || 85th
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| 21st (Reserve) Battalion, Durham Light Infantry ''re-designated "D" Battalion, MGC'' || 87th
| 21st (Reserve) Battalion, Durham Light Infantry ''re-designated "D" Battalion, MGC'' || 87th
|-
|-
| [[23rd (Reserve) Battalion, Durham Light Infantry]] || {{efn|Absorbed into the other battalions of 20th Reserve Bde}}
| align=center rowspan=4 bgcolor=#bbddbb| {{anchor|21}}21st Reserve Brigade || 19th (Reserve) Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment || 88th
|-
|align=center rowspan=5 bgcolor=#bbddbb| {{anchor|21}}21st Reserve Brigade || rowspan=5| [[Blyth, Northumberland]] || 19th (Reserve) Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment || 88th
|-
|-
| 20th (Reserve) Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment || 89th
| 20th (Reserve) Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment || 89th
|-
|-
| [[Hull Pals|14th (Reserve) Battalion (Hull), East Yorkshire Regiment]] || 90th
| [[14th (Reserve) Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment (Hull)]] || 90th
|-
| [[15th (Reserve) Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment]] || 91st
|-
|-
| 15th (Reserve) Battalions, [[York & Lancaster Regiment]] and [[Hull Pals|East Yorkshire Regiment]] || 91st
| [[15th (Reserve) Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment]] || {{efn|Absorbed into 15th (Reserve) Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment<ref>Frederick, p. 182.</ref>}}
|-
|-
|align=center rowspan=5 bgcolor=#ddbbbb| {{anchor|22}}22nd Reserve Brigade || 17th (Reserve) Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment || 92nd
|align=center rowspan=5 bgcolor=#ddbbbb| {{anchor|22}}22nd Reserve Brigade || rowspan=5| [[Chiseldon]] || 17th (Reserve) Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment || 92nd
|-
|-
| [[15th (Reserve) Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment]] || 93rd
| [[15th (Reserve) Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment]] || 93rd
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| 16th (Reserve) Battalion, (Portsmouth), [[Hampshire Regiment]] || 96th
| 16th (Reserve) Battalion, (Portsmouth), [[Hampshire Regiment]] || 96th
|-
|-
| align=center rowspan=6 bgcolor=#bbddbb| {{anchor|23}}23rd Reserve Brigade || 12th (Reserve) Battalion, [[Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey)]] || 97th
| align=center rowspan=6 bgcolor=#bbddbb| {{anchor|23}}23rd Reserve Brigade || rowspan=6| [[Aldershot Garrison|Aldershot]] || 12th (Reserve) Battalion, [[Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey)]] || 97th
|-
|-
| 14th (Reserve) Battalion, [[Essex Regiment]] || 98th
| 14th (Reserve) Battalion, [[Essex Regiment]] || 98th
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| 12th (Reserve) Battalion, [[Royal West Kents]] || 99th
| 12th (Reserve) Battalion, [[Royal West Kents]] || 99th
|-
|-
| 24th (Reserve) Battalion, [[Middlesex Regiment]] || 100th
| [[24th (Reserve) Battalion, Middlesex Regiment]] || 100th
|-
|-
| 27th (Reserve) Battalion, Middlesex Regiment || 101st
| 27th (Reserve) Battalion, [[Middlesex Regiment]] || 101st
|-
|-
| 28th (Reserve) Battalion, Middlesex Regiment || 102nd
| 28th (Reserve) Battalion, Middlesex Regiment || 102nd
|-
|-
|align=center rowspan=5 bgcolor=#ddbbbb| {{anchor|24}}24th Reserve Brigade || 27th (Reserve) Battalion, [[Royal Fusiliers]] || 103rd
|align=center rowspan=5 bgcolor=#ddbbbb| {{anchor|24}}24th Reserve Brigade || rowspan=5| [[Edinburgh]] || [[27th (Reserve) Battalion, Royal Fusiliers]] || 103rd
|-
|-
| 28th (Reserve) Battalion, Royal Fusiliers || 104th
| [[28th (Reserve) Battalion, Royal Fusiliers]] || 104th
|-
|-
| 29th (Reserve) Battalion, Royal Fusiliers || 105th
| [[29th (Reserve) Battalion, Royal Fusiliers]] || 105th
|-
|-
| 30th (Reserve) Battalion, Royal Fusiliers|| 106th
| [[30th (Reserve) Battalion, Royal Fusiliers]]|| 106th
|-
|-
| 31st (Reserve) Battalion, Royal Fusiliers || 107th
| [[31st (Reserve) Battalion, Royal Fusiliers]] || 107th
|-
|-
| align=center rowspan=5 bgcolor=#bbddbb| {{anchor|26}}26th Reserve Brigade || 13th (Reserve) Battalion (Cambridgeshire), [[Suffolk Regiment]] || 108th
| align=center rowspan=5 bgcolor=#bbddbb| {{anchor|26}}26th Reserve Brigade || rowspan=5| [[Wimbledon, London|Wimbledon]] || [[13th (Reserve) Battalion, Suffolk Regiment (Cambridgeshire)]] || 108th
|-
|-
| 19th (Reserve) Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps || 109th
| 19th (Reserve) Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps || 109th
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| 23rd (Reserve) Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps || 111th
| 23rd (Reserve) Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps || 111th
|-
|-
| 17th (Reserve) Battalion, Rifle Brigade || 112th
| [[17th (Reserve) Battalion, Rifle Brigade]] || 112th
|-
|-
|align=center rowspan=4 bgcolor=#ddbbbb| {{anchor|28}}28th Reserve Brigade || "E" Battalion, [[Machine Gun Corps|MGC]] || 113th
|align=center rowspan=4 bgcolor=#ddbbbb| {{anchor|28}}28th Reserve Brigade<br>(Formed early 1918,<br>became 2nd Training<br> Brigade, MGC)<ref name=reserve/> || rowspan=4| || "E" Battalion, [[Machine Gun Corps|MGC]] || 113th
|-
|-
| "F" Battalion, MGC || 114th
| "F" Battalion, MGC || 114th
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|-
| "H" Battalion, MGC || 116th
| "H" Battalion, MGC || 116th
|}

