This is a list of pals battalions (also called "service" or "locally raised" battalions) of the British Army during the First World War. Pre-war Territorial Force (T.F.) battalions have not been included, although they too usually recruited from a specific area or occupation. The 69 line infantry regiments formed 142 locally raised battalions and 68 local reserve battalions. The Guards Regiments and the regiments formed only from Territorial Force battalions did not form pals battalions.
Lord Kitchener was one of the few people in 1914 to realise that the First World War was not going to be a short one; he believed that it would last three years and would require an army of 70 divisions. He eschewed the Territorial Forcepartly due to the limitations imposed by its terms of service but also due to the poor impression he formed when observing the French Territorials in the Franco-Prussian Warand did not make use of the framework envisioned by Haldane's Reforms. He launched his appeal for 100,000 volunteers on 7 August 1914 to form a first New Army of six divisions (and support units) and within a few days this target had been reached; by the end of September, half a million volunteers had come forward to form the New Armies.
Each of the 69 line infantry regiments raised one battalion for the First (K1) and for the Second New Armies (K2) designated as "service" battalions and numbered after the existing Territorial Force battalions of their parent regiments. This rigid structure did not take account of the differing ability of regiments to raise troops based upon the population of their recruiting areas. Therefore, the Third New Army (K3) had a much higher proportion of battalions from the more populous north of England, notably Cheshire, Lancashire, Yorkshire, Durham and Northumberland. The Fourth New Army (K4) was formed from men of the Reserve and Special Reserve battalions which were over establishment. Originally formed into the 30th35th Divisions, these were broken up so the battalions could train recruits and send drafts to the first three New Armies.
While the first four New Armies were being raised, a number of "service" battalions were also being raised by committees in cities and towns, and by other organizations and individuals. These units were recruited on a more narrow basis than usual, such as men who worked in a specific occupation or at a certain business, and were popularly known as "pals battalions". These were housed, clothed and fed by their committees until the War Office took them over in 1915 and the raisers' expenses were refunded. These units formed the Fifth and Sixth New Armies (later called the new Fourth and Fifth New Armies when the original Fourth New Army was broken up).
The locally recruited battalions also formed depot companies and in 1915 these were grouped into "reserve" battalions to provide reinforcements for their parents. They became part of the Training Reserve on 1 September 1916.[1]
The recruitment of pals battalions was confined to the 69 line infantry regiments of the British Army. The Guards Regiments and regiments formed only from Territorial Force battalions did not form any pals battalions. Amongst the line infantry regiments, there was considerable variation in the number of battalions recruited, depending upon the population of the regiment's recruiting areas. No pals battalions were raised in the more rural areas of England, the Scottish Highlands, or Ireland.
The Northumberland Fusiliers raised the largest number of pals battalions (twelve) of any regiment, followed by ten raised by the Royal Fusiliers, nine for the Welch Regiment, nine for the Middlesex Regiment, and nine for the Manchester Regiment. The Royal Irish Rifles had nine battalions raised in a similar fashion from the Ulster Volunteer Force.
In all, 142 "service" battalions and 68 "reserve" battalions were formed.
The pals battalions formed the bulk of the infantry for the divisions of the Fifth New Army (30th, 31st, 32nd, 33rd, 34th, and 35th) and the Sixth New Army (36th (Ulster), 37th, 38th (Welsh), 39th, 40th, and 41st). The exceptions were:
A handful of battalions served away from the Fifth and Sixth New Army divisions:
| Regiment | Battalion | Sub title | Where and when formed | Formed by | Original assignment | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15th (Service) | 1st Edinburgh | Edinburgh, September 1914 | Lord Provost (R. Cranston) and City | |||
| 16th (Service) | 2nd Edinburgh | Edinburgh, December 1914 | ||||
