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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 ...
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 ...
A military service number of the Regular Army. Service numbers were used by the United States Army from 1918 until 1969. Prior to this time, the Army relied on muster rolls as a means of indexing enlisted service members while officers were usually listed on yearly rolls maintained by the United States War Department. In the nineteenth century ...
This is a list of American Civil War units, consisting of those established as federally organized units as well as units raised by individual states and territories. Many states had soldiers and units fighting for both the United States ( Union Army ) and the Confederate States ( Confederate States Army ).
Royal Military Police (RMP) [33] Military Provost Staff (MPS) [34] Military Provost Guard Service (MPGS) [35] Royal Corps of Army Music - 14 + 20 bands [36] Royal Army Chaplains' Department - approx. 150 [37] Small Arms School Corps [38] Royal Army Physical Training Corps [39] General Service Corps; Royal Army Medical Service - 9 + 15 units [40]
This is a list of British Army cavalry and infantry regiments that were created by Childers Reforms in 1881, a continuation of the Cardwell Reforms. It also indicates the cavalry amalgamations that would take place forty years later as part of the Government cuts of the early 1920s .
1st Battalion Essex Regiment: 44 and 56 Columns 2nd Battalion Duke of Wellington's Regiment (West Riding): 33 and 76 Columns 4th Battalion Border Regiment: 34 and 55 Columns 60th (North Midland) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery: 60 and 68 Columns (fighting as infantry) 12th Field Company Royal Engineers & Medical Detachment: Support