Listed below are the Reserve Battalions
from the new armies both the Kitchener and Locally Raised units. The
Battalion they became when the Training Reserve was formed and which
Brigade they served in.
Reserve Battalion
TR Battalion
TR Brigade
16th Bn Durham Light Infantry
1st Bn
1st Bde
17th Bn Durham Light Infantry
2nd Bn
1st Bde
10th Bn North Staffordshire Regt
3rd Bn
1st Bde
11th Bn North Staffordshire Regt
4th Bn
1st Bde
10th Bn Leicestershire Regt
5th Bn
1st Bde
15th Bn Northumberland Fusiliers
Absorbed by the
other Battalions in the Brigade
Reserve Battalion
TR Battalion
TR Brigade
11th Bn Yorkshire Regt
Absorbed by the other Battalions in
the Brigade
13th Bn West Yorkshire Regt
6th Bn
2nd Bde
9th Bn East Yorkshire Regt
7th Bn
2nd Bde
11th Bn King’s Own Yorkshire light
Infantry
8th Bn
2nd Bde
11th Bn South Staffordshire Regt
9th Bn
2nd Bde
15th Bn Yorkshire Regt
10th Bn
2nd Bde
10th Bn South Staffordshire Regt
Absorbed by the other Battalions in
the Brigade
11th Bn York and Lancaster Regt
Absorbed by the
other Battalions in the Brigade
Reserve Battalion
TR Battalion
TR Brigade
9th Bn Lincolnshire Regt
11th Bn
3rd Bde
13th Bn Sherwood Foresters
12th Bn
3rd Bde
14th Bn Sherwood Foresters
13th Bn
3rd Bde
14th Bn Manchester Regt
14th Bn
3rd Bde
13th Bn Lancashire Fusiliers
15th Bn
3rd Bde
14th Bn West Yorkshire Regt
Absorbed by the other Battalions
in the Brigade
11th Bn Duke of Wellington’s Regt
Absorbed by the other Battalions
in the Brigade
Reserve Battalion
TR Battalion
TR Brigade
11th Bn Gloucestershire Regt
16th Bn
4th Bde
11th Bn Loyal North Lancashire Regt
17th Bn
4th Bde
15th Bn King’s Royal Rifle Corps
18th Bn
4th Bde
14th Bn Rifle Brigade
19th Bn
4th Bde
15th Bn Rifle Brigade
20th Bn
4th Bde
10th Bn Border Regt
Absorbed by the
other Battalions in the Brigade
14th Bn King’s Royal Rifle Corps
Absorbed by the
other Battalions in the Brigade
Reserve Battalion
TR Battalion
TR Brigade
9th Bn Queen's
Absorbed by the
other Battalions in the Brigade
11th Bn East Surrey Regt
21st Bn
5th Bde
16th Bn Royal Fusiliers
22nd Bn
5th Bde
10th Bn Royal Sussex Regt
23rd Bn
5th Bde
14th and 15th Bns Middlesex Regt
24th Bn
5th Bde
9th Bn Queen’s Own
Absorbed by the
other Battalions in the Brigade
Reserve Battalion
TR Battalion
TR Brigade
10th Bn Norfolk Regt
25th Bn
6th Bde
10th Bn Suffolk Regt
26th Bn
6th Bde
10th Bn Bedfordshire Regt
27th Bn
6th Bde
8th Bn Northamptonshire Regt
28th Bn
6th Bde
9th Bn Bedfordshire Regt
Absorbed by the
other Battalions in the Brigade
12th Bn Essex Regt
Absorbed by the
other Battalions in the Brigade
Reserve Battalion
TR Battalion
TR Brigade
9th Bn Buffs
29th Bn
7th Bde
10th Bn East Surrey Regt
30th Bn
7th Bde
14th Bn Royal Fusiliers
31st Bn
7th Bde
15th Bn Royal Fusiliers
32nd Bn
7th Bde
Reserve Battalion
TR Battalion
TR Brigade
12th
Bn Royal Warwickshire Regt
Absorbed by the
other Battalions in the Brigade
13th