| 17th (Service) | Rosebery | Edinburgh, February 1915 | Lord Rosebery and a local committee | Bantam battalion | ||
| 18th (Reserve) | Edinburgh, June 1915 | Depot companies of 15th, 16th and 17th Battalions | 18th Reserve Brigade | |||
| 10th (Service) | Battersea | Battersea, 3 June 1915 | Mayor and Borough of Battersea | |||
| 11th (Service) | Lambeth | Lambeth, 16 June 1915 | Mayor and Borough of Lambeth | |||
| 12th (Reserve) | Brixton, October 1915 | Depot companies of 10th and 11th Battalions | 23rd Reserve Brigade | |||
| Did not form any locally raised battalions. | ||||||
| 11th (Service) | Lancaster, August 1915 | Bantam battalion | ||||
| 16th (Service) | Newcastle | Newcastle, September 1914 | Newcastle and Gateshead Chamber of Commerce | |||
| 17th (Service) | N.E.R., Pioneers | Hull, September 1914 | North Eastern Railway | |||
| 18th (Service) | 1st Tyneside Pioneers | Newcastle, 15 October 1914 | Lord Mayor and City | |||
| 19th (Service) | 2nd Tyneside Pioneers | Newcastle, 16 November 1914 | Lord Mayor and City | |||
| 20th (Service) | 1st Tyneside Scottish | Newcastle, 14 October 1914 | Lord Mayor and City | |||
| 21st (Service) | 2nd Tyneside Scottish | Newcastle, 26 September 1914 | Lord Mayor and City | |||
| 23rd (Service) | 3rd Tyneside Scottish | Newcastle, 5 November 1914 | Lord Mayor and City | |||
| 24th (Service) | 4th Tyneside Scottish | Newcastle, 16 November 1914 | Lord Mayor and City | |||
| 25th (Service) | 1st Tyneside Irish | Newcastle, 14 November 1914 | Lord Mayor and City | |||
| 26th (Service) | 2nd Tyneside Irish | Newcastle, 9 November 1914 | Lord Mayor and City | |||
| 27th (Service) | 3rd Tyneside Irish | Newcastle, 23 November 1914 | Lord Mayor and City | |||
| 28th (Service) | 4th Tyneside Irish | Newcastle, 5 January 1915 | Lord Mayor and City | |||
| 28th (Reserve) | Cramlington, July 1915 | Depot companies of the 18th and 19th Battalions | 19th Reserve Brigade | |||
| 29th (Reserve) | Tyneside Scottish | Alnwick, July 1915 | Depot companies of the 20th, 21st, 22nd and 23rd Battalions | 20th Reserve Brigade | ||
| 30th (Reserve) | Tyneside Irish | Woolsington, July 1915 | Depot companies of the 24th, 25th, 26th and 27th Battalions | 20th Reserve Brigade | ||
| 31st (Reserve) | Catterick, November 1915 | Depot companies of the 16th Battalion | 20th Reserve Brigade | |||
| Ripon, November 1915 | Depot companies of the 17th Battalion | 19th Reserve Brigade | ||||
| 33rd (Reserve) | Tyneside Scottish | Hornsea, June 1916 | From the 29th Battalion | 20th Reserve Brigade | ||
| 34th (Reserve) | Tyneside Irish | Hornsea, June 1916 | From the 30th Battalion | 20th Reserve Brigade | ||
| 14th (Service) | 1st Birmingham | Birmingham, September 1914 | Lord Mayor and a local committee | |||
| 15th (Service) | 2nd Birmingham | Birmingham, September 1914 | Lord Mayor and a local committee | |||
| 16th (Service) | 3rd Birmingham | Birmingham, September 1914 | Lord Mayor and a local committee | |||
| 17th (Reserve) | Sutton Coldfield, June 1915 | Depot companies of 14th, 15th and 16th Battalions | 22nd Reserve Brigade | |||
| 10th (Service) | Stockbrokers | London, 21 August 1914 | Lord Mayor and City of London from business staffs in the City | 111th Brigade, 37th Division | ||
| 17th (Service) | Empire | London, 31 August 1914 | British Empire Committee | |||
| 18th (Service) | 1st Public Schools | Epsom, 11 September 1914 | Public Schools and University Men's Force | |||
| 19th (Service) | 2nd Public Schools | Epsom, 11 September 1914 | Public Schools and University Men's Force | |||
| 20th (Service) | 3rd Public Schools | Epsom, 11 September 1914 | Public Schools and University Men's Force | |||
| 21st (Service) | 4th Public Schools | Epsom, 11 September 1914 | Public Schools and University Men's Force | |||
| 22nd (Service) | Kensington | White City, 11 September 1914 | Mayor and Borough of Kensington | |||
| 23rd (Service) | 1st Sportsmen's | London, 25 September 1914 | E. Cunliffe-Owen | |||
| 24th (Service) | 2nd Sportsmen's | London, 20 November 1914 | E. Cunliffe-Owen | |||
| 25th (Service) | Frontiersmen | London, 12 February 1915 | Legion of Frontiersmen | |||
| 26th (Service) | Bankers | London, 17 July 1915 | Lord Mayor and City of London from bank clerks and accountants | |||
| 27th (Reserve) | Horsham, August 1915 | Depot companies of 17th, 22nd and 32nd Battalions | 24th Reserve Brigade | |||
| 28th (Reserve) | Public Schools | Epsom, August 1915 | Depot companies of 18th and 19th Battalions | 24th Reserve Brigade | ||
