Recruitment, Conscription & Home Units

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1. Having a lovely time in Blackpool. (2nd and 3rd Line battalions on the Lancashire Riviera 1916-1916). 1 2 3

   By high wood, 10 August , 2021
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   • ilkley remembers
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2. 3rd cavalry reserve ww1

   By jonathan g, 25 November
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   • HERITAGE PLUS
   • Saturday at 23:53

3. Internment of enemy aliens - how were they identified etc?

   By RogerWill, 6 March
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   • Martin Lepley
   • 7 November

4. Volunteer Training Corps Uniform?

   By johndavidswarbrick, 18 July , 2022
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   • Ken Lees
   • 29 October

5. From enlistment to the front

   By Dirty Harry, 13 October
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   • Dirty Harry
   • 14 October

6. Special Reserve: recruitment 1 2

   By Muerrisch, 16 March , 2008
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   • Keith_history_buff
   • 1 October

7. "The Guides" during the Great War 1914-18. Anyone know what they did?

   By Old Owl, 13 September
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   • Old Owl
   • 25 September

8. Service numbers RNVR & recruitment

   By MJS, 15 September
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   • MJS
   • 15 September

9. Military Service Act - exemption of theological students

   By David Seymour, 30 August
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   • David Seymour
   • 30 August

10. Sequence of events once you attended a recrtuitment office? 1 2

    By kerry, 3 July
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    • Matlock1418
    • 8 July

11. How did men enlist in the British Army before 1916?

    By Jack Welsh, 18 November , 2021
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    • John(txic)
    • 3 July

12. Posting to unit

    By akduerden, 16 April , 2015
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    • Moonraker
    • 17 June

13. Enlisting in Liverpool in 1915

    By Sally Enzer, 26 June , 2013
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    • Gingerfreak
    • 30 May

14. Conscription and Guernsey

    By Chris_Baker, 27 August , 2009
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    • Chris_Baker
    • 8 March

15. Rothbury Northumberland

    By Chris Davies 1, 6 March
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    • kenf48
    • 6 March

16. 5th Kings Royal Rifle Corps 1 2

    By IPUN, 13 May , 2020   

    • kings royal rifle corps
    • 5th krrc
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      • hunts militia
      • huntingdon
      • peterborough
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    • charlie962
    • 6 March

17. 6th Provisional Brigade GOC

    By owen4256, 30 January
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    • owen4256
    • 30 January

18. War Department Constabulary

    By fremlin, 25 January , 2022
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    • Toontraveller
    • 25 January

19. Derby scheme

    By clivegilbert, 17 January
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    • clivegilbert
    • 17 January

20. Scottish Command Orders

    By nhclark, 28 November , 2022
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    • nhclark
    • 2 December , 2022

21. Exchanging identities at enlistment - reason why?

    By clive_hughes, 6 October , 2022
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    • nhclark
    • 28 November , 2022

22. Service number configuration help

    By busterwood, 4 November , 2022
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    • nhclark
    • 28 November , 2022

23. Cadets Record Book, No 12 Officer Cadet Battalion, late 1918

    By Charles Fair, 18 March , 2020   

    • officers
    • cadet schools
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      • cadet schools
      • cadet battalions
      • officer cadet battalions
      • ocb
      • training
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    • Michelle Young
    • 28 November , 2022

24. The Enlistment of Pte Percy Dogget. 13622 Bedfordshire Regiment

    By Raster Scanning, 4 October , 2022
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    • steve fuller
    • 24 October , 2022

25. What happened to sacked officers?

    By Moonraker, 18 August , 2005
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    • A Lancashire Fusilier by Proxy
    • 1 October , 2022