===Territorial Force Reserve Brigades===

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Reserve brigade title !! Battalions<ref name = ACI135/>
|-
| align=center bgcolor=#bbddbb rowspan=4| {{anchor| Highland}}Highland Reserve Brigade || 4th (Reserve) Battalion, [[Black Watch]]
|-
| 4th (Reserve) Battalion, [[Seaforth Highlanders]]
|-
| 4th (Reserve) Battalion, [[Gordon Highlanders]]
|-
| [[List of battalions of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (Princess Louise's)|5th (Reserve) Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders]]
|-
|align=center bgcolor=#ddbbbb rowspan=7| {{anchor|Lowland}}Lowland Reserve Brigade || [[Queen%27s_Edinburgh_Rifles#3/4th_and_3/5th_Royal_Scots|4th (Reserve) Battalion, Royal Scots]]
|-
| [[9th_Battalion,_Royal_Scots#3/9th_Royal_Scots|9th (Reserve) Battalion, Royal Scots]]
|-
| 4th (Reserve) Battalion, [[Royal Scots Fusiliers]]
|-
| 4th (Reserve) Battalion, [[King's Own Scottish Borderers]]
|-
| [[1st_Lanarkshire_Rifle_Volunteers#3/5th_Scottish_Rifles|5th (Reserve) Battalion, Scottish Rifles]]
|-
| 5th (Reserve) Battalion, [[Highland Light Infantry]]
|-
| 6th (Reserve) Battalion, Highland Light Infantry
|-
|align=center bgcolor=#bbddbb rowspan=6| {{anchor|West Lancashire}} West Lancashire Reserve Brigade || [[5th_Battalion,_King%27s_Regiment_(Liverpool)#3/5th_King's|5th (Reserve) Battalion, King's (Liverpool Regiment)]]
|-
| 7th (Reserve) Battalion, [[King's (Liverpool Regiment)]]
|-
|[[Liverpool Scottish|10th (Reserve) Battalion, King's (Liverpool Regiment)]]
|-
|4th (Reserve) Battalion, [[South Lancashire Regiment]]
|-
|4th (Reserve) Battalion, [[South Lancashire Regiment]]
|-
|[[Preston_Rifles#3/4th_Loyals|4th (Reserve) Battalion, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment]]
|-
|align=center bgcolor=#ddbbbb rowspan=4| {{anchor|East Lancashire}} East Lancashire Reserve Brigade || 5th (Reserve) Battalion, [[Lancashire Fusiliers]]
|-
|4th (Reserve) Battalion, [[East Lancashire Regiment]]
|-
|4th (Reserve) Battalion, [[Border Regiment]]
|-
|[[5th_Battalion,_Manchester_Regiment#3/5th_Battalion|5th (Reserve) Battalion, Manchester Regiment]]
|-
|align=center bgcolor=#bbddbb rowspan=7| {{anchor|Welsh}} Welsh Reserve Brigade || [[List_of_battalions_of_the_Cheshire_Regiment#First_World_War|4th (Reserve) Battalion, Cheshire Regiment]]
|-
|[[1st_Denbighshire_Rifle_Volunteers#3/4th_(Denbighshire)_Battalion|4th (Reserve) Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers]]
|-
|4th (Reserve) Battalion, [[Welch Regiment|Welsh Regiment]]
|-
|4th (Reserve) Battalion, [[King's Shropshire Light Infantry|Shropshire Light Infantry]]
|-
|[[Monmouthshire_Regiment#First_World_War|1st (Reserve) Battalion, Monmouthshire Regiment]]
|-
|[[Brecknockshire_Battalion#3/1st_Brecknockshire_Battalion|1st (Reserve) Battalion, Brecknockshire Battalion]]
|-
|1st (Reserve) Battalion, [[Herefordshire Light Infantry|Herefordshire Regiment]]
|-
|align=center bgcolor=#ddbbbb rowspan=4| {{anchor|Northumbrian}} Northumbrian Reserve Brigade || [[List of Northumberland Fusiliers battalions in World War I#3/4th, 3/5th, 3/6th and 3/7th Battalions (T.F.)|4th (Reserve) Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers]]
|-
|[[Hull_Rifles#3/4th_Battalion|4th (Reserve) Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment]]
|-
|4th Reserve) Battalion, [[Green Howards]]
|-
|[[1st_Durham_Rifle_Volunteers#3/5th_Battalion|5th (Reserve) Battalion, Durham Light Infantry]]
|-
|align=center bgcolor=#bbddbb rowspan=6| {{anchor|West Riding}} West Riding Reserve Brigade || 5th (Reserve) Battalion, [[West Yorkshire Regiment]]
|-
|[[Leeds Rifles#First_World_War|7th (Reserve) Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment]]
|-
|4th (Reserve) Battalion, [[Duke of Wellington's Regiment]]
|-
|6th (Reserve) Battalion, Duke of Wellington's Regiment
|-
|4th (Reserve) Battalion, [[King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry]]
|-
|[[Hallamshire_Battalion#3/4th_(Hallamshire)_Battalion|4th (Reserve) Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment]]
|-
|align=center bgcolor=#ddbbbb rowspan=5| {{anchor|North Midland}} North Midland Reserve Brigade || 4th (Reserve) Battalion, [[Lincolnshire Regiment]]
|-
|[[Leicester_Town_Rifles#3%2F4th_Battalion|4th (Reserve) Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment]]
|-
|5th (Reserve) Battalion, [[South Staffordshire Regiment]]
|-
|5th (Reserve) Battalion, [[Sherwood Foresters]]
|-
|[[Staffordshire_Rangers#3/5th_Battalion|5th (Reserve) Battalion, North Staffordshire Regiment]]
|-
|align=center bgcolor=#bbddbb rowspan=6| {{anchor|South Midland}} South Midland Reserve Brigade || [[Birmingham_Rifles#3/5th_Royal_Warwicks|5th (Reserve) Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment]]
