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When the 34th (Cumberland) Regiment of Foot amalgamated with the 55th (Westmorland) Regiment of Foot, to become The Border Regiment in 1881 under the Cardwell-Childers reforms of the British Armed Forces, four pre-existent militia and volunteer battalions of Cumberland and Westmorland were integrated into the structure of the regiment.
The Border Regiment was a line infantry regiment of the British Army, which was formed in 1881 under the Childers Reforms by the amalgamation of the 34th (Cumberland) Regiment of Foot and the 55th (Westmorland) Regiment of Foot. After service in the Second Boer War, followed by both World War I and World War II, the regiment was amalgamated ...
Border Regiment. 34th (Cumberland) Regiment of Foot; 55th (Westmorland) Regiment of Foot; Royal Sussex Regiment. 35th (Royal Sussex) Regiment of Foot; 107th Regiment of Foot (Bengal Light Infantry) Hampshire Regiment - gained Royal title in 1946 for World War II service 37th (North Hampshire) Regiment of Foot; 67th (South Hampshire) Regiment of ...
This is a list of British Regular Army regiments after the Army restructuring caused by the 1957 Defence White Paper.The paper set out the reduction in size of the Army to 165,000 following the end of National Service and the change to an entirely voluntary army; units were to be disbanded or amalgamated over two phases, to be completed in 1959 and 1962.
Service Arm of Service (Army only) Unit Royal Navy: Beach Commando Unit Q 7th Beach Signal Section Army: Infantry: 6th Battalion Border Regiment: Royal Artillery: Anti-Aircraft Detachments R.A.M.C. 25th, 31st Field Dressing Stations 30th, 41st, 42nd Field Sanitary Units 24th, 30th Field Transfusion Units R.A.O.C. 12th Ordnance Beach Depot ...
The first U.S. military member to hold a service number was Arthur Crean. The following formats were used to denote U.S. military service numbers: 12-345-678: United States Army enlisted service numbers and United States Air Force enlisted service numbers; 123-45-67: United States Navy enlisted service numbers
15th (Service) Battalion – formed in June 1918 at North Walsham; in July absorbed the cadre of the 10th Cheshires [33] 51st (Graduated) Battalion, South Wales Borderers – formed from a training unit (originally 12th (Reserve) Battalion, Welsh Regiment) 1917; became a service battalion 1919
The following are the original service numbers which were first issued to United States military personnel: [2] R-1: Arthur Crean – First service number of the United States armed forces; O-1: John J. Pershing – First officer service number of the United States Army; 100 00 01: Clayton Aab — First enlisted service number of the United ...