British Army First World War reserve brigades

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|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>

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=usurped|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== Before the war 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>

==List of brigades== ===Reserve Brigades=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Reserve brigade<ref name = WOI96/><ref name = BeckeApp/> !! Training camp September 1916<ref name = ACI135/><ref>James, p. 120.</ref> !! Original battalions<ref name = WOI96/><ref name=reserve/> !! TR battalion number September 1916<ref name = ACI135/> |- | align=center bgcolor=#bbddbb rowspan=5| {{anchor|1}}1st Reserve Brigade (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 |- | [[10th (Reserve) Battalion, North Staffordshire Regiment]] || 3rd |- | [[11th (Reserve) Battalion, North Staffordshire Regiment]] || 4th |- | [[10th (Reserve) Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment]] || 5th |- |align=center bgcolor=#ddbbbb rowspan=5| {{anchor|2}}2nd Reserve Brigade (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 |- | 11th (Reserve) Battalion, [[King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry]] || 8th |- | [[11th (Reserve) Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment]] || 9th |- | 15th (Reserve) Battalion, [[Green Howards]] || 10th |- | align=center bgcolor=#bbddbb rowspan=5| {{anchor|3}}3rd Reserve Brigade (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 |- | [[14th (Reserve) Battalion, Sherwood Foresters]] || 13th |- | [[14th (Reserve) Battalion, Manchester Regiment]] || 14th |- | [[13th (Reserve) Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers]] || 15th |- |align=center bgcolor=#ddbbbb rowspan=6| {{anchor|4}}4th Reserve Brigade (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 |- | [[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 |- | 15th (Reserve) Battalion, Rifle Brigade || 20th |- | align=center rowspan=7 bgcolor=#bbddbb| {{anchor|5}}5th Reserve Brigade (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]] || {{efn|Amalgamated with 9th Queen's to form 21st TR Battalion}} |- | [[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 |- | [[14th (Reserve) Battalion, Middlesex Regiment]] || 24th |- | [[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 (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 |- | [[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 |- | align=center rowspan=4 bgcolor=#bbddbb| {{anchor|7}}7th Reserve Brigade (former 95th Brigade) || rowspan=4| [[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 |- |align=center rowspan=7 bgcolor=#ddbbbb| {{anchor|8}}8th Reserve Brigade (former 96th Brigade) || rowspan=7| [[Wool, Dorset|Wool]]|| [[12th (Reserve) Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment]] || {{efn|Absorbed into the other battalions of 8th Reserve Bde}} |- | [[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]] || {{efn|Absorbed into the other battalions of 8th Reserve Bde}} |- | rowspan=5 align=center bgcolor=#bbddbb| {{anchor|9}}9th Reserve Brigade (former 97th Brigade) || rowspan=5| [[Dunfermline]] || 11th (Reserve) Battalion, [[Black Watch]] || 38th |- | [[10th (Reserve) Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders]] || 39th |- | 8th (Reserve) Battalion, [[Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders|Cameron Highlanders]] || 40th |-] | 13th (Reserve) Battalion, [[Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders]] || 41st |- | 11th (Reserve) Battalion, [[Gordon Highlanders]] || 42nd |- |align=center rowspan=6 bgcolor=#ddbbbb| {{anchor|10}}10th Reserve Brigade (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 |- | [[9th (Reserve) Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry]] || 45th |- | [[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 |- | rowspan=5 align=center bgcolor=#bbddbb| {{anchor|11}}11th Reserve Brigade (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 |- | [[16th (Reserve) Battalion, King's (Liverpool Regiment)]] || {{efn|Absorbed into the other battalions of 11th Reserve Bde}} |- | 14th (Reserve) Battalion, [[Cheshire Regiment]] || 50th |- | [[10th (Reserve) Battalion, South Lancashire Regiment]] || 51st |- |align=center rowspan=5 bgcolor=#ddbbbb| {{anchor|12}}12th Reserve Brigade (former 100th Brigade) || rowspan=5| [[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 |- | align=center rowspan=5 bgcolor=#bbddbb| {{anchor|13}}13th Reserve Brigade (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 |- | [[13th (Reserve) Battalion, South Wales Borderers]] || 59th |- | 20th (Reserve) Battalion (3rd Rhondda), Welsh Regiment || 60th |- | [[21st (Reserve) Battalion, Welsh