Recruitment, Conscription & Home Units

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1. 45th Training Battalion - could have previously served overseas?

   By Will86, Monday at 11:52
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   • RussT
   • 1 hour ago

2. The mechanisms for conscription 1916

   By Johnd, Monday at 19:41
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   • Johnd
   • 2 hours ago

3. Conscription and Guernsey

   By Chris_Baker, 27 August , 2009
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   • 1RGLI
   • 11 April

4. Special Reserve: recruitment 1 2 3 4

   By Muerrisch, 16 March , 2008
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   • Keith_history_buff
   • 31 March

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

   By Jack Welsh, 18 November , 2021
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   • Keith_history_buff
   • 25 March

6. Slang for Basic Training

   By faulkneralder, 24 March
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   • Michelle Young
   • 24 March

7. Length of Training Period for New Volunteer in 1914

   By petermuir, 21 March
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   • Interested
   • 21 March

8. Volunteer Training Corps Uniform?

   By johndavidswarbrick, 18 July , 2022
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   • PaulC78
   • 21 March

9. Form SD 622 - Confidential Reports on cadets in Officer Cadet Battalions (OCBs) 1 2 3 4 6

   By Charles Fair, 7 December , 2019   

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   • Charles Fair
   • 4 March

10. Exam papers for Infantry Officer Cadet Battalions, 1916-1918

    By Charles Fair, 2 March   

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    • Charles Fair
    • 3 March

11. School cadet battallion 1913 Kings Liverpool Regiment

    By soonguy, 2 March
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    • soonguy
    • 2 March

12. Chelsea School of Instruction

    By Waddell, 4 April , 2015
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    • FROGSMILE
    • 21 February

13. 2nd Bn Royal Dublin Fusiliers after 1922

    By MotherMave, 29 December , 2023
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    • MotherMave
    • 29 December , 2023

14. 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
    • 2 December , 2023

15. 3rd cavalry reserve ww1

    By jonathan g, 25 November , 2023
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    • HERITAGE PLUS
    • 25 November , 2023

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

    By RogerWill, 6 March , 2023
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    • Martin Lepley
    • 7 November , 2023

17. From enlistment to the front

    By Dirty Harry, 13 October , 2023
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    • Dirty Harry
    • 14 October , 2023

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

    By Old Owl, 13 September , 2023
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    • Old Owl
    • 25 September , 2023

19. Service numbers RNVR & recruitment

    By MJS, 15 September , 2023
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    • MJS
    • 15 September , 2023

20. Military Service Act - exemption of theological students

    By David Seymour, 30 August , 2023
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    • David Seymour
    • 30 August , 2023

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

    By kerry, 3 July , 2023
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    • Matlock1418
    • 8 July , 2023

22. Posting to unit

    By akduerden, 16 April , 2015
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    • Moonraker
    • 17 June , 2023

23. Enlisting in Liverpool in 1915

    By Sally Enzer, 26 June , 2013
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    • Gingerfreak
    • 30 May , 2023

24. Rothbury Northumberland

    By Chris Davies 1, 6 March , 2023
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    • kenf48
    • 6 March , 2023

25. 5th Kings Royal Rifle Corps 1 2

    By IPUN, 13 May , 2020   

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    • charlie962
    • 6 March , 2023