Unit / Ship / Establishment:


18th (London) Battalion The Rifle Brigade

  Detail :

  18th (London); 19th (Western), 20th (Northern), 21st (Midland), 22nd (Wessex & Welsh), 23rd (North Western) and 24th (Home Counties) Battalions Formed in accordance with an Army Council Instruction on 29 November 1915. The Bns were made up of supernumary TF Companies, formed from National Reservists who were used for guarding vulnerable points in Great Britain. The Bns were posted for Garrison duty overseas in 1916. The 18th, 23rd and 24th went to India; 19th and 20th to Egypt. The 21st went to India via Egypt, and the 22nd Salonika via Egypt. The latter was attached to the 228th Brigade in 28th Division.

  Notes:

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 Rank Initials Surname Died Lodge
 Lt. R. GRIST  15-05-1918 Capital and Counties No.2809
Carrington No.2421

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