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regiment and soldier allocation


charger

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How was a soldier allocated to a regiment. I can understand the PALS but as casualties grew did they allocate 100 men to this unit because they where 100 short. Did men for Yorkshire always join a Yorkshire regiment.

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Steve

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(Very) roughly...volunteers had some choice over their unit (unless no choice was stated, then they went to whichever unit needed them), but conscripts tended to be allocated to whoever needed them.

Therefore, no, a Yorkshireman wasn't necessarily found in a Yorkshire Regiment.

Dave.

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