Regiment]] || 61st |- |align=center rowspan=5 bgcolor=#ddbbbb| {{anchor|14}}14th Reserve Brigade (former [[102nd (Tyneside Scottish) Brigade#Original 102nd Brigade|102nd Brigade]]) || rowspan=5| Kinmel Park || 12th (Reserve) Battalion, [[Royal Welsh Fusiliers]] || 62nd |- | [[18th (Reserve) Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers (2nd London Welsh)|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 |- | align=center rowspan=8 bgcolor=#bbddbb| {{anchor|15}}15th (Ulster) Reserve Brigade (former 103rd Brigade) || rowspan=8| Ireland || 3rd (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]] || – |- | 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 || – |- |align=center rowspan=5 bgcolor=#ddbbbb| {{anchor|16}}16th Reserve Brigade (former 104th Brigade) || rowspan=5| [[Altcar Training Camp|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 |- | align=center rowspan=5 bgcolor=#bbddbb| {{anchor|17}}17th Reserve Brigade (former 105th Brigade) || rowspan=5| 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 |- |align=center rowspan=3 bgcolor=#ddbbbb| {{anchor|18}}18th Reserve Brigade (former 106th Brigade) || rowspan=3| [[Dundee]] || 18th (Reserve) Battalion, [[Royal Scots]] || 77th |- | 19th (Reserve) Battalion, [[Highland Light Infantry]] || 78th |- | 20th (Reserve) Battalion, Highland Light Infantry || 79th |- | align=center rowspan=5 bgcolor=#bbddbb| {{anchor|19}}19th Reserve Brigade || rowspan=5| [[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 |- | [[19th (Reserve) Battalion, Sherwood Foresters]] || {{efn|Absorbed into the other battalions of 19th Reserve Bde}} |- |align=center rowspan=5 bgcolor=#ddbbbb| {{anchor|20}}20th Reserve Brigade (1st Training Brigade, 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 |- | 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]] || {{efn|Absorbed into the other battalions of 20th Reserve Bde}} |- |align=center rowspan=6 bgcolor=#bbddbb| {{anchor|21}}21st Reserve Brigade || rowspan=6| [[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, East Yorkshire Regiment]] || {{efn|Absorbed into 15th (Reserve) Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment<ref>Frederick, p. 182.</ref>}} |- | [[15th (Reserve) Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment]] || 91st |- | [[24th (Reserve) Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps]] || {{efn|Absorbed into the other battalions of 21st Reserve Bde}} |- |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 |- | 16th (Reserve) Battalion, [[Gloucestershire Regiment]] || 94th |- | 11th (Reserve) Battalion, [[Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry]] || 95th |- | 16th (Reserve) Battalion, [[Hampshire Regiment]] (Portsmouth)|| 96th |- | align=center rowspan=6 bgcolor=#bbddbb| {{anchor|23}}23rd Reserve Brigade || rowspan=6| [[Northampton]], to [[Aldershot Garrison|Aldershot]] May 1916<ref>James, pp. 44, 94.</ref> || [[12th (Reserve) Battalion, Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)]] || 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 |- |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 |- | [[29th (Reserve) Battalion, Royal Fusiliers]] || 105th |- | [[30th (Reserve) Battalion, Royal Fusiliers]]|| 106th |- | [[31st (Reserve) Battalion, Royal Fusiliers]] || 107th |- |align=center rowspan=4 bgcolor=#bbddbb| {{anchor|25}}25th (Irish) Reserve Brigade<ref>Whitton, pp. 176–7.</ref> || rowspan=4| [[Curragh Camp]], to [[Royal School of Artillery|Larkhill]] April 1918<ref>James, pp. 106–10.</ref> || 5th (Extra Reserve) Battalion, [[Royal Irish Rifles]] || – |- | [[5th (Extra Reserve) Battalion, Prince of Wales's Leinster Regiment (Royal Canadians) |5th (Extra Reserve) Battalion, Leinster Regiment]] || – |- | 5th (Extra Reserve) Battalion, [[Royal Dublin Fusiliers]] || – |- | 5th (Extra Reserve) Battalion, [[Royal Munster Fusiliers]]|| – |- | align=center rowspan=6 bgcolor=#ddbbbb| {{anchor|26}}26th Reserve Brigade || rowspan=6| [[Banbury]], to [[Wimbledon, London|Wimbledon]] by June 1916<ref>James, pp. 95, 111.</ref> || [[13th (Reserve) Battalion, Suffolk Regiment (Cambridgeshire)]] || 108th |- | [[14th (Reserve) Battalion, East Surrey Regiment]] || {{efn|Absorbed into the other battalions of 26th Reserve Bde<ref>James, p. 75.</ref>}} |- | 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 |- |align=center rowspan=4 bgcolor=#bbddbb| {{anchor|28}}28th Reserve Brigade (Formed early 1918, became 2nd Training Brigade, MGC)<ref name=reserve/> || rowspan=4| || "E" Battalion, [[Machine Gun Corps|MGC]] || 113th |- | "F" Battalion, MGC || 114th |- | "G" Battalion, MGC || 115th |- | "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]] (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 (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'' |}

