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The 2nd Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment, a Regular Army unit, had been serving in England since 1931 [56] and, upon the outbreak of the Second World War, was serving alongside the 2nd Battalion, Dorset Regiment and the 1st Battalion, Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders in the 5th Infantry Brigade, part of the 2nd Infantry Division.
They consisted of men volunteering for Kitchener's New Armies and the battalions became, respectively, the 14th, 15th and 16th (Service) battalions of the Royal Warwickshire Regiment. A further battalion, 17th, was formed in June 1915 as a reserve battalion, and was reorganised in the Training Reserve in September 1916 as 92nd Training Reserve ...
1st Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment: 1st Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry: 1st Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment 2nd Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders: 1st Battalion, East Lancashires: 2nd Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers 1st Battalion, Royal Irish Fusiliers: 1st Battalion, Hampshire Regiment: 2nd Battalion, Essex Regiment
He was commissioned into the Royal Warwickshire Regiment in 1886. Elkington served with the West African Frontier Force, with British forces in the Second Boer War and in India. In 1914 he was promoted to lieutenant colonel and given command of his regiment's 1st battalion.
When AA Command was disbanded in 1955, there was a reduction in the number of AA units in the TA. 580 LAA Rgt was amalgamated with 469 (The Royal Warwickshire Regiment) HAA Rgt, 594 (Warwickshire) LAA Regiment and 672 (Worcestershire) HAA Regiment to form 442 LAA Regiment, Royal Artillery. (469 Rgt was the former 6th Battalion, Royal Warwicks ...
On graduation in September 1908 he was commissioned into the 1st Battalion the Royal Warwickshire Regiment as a second lieutenant, [25] and first saw overseas service later that year in India. [24] He was promoted to lieutenant in 1910, [26] and in 1912 became adjutant of the 1st Battalion of his regiment at Shorncliffe Army Camp. [24]
Educated at Fettes College in Edinburgh and at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, Whigham was commissioned into the 1st Battalion of the Royal Warwickshire Regiment as a lieutenant on 9 May 1885, where the future field marshal, William Birdwood, was a fellow student.
6th (1st Warwickshire) Regiment of Foot 1782–1832 6th (Royal 1st Warwickshire) Regiment of Foot 1832–1881 [29] [30] 1685 Raised 12 December 1673, in Ireland for Dutch service. Came onto the English establishment temporarily in 1685 and permanently in 1688. [30] 1881: The Royal Warwickshire Regiment: 7: 7th (Royal Fusiliers) Regiment of Foot ...