|-
|7th (Reserve) Battalion, [[Royal Warwickshire Regiment]]
|-
|[[City_of_Bristol_Rifles#3/4th_(City_of_Bristol)_Battalion|4th (Reserve) Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment]]
|-
|[[Worcestershire_Rifles#3/7th_Battalion|7th (Reserve) Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment]]
|-
|4th (Reserve) Battalion, [[Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry]]
|-
|4th (Reserve) Battalion, [[Royal Berkshire Regiment]]
|-
|align=center bgcolor=#ddbbbb rowspan=7| {{anchor|East Anglian}} East Anglian Reserve Brigade || 4th (Reserve) Battalion, [[Norfolk Regiment]]
|-
|4th (Reserve) Battalion, [[Suffolk Regiment]]<br>(later Cambridge and Suffolk Reserve Bn)<ref>James, p. 56.</ref>
|-
|5th (Reserve) Battalion, [[Bedfordshire Regiment]]
|-
|4th (Reserve) Battalion, [[Essex Regiment]]
|-
|[[1st Northamptonshire Rifle Volunteer Corps#3/4th Northamptons|4th (Reserve) Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment]]
|-
|[[Cambridgeshire Regiment|1st (Reserve) Battalion, Cambridgeshire Regiment]]
|-
|[[Hertfordshire_Regiment#4/1st_Battalion|1st (Reserve) Battalion, Hertfordshire Regiment]]
|-
|align=center bgcolor=#bbddbb rowspan=6| {{anchor|Home Counties}} Home Counties Reserve Brigade || [[4th Battalion, Queen%27s Royal Regiment (West Surrey)#4/4th Battalion|4th (Reserve) Battalion, Queen's (Royal West Surrey) Regiment]]
|-
|4th (Reserve) Battalion, [[Buffs (East Kent Regiment)]]
|-
|5th (Reserve) Battalion, [[East Surrey Regiment]]
|-
|[[2nd_Sussex_Rifle_Volunteers#2/4th_and_3/4th_Battalions|4th (Reserve) Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment]]
|-
|4th (Reserve) Battalion, [[Royal West Kent Regiment]]
|-
|7th (Reserve) Battalion, [[Middlesex Regiment]]
|-
|align=center bgcolor=#ddbbbb rowspan=7| {{anchor|Wessex}} Wessex Reserve Brigade || [[Exeter_and_South_Devon_Volunteers#3/4th_Battalion|4th (Reserve) Battalion, Devonshire Regiment]]
|-
|4th (Reserve) Battalion, [[Somerset Light Infantry]]
|-
|4th (Reserve) Battalion, [[Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry]]
|-
|4th (Reserve) Battalion, [[Hampshire Regiment]]
|-
|5th (Reserve) Battalion, Hampshire Regiment
|-
|4th (Reserve) Battalion, [[Dorset Regiment]]
|-
|4th (Reserve) Battalion, [[Wiltshire Regiment]]
|-
|align=center bgcolor=#bbddbb rowspan=8| {{anchor|1st London}} 1st London Reserve Brigade || [[1st (City of London) Battalion, London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers)#4/1st Londons|1st (Reserve) Battalion, London Regiment]]
|-
|[[3rd (City of London) Battalion, London Regiment#4/3rd Londons|3rd (Reserve) Battalion, London Regiment]]
|-
|[[London Rifle Brigade|5th (Reserve) Battalion, London Regiment]]
|-
|[[City_of_London_Rifles#3/6th_Battalion|6th (Reserve) Battalion, London Regiment]]
|-
|[[Post Office Rifles|8th (Reserve) Battalion, London Regiment]]
|-
|[[Queen Victoria's Rifles|9th (Reserve) Battalion, London Regiment]]
|-
|[[10th (County of London) Battalion (Hackney), London Regiment|10th (Reserve) Battalion, London Regiment]]
|-
|1st (Reserve) Battalion, [[Honourable Artillery Company]]
|-
|align=center bgcolor=#ddbbbb rowspan=10| {{anchor|2nd London}} 2nd London Reserve Brigade || [[Kensington Regiment (Princess Louise%27s)#3/13th London Regiment (3rd Kensingtons Battalion)|13th (Reserve) Battalion, London Regiment]]
|-
|[[London_Scottish_(regiment)#First_World_War|14th (Reserve) Battalion, London Regiment]]
|-
|[[Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles|15th (Reserve) Battalion, London Regiment]]
|-
|[[Queen%27s_Westminsters#First_World_War|16th (Reserve) Battalion, London Regiment]]
|-
|[[Poplar_and_Stepney_Rifles#3/17th_Londons|17th (Reserve) Battalion, London Regiment]]
|-
|[[London_Irish_Rifles#First_World_War|18th (Reserve) Battalion, London Regiment]]
|-
|[[19th Battalion, London Regiment (St Pancras)#3/19th Londons|19th (Reserve) Battalion, London Regiment]]
|-
|[[20th Battalion, London Regiment (Blackheath and Woolwich)#3/20th Londons|20th (Reserve) Battalion, London Regiment]]
|-
|[[1st_Surrey_Rifles#3/21st_Londons|21st (Reserve) Battalion, London Regiment]]
|-
|[[22nd (County of London) Battalion, London Regiment (The Queen%27s)#World War I|22nd (Reserve) Battalion, London Regiment]]
|-
|align=center bgcolor=#bbddbb rowspan=10| {{anchor|3rd London}} 3rd London Reserve Brigade<br>(formed January 1918)<ref>James, p. 117.</ref> || ''13th (Reserve) Battalion, London Regiment''
|-
|''15th (Reserve) Battalion, London Regiment''
|-
|''16th (Reserve) Battalion, London Regiment''
|-
|''17th (Reserve) Battalion, London Regiment''
|}
|}