==Note== {{notelist}}

==See also== *[[British Army during World War I]] *[[British infantry brigades of the First World War]]

==References== {{reflist|3}}

==Bibliography== {{refbegin|24em}} * ''Army Council Instructions Issued During August 1916'', London: HM Stationery Office. * Maj A.F. Becke,''History of the Great War: Order of Battle of Divisions, Part 2a: The Territorial Force Mounted Divisions and the 1st-Line Territorial Force Divisions (42–56)'', London: HM Stationery Office, 1935/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, 2007, ISBN 1-847347-39-8. * 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. * Maj A.F. Becke,''History of the Great War: Order of Battle of Divisions, Part 3b: New Army Divisions (30–41) and 63rd (R.N.) Division'', London: HM Stationery Office, 1939/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, 2007, ISBN 1-847347-41-X. * Malcolm Chandler, ''The Home Front, 1914–18'', London: Heinemann, 2001, {{ISBN|0-435-32729-1}}. * J.B.M. Frederick, ''Lineage Book of British Land Forces 1660–1978'', Vol I, Wakefield: Microform Academic, 1984, ISBN 1-85117-007-3. * Brig E.A. James, ''British Regiments 1914–18'', London: Samson Books, 1978, ISBN 0-906304-03-2/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, 2001, ISBN 978-1-84342-197-9. * [[Martin Middlebrook]], ''The First Day on the Somme, 1 July 1916'', London: Allen Lane 1971/Fontana, 1975, ISBN 0-00-633626-4. * Spencer Tucker & Priscilla Mary Roberts, ''World War I: encyclopedia'', ABC-CLIO, 2005, {{ISBN|1-85109-420-2}}. * S.G.P. Ward, ''Faithful: The Story of the Durham Light Infantry'', 1962; Naval and Military Press reprint, {{ISBN|9781845741471}} * ''Instructions Issued by the War Office During April 1915'', London: HM Stationery Office. * Lt-Col Frederick Ernest Whitton, ''The History of the Prince of Wales's Leinster Regiment (Royal Canadians)'', Part II: ''The Great War and the Disbandment of the Regiment'', Aldershot: Gale & Polden, ''ca'' 1922.

===External sources=== * [http://www.longlongtrail.co.uk Chris Baker, ''The Long, Long Trail''] {{refend}} [[Category:British Army recruitment]] [[Category:Brigades of the British Army in World War I| ]] [[Category:Training Reserve]]