Bn Royal Warwickshire Regt
33rd Bn
8th Bde
13th
Bn Hampshire Regt
34th Bn
8th Bde
7th
Bn Dorsetshire Regt
35th Bn
8th Bde
9th
Bn Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire L I
36th Bn
8th Bde
9th
Bn Royal Berkshire Regt
37th Bn
8th Bde
8th
Bn Wiltshire Regt
Absorbed by the
other Battalions in the Brigade
Reserve Battalion
TR Battalion
TR Brigade
11th
Bn Black Watch
38th Bn
9th Bde
10th
Bn Seaforth Highlanders
39th Bn
9th Bde
8th
Bn Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders
40th Bn
9th Bde
13th
Bn Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
41st Bn
9th Bde
11th
Bn Gordon Highlanders
42nd Bn
9th Bde
15th
Bn Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
Absorbed by the
other Battalions in the Brigade
Reserve Battalion
TR Battalion
TR Brigade
10th
Bn King’s Own
43rd Bn
10th Bde
11th
Bn Devonshire Regt
44th Bn
10th Bde
9th
Bn Somerset Light Infantry
45th Bn
10th Bde
12
and 13th Bn Worcestershire Regt
46th Bn
10th Bde
10th
Bn East Lancashire Regt
47th Bn
10th Bde
9th
Bn Duke of Cornwall’s L I
Absorbed by the
other Battalions in the Brigade
Reserve Battalion
TR Battalion
TR Brigade
9th
Bn King’s Shropshire Light Infantry
48th Bn
11th Bde
15th
Bn King’s
49th Bn
11th Bde
14th
Bn Cheshire Regt
50th Bn
11th Bde
10th
Bn South Lancashire Regt
51st Bn
11th Bde
16th Bn King's
Absorbed by the
other Battalions in the Brigade
Reserve Battalion
TR Battalion
TR Brigade
13th
Bn Highland Light Infantry
52nd Bn
12th Bde
9th
Bn King’s Own Scottish Borderers
53rd Bn
12th Bde
14th
Bn Royal Scots
54th Bn
12th Bde
9th
Bn Royal Scots Fusiliers
55th Bn
12th Bde
12th
Bn Cameronians
56th Bn
12th Bde
Reserve Battalion
TR Battalion
TR Brigade
9th
Bn South Wales Borderers
57th Bn
13th Bde
12th
Bn Welsh Regt
58th Bn
13th Bde
13th
Bn South Wales Borderers
59th Bn
13th Bde
20th
Bn Welsh Regt
60th Bn
13th Bde
21st
Bn Welsh Regt
61st Bn
13th Bde
Reserve Battalion
TR Battalion
TR Brigade
12th
Bn Royal Welsh Fusiliers
62nd Bn
14th Bde
18th
and 20th Bns Royal Welsh Fusiliers
63rd Bn
14th Bde
21st
and 22nd Bns Royal Welsh Fusiliers
64th Bn
14th Bde
14th
Bn South Wales Borderers
65th Bn
14th Bde
22nd
Bn Welsh Regt
66th Bn
14th Bde
Reserve Battalion
TR Battalion
TR Brigade
12th Bn Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
15th Bde
17th Bn Royal Irish Rifles
15th Bde
18th Bn Royal Irish Rifles
15th Bde
19th Bn Royal Irish Rifles
15th Bde
20th Bn Royal Irish Rifles
15th Bde
10th Bn Royal Irish Fusiliers
15th Bde
The Six Irish Battalions in the 15th Reserve Brigade did not
form part of the Training Reserve but continued to supply drafts
to the 36th (Ulster) Division.
4th (Reserve) Bn Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry. Apr 1918
- 11 Nov 1918.
I was unable to find out any information
on the 25th Brigade. I suspect that for some reason it was never
formed as the Battalion numbers follow in sequence from the 24th
Brigade to the 26th Brigade.