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==References==
==References==
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==Bibliography==
==Bibliography==
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* Maj A.F. Becke,''History of the Great War: Order of Battle of Divisions, Part 2b: The 2nd-Line Territorial Force Divisions (57th–69th), with the Home-Service Divisions (71st–73rd) and 74th and 75th Divisions,'' London: HM Stationery Office, 1937/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, 2007, ISBN 1-847347-39-8.
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===External sources===
* [http://www.longlongtrail.co.uk Chris Baker, ''The Long, Long Trail'']
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The article lists British Army reserve brigades in World War I. At the start of the war volunteers in the vast majority of cases joined their local infantry regiment's reserve battalion. As the army expanded rapidly, further reserve battalions and brigades were formed. After conscription was introduced in 1916 the existing regimental system could not cope with the large influx of recruits and the existing reserve brigades were incorporated into the Training Reserve, with an official complement of over 209,000 soldiers, in addition to the regimental training units.

Recruitment

Main article: Recruitment to the British Army during World War I

On 6 August 1914, less than 48 hours after Britain's declaration of war, Parliament sanctioned an increase of 500,000 men for the Regular British Army, and the newly-appointed Secretary of State for War, Earl Kitchener of Khartoum issued his famous call to arms: 'Your King and Country Need You', urging the first 100,000 volunteers to come forward. This group of six divisions with supporting arms became known as Kitchener's First New Army, or 'K1'. 'K2' and 'K3', followed shortly afterwards.[1] In addition, recruits flooded into the drill halls of the part-time Territorial Force (TF), which had largely volunteered for overseas service.[2] The flood of volunteers overwhelmed the ability of the army to absorb and organise them, and by the time the Fifth New Army ('K5') was authorised on 10 December 1914, many of the units were being organised as 'Pals battalions' under the auspices of mayors and corporations of towns up and down the country. Many of these pals who had lived and worked together, joined up and trained together and were allocated to the same units. The policy of drawing recruits from amongst the local population ensured that, when the Pals battalions suffered casualties, whole towns, villages, neighbourhoods and communities back in Britain were to suffer disproportionate losses.[3][4][5]

By the end of August 1914, 300,000 men had signed up to fight, and another 450,000 had joined up by the end of September.[6] Voluntary recruitment remained fairly steady through 1914 and early 1915, but it fell dramatically thereafter. Conscription for single men was introduced in January 1916. Four months later, in May 1916, it was extended to all men aged 18 to 41.[7] The Military Service Act March 1916 specified that men from the ages of 18 to 41 were liable to be called up for service in the army, unless they were married (or widowed with children), or served in one of a number of reserved occupations, which were usually industrial but which also included clergymen and teachers. This legislation did not apply to Ireland, despite its then status as part of the United Kingdom (but see Conscription Crisis of 1918).[8] By January 1916, when conscription was introduced, 2.6 million men had volunteered for service, a further 2.3 million were conscripted before the end of the war; by the end of 1918, the army had reached its peak strength of 4 million men.[5]

