Training Units in England
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Brief History
1st Training Battalion Existed in Egypt before later being reformed at Perham Down on 8 Aug 1916, moved to Durrington on 30 Jul 1917 and then to Sutton Veny on 10 Oct 1917.
Egypt
- William Edward Butcher MM RMG MID 27 Nov - 10 Dec 1917
England
- Pierre Wolfe Daimpre 10 Nov 1917 - 26 Jul 1918
2nd Training Battalion Formed at Perham Down on 8 Aug 1916, moved to Durrington on 30 Jul 1917 and then to Sutton Veny on 10 Oct 1917 before being disbanded 25 Apr 1918.
- Joseph George Benton Jnr 28 Dec 1917 - 25 Apr 1918
- Ernest Camp 27 Dec 1917 - 30 Mar 1918
3rd Training Battalion Egypt and then reformed at Perham Down on 8 Aug 1916, moved to Durrington 30 Jul 1917 and then to Sutton Veny, 10 October 1917 before being disbanded 8 Nov 1917.
Egypt
- † Charles Maul Glover 15 Dec 1915 - 18 Apr 1916
- † Thomas William Dowell 26 Apr - 7 Jun 1916
England
- John Flynn 17 Feb - 10 Mar 1917
4th Training Battalion Formed at Rollestone on 8 Aug 1916, moved to Codford 2 Oct 1916 before being disbanded 4 Nov 1917.
5th Training Battalion Formed Rollestone 8 Aug 1916, moved to Codford 18 Apr 1917 and then to Fovant 11 Oct 1917.
- Wilfred (George) Nettleton 5 Apr - 3 Dec 1918
- George Emanuel Harber 16 May - 5 Feb 1919
6th Training Battalion Formed Rollestone 8 Aug 1916, moved to Codford 18 Apr 1917 and then to Fovant 11 Oct 1917, before being disbanded 23 Apr 1918.
7th Training Battalion Egypt and then reformed at Rollestone 8 Aug 1916, moved to Codford 18 Apr 1917 and then to Fovant 11 Oct 1917, before being disbanded 8 Nov 1917.
Egypt
- Edward Patrick Barker 10 Feb - 3 Mar 1916
- George Edward Binns 10 Feb - 3 Mar 1916
- Thomas Bird 11 - 30 Apr 1916
England
- Aleck (Alex) Charles Gale 10 Sep 1916 - 19 Apr 1917
- Leonard Alfred Sawtell 28 Mar 1917 - 16 Jun 1918
- Henry (Harry) Butcher 17 Feb 1917 - 10 May 1917
- Samuel Vivian Mortimer 27 Nov 1915 - 27 Feb 1916
- Victor Norman Chandler MM 27 Nov 1915 - 2 Mar 1916
8th Training Battalion Formed at Larkhill on 5 Aug 1916, moved to Codford on 2 Oct 1916, and hen to Fovant 16 Nov 1916 before being disbanded on 5 Nov 1917.
9th Training Battalion Formed at Hamilton on 31 Aug 1916, moved to Codford on 2 Oct 1916, and then to Larkhill 15 Dec 1916 and Durrington on 30 Jul 1917 before being disbanded on 12 Oct 1917.
10th Training Battalion Formed at Hamilton on 31 Aug 1916, moved to Codford 2 Oct 1916, and then to Larkhill 15 Dec 1916, Durrington on 30 Jul 1917 and Fovant on 12 Oct 1917 before being disbanded on 31 Mar 1918
11th Training Battalion Formed at Hamilton on 31 Aug 1916, moved to Codford 2 Oct 1916, and then to Larkhill 15 Dec 1916, Durrington on 30 Jul 1917 and Fovant 12 Oct 1917 before being disbanded on 8 Nov 1917.
- Eric Horace Bell 3 Mar - 10 Jun 1917
- Charles Frederick George Judd 26 Sep 1916 - 26 Dec 1916
12th Training Battalion Formed at Rollestone on 8 Aug 1916, moved to Codford 2 Oct 1917 and then to Hundcott on 14 Sep 1918
- James Edward Grabham 11 Apr - 9 Dec 1918
- Archibald Watson 11 Apr - 30 Nov 1918
13th Training Battalion Formed at Rollestone on 8 Aug 1916, moved to Codford 2 Oct 1917 and disbanded 12 April 1918
Staff
- Victor Norman Chandler MM 1 Sep 1917 - 29 Jan 1918
Trainees
- James Edward Grabham 15 Nov 1916 - 10 Apr 1918
- Archibald Watson 28 Dec 1917 - 10 Apr 1918
- Hubert Maitland Armstrong MM 11 Jan - 13 Apr 1917
- † Albert Victor Berry 26 Sep - 3 Dec 1916
- Leslie Hetherington 11 Jan - 24 Apr 1917
- Charles Blunt 3 Dec 1916 - 24 Jun 1917
- Victor Norman Chandler MM 1 Sep 1917 - 29 Jan 1918
- William Charles Woodland 15 Dec 1915 - 3 Sep 1916
- Gordon Devereux MM 5 Jan - 30 Mar 1918
- Victor Emanuel Durling 18 Nov 1916 - 2 Jul 1917
14th Training Battalion Formed at Larkhill on 8 Aug 1916, moved to Codford 2 Oct 1916 and then Hundcott on 25 Oct 1918
15th Training Battalion Formed at Larkhill on 8 Oct 1916, moved to Codford 2 Oct 1916, and then to Fovant on 16 Nov 1916 before being disbanded on 12 Apr 1918.
Pioneer Training Battalion Formed at Sutton Veny on 8 Nov 1917 and was active until after November 1918.
- Pierre Wolfe Daimpre 26 Oct - 9 Nov 1917
Overseas Training Brigade
- Charles Fielder 12 Sep - 13 Oct 1917 & 30 Aug - 3 Oct 1918
- † Albert Victor Berry 10 - 27 Nov 1917
- Edward Patrick Barker 11 Jan - 26 Mar 1918 & 12 Jul - 8 Aug 1918
- Gordon Devereux MM 22 Sep 117 - 4 Jan 1918
- Albert John Egan MID 29 Jan - 28 Feb 1919
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