Regulars

[TwoBob]

You could still enlist in the Army between 1914-18 as a 7 year regular?

How many men took this course?

I suppose you were assigned to a former 1914 regular battalion as well?

This would also suggest that a formation like the Guards Division never contained New Army or conscripted men?

Thanks,

Bob

[Muerrisch]

Yes.

Don't know, the figures might be buried in the compendious 'Military Statistics .... ', my informed guess is not very many: there were no obvious advantages, not even pay, because New Army and conscripts were both defined as Regular service but on a short-term contract.

Probably: I know of examples in my lot, RWF

Probably had to take them as the war progressed: again, little advantage in going for 7 & 5 once the war began.

[Paul Reed]

There are also examples in the Royal Sussex Regiment of men enlisting in the regular army (denoted with an L prefix on their number in this regiment) up to almost the end of 1914. It was then seemingly reused again from 1917/18 for men who elected to enlist in the regular army to stay on when the war was over. Impossible to say how many, but I have encountered it quite a few times over the years.