Training

Before the war I British Army infantry regiments trained their recruits at their home depots from where they were drafted to one of their regiment's Regular Army battalions. On the outbreak of the war the part-time Special Reserve (SR; formerly Militia) battalions were mobilised to supply these reinforcement drafts from Reservists, Special Reservists, returning wounded, and new recruits. The voluntary TF was also mobilised, and after its units volunteered for overseas service in August 1914 they began forming 2nd Line battalions to train their own recruits. By May 1915 the 2nd Line was also being prepared for overseas service, and the TF began forming 3rd Line (in some cases 4th Line) units for training. Meanwhile, the battalions of the 1st, 2nd and 3rd New Armies ('K1', 'K2' and 'K3' of 'Kitchener's Army') were quickly formed at the regimental depots. The SR battalions also swelled with new recruits and were soon well above their establishment strength. By the autumn the depots were overwhelmed, and on 8 October 1914 each SR battalion at its coast defence station was ordered to use its surplus to form a service battalion of the 4th New Army ('K4'). These were organised into six new divisions (30th–35th) divided into 18 brigades (89th–106th). However, on 10 April 1915 the War Office decided to convert the K4 battalions into reserve units, to provide drafts for the K1–K3 battalions in the same way that the SR was doing for the Regular battalions. The K4 divisions were scrapped and their brigades renumbered as 1st–18th Reserve Brigades (the original brigade and division numbers were re-allocated to the 'Pals battalions' of K5). Later the depot companies of the K5 battalions were combined into reserve battalions, and grouped into 19th–26th Reserve Brigades.[2][9][10][11]

The memorial on Wimbledon Common to the 19th, 22nd and 23rd Reserve Battalions of the King's Royal Rifle Corps who trained there in 1916–18 as part of 26th Reserve Brigade.

On 1 September 1916 the whole training system was centralised with the formation of the Training Reserve (TR). The K4 and K5 reserve battalions lost their regimental affiliation and were redesignated as 1st–112th TR battalions, to which all recruits not required for the regimental reserves (SR and TF) were posted. They were issued with 'General Service' badges and could be drafted to any regiment, but the training officers and non-commissioned officers remained part of their parent regiments. The reserve brigades had now been concentrated at large training camps, and the TR had a total establishment of 209,537 men. Reserve brigades for the Machine Gun Corps were introduced in 1918.[12][11][13][14] There was no change to the status or organisation of the SR battalions, but on 1 September 1916, the 3rd Line TF battalions (referred to as reserve battalions since 1 April) were amalgamated into only one, two or at most three per infantry regiment, and grouped into new reserve brigades bearing the titles of the TF divisions they were reinforcing.[15]

The scheme was further developed to provide for the progressive training of recruits under 19 years old (when they could be sent overseas). Of the 112 TR battalions, 42 were selected: 14 became 'Young Soldier Battalions' and 28 became 'Graduated Battalions'. When a recruit had finished initial training in the Young Soldier Battalion he was sent to one of two associated Graduated battalions, in which the four companies were organised by age, for training in 3-monthly steps between 18 and 19 years. As a result, every 3 months, 28 companies of newly trained 19-year-old soldiers were ready for drafting to France. In due course the War Office decided that Graduated battalions could be used for home defence while the men completed their training (as was the case with the SR). The Graduated battalions then began to be transferred from the Reserve brigades to replace 2nd Line TF battalions in the Home Service divisions. They were renumbered from 201st upwards, but later were once again affiliated with a particular regiment and numbered as the 51st (G), 52nd (G) or 53rd (YS) battalions of their regiment.[13][14][16]

