TRAINING RESERVE BATTALIONS

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.

 

Reserve Battalion	TR Battalion	TR Brigade
21st Bn King’s	67th Bn	16th Bde
22nd Bn King’s	68th Bn	16th Bde
25th Bn Manchester Regt	69th Bn	16th Bde
26th Bn Manchester Regt	70th Bn	16th Bde
27th Bn Manchester Regt	71st Bn	16th Bde
13th Bn South Lancashire Regt	Absorbed by the other Battalions in the Brigade

 

Reserve Battalion	TR Battalion	TR Brigade
21st Bn Lancashire Fusiliers	72nd Bn	17th Bde
22nd Bn Lancashire Fusiliers	73rd Bn	17th Bde
17th Bn Cheshire Regt	74th Bn	17th Bde
12th Bn East Lancashire Regt and 12th Bn Border Regt	75th Bn	17th Bde
12th Bn King’s Own	76th Bn	17th Bde

 

Reserve Battalion	TR Battalion	TR Brigade
18th Bn Royal Scots	77th Bn	18th Bde
19th Bn Highland Light Infantry	78th Bn	18th Bde
20th Bn Highland Light Infantry	79th Bn	18th Bde

 

Reserve Battalion	TR Battalion	TR Brigade
28th Bn Northumberland Fusiliers	Absorbed by the other Battalions in the Brigade
32nd Bn Northumberland Fusiliers	80th Bn	19th Bde
14th Bn Yorkshire Regt	81st Bn	19th Bde
11th Bn Lincolnshire Regt	82nd Bn	19th Bde
12th Bn Leicestershire Regt	83rd Bn	19th Bde
13th Bn King’s Own Yorkshire L I	Absorbed by the other Battalions in the Brigade
19th Bn Sherwood Foresters	Absorbed by the other Battalions in the Brigade

 

Reserve Battalion	TR Battalion	TR Brigade
29th Bn Northumberland Fusiliers	84th Bn	20th Bde
30th Bn Northumberland Fusiliers	85th Bn	20th Bde
31st Bn Northumberland Fusiliers	86th Bn	20th Bde
21st Bn Durham Light Infantry	87th Bn	20th Bde
33rd Bn Northumberland Fusiliers	Absorbed by the other Battalions in the Brigade
34th Bn Northumberland Fusiliers	Absorbed by the other Battalions in the Brigade
23rd Bn Durham Light Infantry	Absorbed by the other Battalions in the Brigade

 

Reserve Battalion	TR Battalion	TR Brigade
19th Bn West Yorkshire Regt	88th Bn	21st Bde
20th Bn West Yorkshire Regt	89th Bn	21st Bde
14th Bn East Yorkshire Regt	90th Bn	21st Bde
15th Bn East Yorkshire Regt and 15th Bn York and Lancaster Regt	91st Bn	21st Bde
24th Bn King’s Royal Rifle Corps	Absorbed by the other Battalions in the Brigade

 

Reserve Battalion	TR Battalion	TR Brigade
17th Bn Royal Warwickshire Regt	92nd Bn	22nd Bde
15th Bn Gloucestershire Regt	93rd Bn	22nd Bde
16th Bn Gloucestershire Regt	94th Bn	22nd Bde
11th Bn Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry	95th Bn	22nd Bde
16th Bn Hampshire Regt	96th Bn	22nd Bde

 

Reserve Battalion	TR Battalion	TR Brigade
12th Bn Queen’s	97th Bn	23rd Bde
14th Bn Essex Regt	98th Bn	23rd Bde
12th Bn Queen’s Own	99th Bn	23rd Bde
24th Bn Middlesex Regt	100th Bn	23rd Bde
25th Bn Middlesex Regt	01 Sep 1916. Became the 25th Garrison Bn in the 213th Brigade, 71st Division.
27th Bn Middlesex Regt	101st Bn	23rd Bde
28th Bn Middlesex Regt	102nd Bn	23rd Bde
14th Bn Royal Sussex Regt	Absorbed by the other Battalions in the Brigade

 

Reserve Battalion	TR Battalion	TR Brigade
27th Bn Royal Fusiliers	103rd Bn	24th Bde
28th Bn Royal Fusiliers	104th Bn	24th Bde
29th Bn Royal Fusiliers	105th Bn	24th Bde
30th Bn Royal Fusiliers	106th Bn	24th Bde
31st Bn Royal Fusiliers	107th Bn	24th Bde

 

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.

 

Reserve Battalion	TR Battalion	TR Brigade
13th Bn Suffolk Regt	108th Bn	26th Bde
19th Bn King’s Royal Rifle Corps	109th Bn	26th Bde
22nd Bn King’s Royal Rifle Corps	110th Bn	26th Bde
23rd Bn King’s Royal Rifle Corps	111th Bn	26th Bde
17th Bn Rifle Brigade	112th Bn	26th Bde
14th Bn East Surrey Regt	Absorbed by the other Battalions in the Brigade