Sentence examples for service battalion from inspiring English sources

In December 1914 the 17th Service Battalion of the Middlesex Regiment was formed, commonly known as the Footballers' Battalion because it featured many players who abandoned their careers to fight.

The Football Battalion was the 17th Service Battalion of the Middlesex Regiment.

The battalion, also known as the 17th Service Battalion of the Middlesex Regiment, was formed at Fulham Town Hall on 12 December 1914 and was later involved in the Battle of the Somme among others.

8th (Service) Battalion – formed in 1914.

Served in France 1915 1918; 9th (Service) Battalion (Pioneers) – formed as a service battalion in 1914.

Served in France 1915 1918; 10th (Reserve) Battalion – formed as a service battalion in 1914.

In periods of long service, battalions were generally operating under strength.

On 4 August 1914, Watts Morgan enlisted as a private in the 10th Battalion (1st Rhondda) of the Welsh Regiment, one of the service battalions formed as part of Kitchener's Army.

The North Staffordshire Regiment was heavily committed to the fighting during the First World War, and over the course of the conflict, was expanded to 18 battalions, some by duplication of the Territorial Force battalions and others, labelled "service" battalions raised as part of Field Marshal Kitchener's New Army.

These components included two infantry battalions, one armor battalion, one field artillery battalion, a combat engineer battalion and a support services battalion.

In 1960, following the introduction of the Pentropic organisation and the suspension of national service, this battalion was subsumed into the newly formed Royal Western Australia Regiment, providing three company-sized elements to the regiment's 1st Battalion (1 RWAR).