List of brigades

Reserve Brigades

Reserve
brigade[9][10]		 Training camp
September 1916[15][17]		 Original
battalions[9][14]		 TR battalion
number
September 1916[15]
1st Reserve Brigade
(former 89th Brigade)		 Rugeley 16th (Reserve) Battalion, Durham Light Infantry 1st
17th (Reserve) Battalion, Durham Light Infantry 2nd
10th (Reserve) Battalion, North Staffordshire Regiment 3rd
11th (Reserve) Battalion, North Staffordshire Regiment 4th
10th (Reserve) Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment 5th
2nd Reserve Brigade
(former 90th Brigade)		 Brocton 13th (Reserve) Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment 6th
9th (Reserve) Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment 7th
11th (Reserve) Battalion, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 8th
11th (Reserve) Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment 9th
15th (Reserve) Battalion, Green Howards 10th
3rd Reserve Brigade
(former 91st Brigade)		 Brocton 9th (Reserve) Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment 11th
13th (Reserve) Battalion, Sherwood Foresters 12th
14th (Reserve) Battalion, Sherwood Foresters 13th
14th (Reserve) Battalion, Manchester Regiment 14th
13th (Reserve) Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers 15th
4th Reserve Brigade
(former 92nd Brigade)		 Seaford 11th (Reserve) Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment 16th
11th (Reserve) Battalion, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 17th
14th (Reserve) Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps [a]
15th (Reserve) Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps 18th
14th (Reserve) Battalion, Rifle Brigade 19th
15th (Reserve) Battalion, Rifle Brigade 20th
5th Reserve Brigade
(former 93rd Brigade)		 Shoreham 9th (Reserve) Battalion, Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) 21st
11th (Reserve) Battalion, East Surrey Regiment [b]
16th (Reserve) Battalion, Royal Fusiliers 22nd
9th (Reserve) Battalion, Queens Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) [c]
10th (Reserve) Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment 23rd
14th (Reserve) Battalion, Middlesex Regiment 24th
15th (Reserve) Battalion, Middlesex Regiment [d]
6th Reserve Brigade
(former 94th Brigade)		 Harwich 10th (Reserve) Battalion, Norfolk Regiment 25th
10th (Reserve) Battalion, Suffolk Regiment 26th
9th (Reserve) Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment [e]
10th (Reserve) Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment 27th
8th (Reserve) Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment 28th
7th Reserve Brigade
(former 95th Brigade)		 Dover 9th (Reserve) Battalion, Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 29th
10th (Reserve) Battalion, East Surrey Regiment 30th
14th (Reserve) Battalion, Royal Fusiliers 31st
15th (Reserve) Battalion, Royal Fusiliers 32nd
8th Reserve Brigade
(former 96th Brigade)		 Wool 13th (Reserve) Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment 33rd
13th (Reserve) Battalion, Hampshire Regiment 34th
7th (Reserve) Battalion, Dorset Regiment 35th
9th (Reserve) Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 36th
9th (Reserve) Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment 37th
8th (Reserve) Battalion, Wiltshire Regiment [f]
9th Reserve Brigade
(former 97th Brigade)		 Dunfermline 11th (Reserve) Battalion, Black Watch 38th
10th (Reserve) Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders 39th
8th (Reserve) Battalion, Cameron Highlanders 40th
13th (Reserve) Battalion, Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders 41st
11th (Reserve) Battalion, Gordon Highlanders 42nd
10th Reserve Brigade
(former 98th Brigade)		 Wareham 10th (Reserve) Battalion, King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster) 43rd
11th (Reserve) Battalion, Devonshire Regiment 44th
9th (Reserve) Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry 45th
12th (Reserve) Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment [g]
13th (Reserve) Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment 46th
10th (Reserve) Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment 47th
11th Reserve Brigade
(former 99th Brigade)		 Prees Heath 9th (Reserve) Battalion, Shropshire Light Infantry 48th
15th (Reserve) Battalion, King's (Liverpool Regiment) 49th
16th (Reserve) Battalion, King's (Liverpool Regiment) [h]
14th (Reserve) Battalion, Cheshire Regiment 50th
10th (Reserve) Battalion, South Lancashire Regiment 51st
12th Reserve Brigade
(former 100th Brigade)		 Kinghorn 13th (Reserve) Battalion, Highland Light Infantry 52nd
9th (Reserve) Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers 53rd
14th (Reserve) Battalion, Royal Scots 54th
9th (Reserve) Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers 55th
12th (Reserve) Battalion, Scottish Rifles 56th
13th Reserve Brigade
(former 101st Brigade)		 Kinmel Park 9th (Reserve) Battalion, South Wales Borderers 57th
12th (Reserve) Battalion, Welsh Regiment 58th
13th (Reserve) Battalion, South Wales Borderers 59th
20th (Reserve) Battalion (3rd Rhondda), Welsh Regiment 60th
21st (Reserve) Battalion, Welsh Regiment 61st
14th Reserve Brigade
(former 102nd Brigade)		 Kinmel Park 12th (Reserve) Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers 62nd
18th and 20th (Reserve) Battalions, Royal Welsh Fusiliers 63rd
21st and 22nd (Reserve) Battalions, Royal Welsh Fusiliers 64th
14th (Reserve) Battalion, South Wales Borderers 65th
22nd (Reserve) Battalion, the Welsh Regiment 66th
15th (Ulster) Reserve Brigade
(former 103rd Brigade)		 Irland 3rd (Reserve) Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers -
4th (Extra Reserve) Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers -
12th (Reserve) Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [i]
3rd (Reserve) Battalion, Royal Irish Rifles -
4th (Extra Reserve) Battalion, Royal Irish Rifles -
5th (Extra Reserve) Battalion, Royal Irish Rifles -
3rd (Reserve) Battalion, Royal Irish Fusiliers -
4th (Extra Reserve) Battalion, Royal Irish Fusiliers -
16th Reserve Brigade
(former 104th Brigade)		 Altcar 21st (Reserve) Battalion, King's (Liverpool Regiment) 67th
22nd (Reserve) Battalion, King's (Liverpool Regiment) 68th
25th (Reserve) Battalion, Manchester Regiment 69th
26th (Reserve) Battalion, Manchester Regiment 70th
27th (Reserve) Battalion, Manchester Regiment 71st
17th Reserve Brigade
(former 105th Brigade)		 Prees Heath 21st (Reserve) Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers 72nd
22nd (Reserve) Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers 73rd
17th (Reserve) Battalion, Cheshire Regiment 74th
12th (Reserve) Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment 75th
12th (Reserve) Battalion, King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) 76th
18th Reserve Brigade
(former 106th Brigade)		 Dundee 18th (Reserve) Battalion, Royal Scots 77th
19th (Reserve) Battalion, Highland Light Infantry 78th
20th (Reserve) Battalion, Highland Light Infantry 79th
19th Reserve Brigade Newcastle upon Tyne 32nd (Reserve) Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers 80th
14th (Reserve) Battalion, Yorkshire Regiment 81st
11th (Reserve) Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment 82nd
12th (Reserve) Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment 83rd
20th Reserve Brigade
(1st Training Brigade,
MGC, early 1918)[14]		 Hornsea 29th (Reserve) Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers re-designated "A" Battalion, MGC 84th
30th (Reserve) Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers re-designated "B" Battalion, MGC 85th
31st (Reserve) Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers re-designated "C" Battalion, MGC 86th
21st (Reserve) Battalion, Durham Light Infantry re-designated "D" Battalion, MGC 87th
23rd (Reserve) Battalion, Durham Light Infantry [j]
21st Reserve Brigade Blyth, Northumberland 19th (Reserve) Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment 88th
20th (Reserve) Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment 89th
14th (Reserve) Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment (Hull) 90th
15th (Reserve) Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment 91st
15th (Reserve) Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment [k]
22nd Reserve Brigade Chiseldon 17th (Reserve) Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment 92nd
15th (Reserve) Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment 93rd
16th (Reserve) Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment 94th
11th (Reserve) Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry 95th
16th (Reserve) Battalion, (Portsmouth), Hampshire Regiment 96th
23rd Reserve Brigade Aldershot 12th (Reserve) Battalion, Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey) 97th
14th (Reserve) Battalion, Essex Regiment 98th
12th (Reserve) Battalion, Royal West Kents 99th
24th (Reserve) Battalion, Middlesex Regiment 100th
27th (Reserve) Battalion, Middlesex Regiment 101st
28th (Reserve) Battalion, Middlesex Regiment 102nd
24th Reserve Brigade Edinburgh 27th (Reserve) Battalion, Royal Fusiliers 103rd
28th (Reserve) Battalion, Royal Fusiliers 104th
29th (Reserve) Battalion, Royal Fusiliers 105th
30th (Reserve) Battalion, Royal Fusiliers 106th
31st (Reserve) Battalion, Royal Fusiliers 107th
26th Reserve Brigade Wimbledon 13th (Reserve) Battalion, Suffolk Regiment (Cambridgeshire) 108th
19th (Reserve) Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps 109th
22nd (Reserve) Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps 110th
23rd (Reserve) Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps 111th
17th (Reserve) Battalion, Rifle Brigade 112th
28th Reserve Brigade
(Formed early 1918,
became 2nd Training
Brigade, MGC)[14]		 "E" Battalion, MGC 113th
"F" Battalion, MGC 114th
"G" Battalion, MGC 115th
"H" Battalion, MGC 116th

Territorial Force Reserve Brigades

Reserve brigade title Battalions[15]
Highland Reserve Brigade 4th (Reserve) Battalion, Black Watch
4th (Reserve) Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders
4th (Reserve) Battalion, Gordon Highlanders
5th (Reserve) Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
Lowland Reserve Brigade 4th (Reserve) Battalion, Royal Scots
9th (Reserve) Battalion, Royal Scots
4th (Reserve) Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers
4th (Reserve) Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers
5th (Reserve) Battalion, Scottish Rifles
5th (Reserve) Battalion, Highland Light Infantry
6th (Reserve) Battalion, Highland Light Infantry
West Lancashire Reserve Brigade 5th (Reserve) Battalion, King's (Liverpool Regiment)
7th (Reserve) Battalion, King's (Liverpool Regiment)
10th (Reserve) Battalion, King's (Liverpool Regiment)
4th (Reserve) Battalion, South Lancashire Regiment
4th (Reserve) Battalion, South Lancashire Regiment
4th (Reserve) Battalion, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
East Lancashire Reserve Brigade 5th (Reserve) Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers
4th (Reserve) Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment
4th (Reserve) Battalion, Border Regiment
5th (Reserve) Battalion, Manchester Regiment
Welsh Reserve Brigade 4th (Reserve) Battalion, Cheshire Regiment
4th (Reserve) Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers
4th (Reserve) Battalion, Welsh Regiment
4th (Reserve) Battalion, Shropshire Light Infantry
1st (Reserve) Battalion, Monmouthshire Regiment
1st (Reserve) Battalion, Brecknockshire Battalion
1st (Reserve) Battalion, Herefordshire Regiment
Northumbrian Reserve Brigade 4th (Reserve) Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers
4th (Reserve) Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment
4th Reserve) Battalion, Green Howards
5th (Reserve) Battalion, Durham Light Infantry
West Riding Reserve Brigade 5th (Reserve) Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment
7th (Reserve) Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment
4th (Reserve) Battalion, Duke of Wellington's Regiment
6th (Reserve) Battalion, Duke of Wellington's Regiment
4th (Reserve) Battalion, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
4th (Reserve) Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment
North Midland Reserve Brigade 4th (Reserve) Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment
4th (Reserve) Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment
5th (Reserve) Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment
5th (Reserve) Battalion, Sherwood Foresters
5th (Reserve) Battalion, North Staffordshire Regiment
South Midland Reserve Brigade 5th (Reserve) Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
7th (Reserve) Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
4th (Reserve) Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment
7th (Reserve) Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment
4th (Reserve) Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
4th (Reserve) Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment
East Anglian Reserve Brigade 4th (Reserve) Battalion, Norfolk Regiment
4th (Reserve) Battalion, Suffolk Regiment
(later Cambridge and Suffolk Reserve Bn)[22]
5th (Reserve) Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment
4th (Reserve) Battalion, Essex Regiment
4th (Reserve) Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment
1st (Reserve) Battalion, Cambridgeshire Regiment
1st (Reserve) Battalion, Hertfordshire Regiment
Home Counties Reserve Brigade 4th (Reserve) Battalion, Queen's (Royal West Surrey) Regiment
4th (Reserve) Battalion, Buffs (East Kent Regiment)
5th (Reserve) Battalion, East Surrey Regiment
4th (Reserve) Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment
4th (Reserve) Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment
7th (Reserve) Battalion, Middlesex Regiment
Wessex Reserve Brigade 4th (Reserve) Battalion, Devonshire Regiment
4th (Reserve) Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry
4th (Reserve) Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
4th (Reserve) Battalion, Hampshire Regiment
5th (Reserve) Battalion, Hampshire Regiment
4th (Reserve) Battalion, Dorset Regiment
4th (Reserve) Battalion, Wiltshire Regiment
1st London Reserve Brigade 1st (Reserve) Battalion, London Regiment
3rd (Reserve) Battalion, London Regiment
5th (Reserve) Battalion, London Regiment
6th (Reserve) Battalion, London Regiment
8th (Reserve) Battalion, London Regiment
9th (Reserve) Battalion, London Regiment
10th (Reserve) Battalion, London Regiment
1st (Reserve) Battalion, Honourable Artillery Company
2nd London Reserve Brigade 13th (Reserve) Battalion, London Regiment
14th (Reserve) Battalion, London Regiment
15th (Reserve) Battalion, London Regiment
16th (Reserve) Battalion, London Regiment
17th (Reserve) Battalion, London Regiment
18th (Reserve) Battalion, London Regiment
19th (Reserve) Battalion, London Regiment
20th (Reserve) Battalion, London Regiment
21st (Reserve) Battalion, London Regiment
22nd (Reserve) Battalion, London Regiment
3rd London Reserve Brigade
(formed January 1918)[23]		 13th (Reserve) Battalion, London Regiment
15th (Reserve) Battalion, London Regiment
16th (Reserve) Battalion, London Regiment
17th (Reserve) Battalion, London Regiment

Note

  1. ^ Absorbed into the other battalions of 4th Reserve Bde
  2. ^ Amalgamated with 9th Queen's to form 21st TR Battalion
  3. ^ Absorbed into 16th (Reserve) Battalion, Royal Fusiliers[18]
  4. ^ Absorbed into the other battalions of 5th Reserve Bde
  5. ^ Absorbed into the other battalions of 6th Reserve Bde[19][20]
  6. ^ Absorbed into the other battalions of 8th Reserve Bde
  7. ^ Absorbed into the other battalions of 10th Reserve Bde
  8. ^ Absorbed into the other battalions of 11th Reserve Bde
  9. ^ Absorbed into 3rd (Reserve) Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
  10. ^ Absorbed into the other battalions of 20th Reserve Bde
  11. ^ Absorbed into 15th (Reserve) Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment[21]

See also

References

  1. ^ Becke, Pt 3a, pp. 2, 8, 59, 108.
  2. ^ a b Becke, Pt 2b, p. 6.
  3. ^ Middlebrook, Somme, pp. 9–11, 260, 270.
  4. ^ "The Pals Battalions in World War One". BBC History. Retrieved 6 June 2009.
  5. ^ a b Tucker & Roberts (2005), p. 504.
  6. ^ Chandler, (2001) p. 11.
  7. ^ Strachan, Hew Professor. "Britain and World War One, 1901–1918". BBC History. Archived from the original on 4 December 2008. Retrieved 13 May 2009.
  8. ^ Simkin, John. "Pacifism". Spartacus Educational. Archived from the original on 22 April 1999. Retrieved 15 May 2009.
  9. ^ a b c War Office Instruction 96 of 10 April 1915.
  10. ^ a b Becke, Pt 3b, Appendices 1 & 2.
  11. ^ a b James, Appendices II & III.
  12. ^ Army Council Instruction 1528 of 1916, Appendix 136.
  13. ^ a b Becke, Pt 2b, Appendix 2.
  14. ^ a b c d e Training Reserve at Long, Long Trail.
  15. ^ a b c d Army Council Instruction 1528 of 1916, Appendix 135.
  16. ^ Ward p. 331-2
  17. ^ James, p. 120.
  18. ^ Frederick, pp. 208, 287.
  19. ^ Frederick, p. 230.
  20. ^ James, p. 100.
  21. ^ Frederick, p. 182.
  22. ^ James, p. 56.
  23. ^ James, p. 117.

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External sources

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