| 29th (Reserve) | Public Schools | Epsom, August 1915 | Depot companies of 20th and 21st Battalions | 24th Reserve Brigade | ||
| 30th (Reserve) | Romford, August 1915 | Depot companies of 23rd and 24th Battalions | 24th Reserve Brigade | |||
| 31st (Reserve) | Colchester, September 1915 | Depot companies of 10th and 26th Battalions | 24th Reserve Brigade | |||
| 32nd (Service) | East Ham | East Ham, 28 October 1915 | Mayor and Borough of East Ham | |||
| 17th (Service) | 1st City | Liverpool, 29 August 1914 | Lord Derby | |||
| 18th (Service) | 2nd City | Liverpool, 29 August 1914 | Lord Derby | |||
| 19th (Service) | 3rd City | Liverpool, 29 August 1914 | Lord Derby | |||
| 20th (Service) | 4th City | Liverpool, 16 October 1914 | Lord Derby | |||
| 21st (Reserve) | Knowsley Park, August 1915 | Depot companies of 17th and 18th Battalions | 16th Reserve Brigade | |||
| 22nd (Reserve) | Knowsley Park, August 1915 | Depot companies of 19th and 20th Battalions | 16th Reserve Brigade | |||
| Did not form any locally raised battalions. | ||||||
| 10th (Service) | Grimsby | Grimsby, 9 September 1914 | Mayor and Town | |||
| 11th (Reserve) | Lincoln, October 1915 | Depot companies of 10th Battalion | 19th Reserve Brigade | |||
| Did not form any locally raised battalions. | ||||||
| 11th (Service) | Cambridgeshire | Cambridge, 25 September 1914 | Cambridge and Isle of Ely T.F. Association | |||
| 12th (Service) | East Anglian | Bury St. Edmunds, July 1915 | Bantam battalion | |||
| 13th (Reserve) | Cambridgeshire | Cambridge, September 1915 | Depot companies of 11th Battalion | 26th Reserve Brigade | ||
| Did not form any locally raised battalions. | ||||||
| 15th (Service) | 1st Leeds | Leeds, September 1914 | Lord Mayor and City | |||
| 16th (Service) | 1st Bradford | Bradford, September 1914 | Lord Mayor and City | |||
| 17th (Service) | 2nd Leeds | Leeds, December 1914 | Lord Mayor and City | Bantam battalion | ||
| 18th (Service) | 2nd Bradford | Bradford, 22 January 1915 | Lord Mayor and City | |||
| 19th (Reserve) | Clipstone, August 1915 | Depot companies of 15th and 17th Battalions | 21st Reserve Brigade | |||
| 20th (Reserve) | Clipstone, August 1915 | Depot companies of 16th and 18th Battalions | 21st Reserve Brigade | |||
| 21st (Service) | Wool Textile Pioneers | West Riding, 24 September 1915 | Lord Mayor and City of Leeds | |||
| 10th (Service) | 1st Hull (Hull Commercials) | Hull, 29 August 1914 | Lord Nunburnholme and East Riding T.F. Association | [2] | ||
| 11th (Service) | 2nd Hull (Hull Tradesmen) | Hull, 2 September 1914 | Lord Nunburnholme and East Riding T.F. Association | |||
| 12th (Service) | 3rd Hull (Hull Sportsmen) | Hull, 11 August 1914 | Lord Nunburnholme and East Riding T.F. Association | |||
| 13th (Service) | 4th Hull (T'others) | Hull, 3 November 1914 | Lord Nunburnholme and East Riding T.F. Association | |||
| 14th (Reserve) | Hull | Lichfield, August 1915 | Depot companies of 10th, 11th, 12th and 13th Battalions | 21st Reserve Brigade | ||
| 15th (Reserve) | Seaton Delaval, February 1916 | From the 14th Battalion | 21st Reserve Brigade | |||
| Did not form any locally raised battalions. | ||||||
| 11th (Service) | Midland Pioneers | Leicester, October 1915 | Mayor and local committee | |||
| 12th (Reserve) | Leicester, March 1916 | Depot companies of 11th Battalion | 19th Reserve Brigade | |||
| Did not form any locally raised battalions. | ||||||
| 12th (Service) | Tees-side Pioneers | Middlesbrough, 21 December 1914 | Mayor and Town | |||
| 13th (Service) | Richmond, July 1915 | Bantam battalion | ||||
| 14th (Reserve) | Darlington, September 1915 | Depot companies of 12th Battalion | 19th Reserve Brigade | |||
| 15th (Service) | 1st Salford | Salford, 11 September 1914 | Mr. Montague Barlow, and the Salford Brigade Committee | |||
| 16th (Service) | 2nd Salford | Salford, 5 November 1914 | Mr. Montague Barlow, MP and the Salford Brigade Committee | |||
| 17th (Service) | 1st South-East Lancashire | Bury, 3 December 1914 | Lt Col G.E. Wike and a committee | Bantam battalion | ||
| 18th (Service) | 2nd South-East Lancashire | Bury, 13 January 1915 | Lt Col G.E. Wike and a committee | Bantam battalion | ||
| 19th (Service) | 3rd Salford, Pioneers | Salford, 15 January 1915 | Mr. Montague Barlow, MP and the Salford Brigade Committee | |||
| 20th (Service) | 4th Salford | Salford, 23 March 1915 | Mr. Montague Barlow, MP and the Salford Brigade Committee | Bantam battalion | ||
| 21st (Reserve) | Salford | Conway, August 1915 | Depot companies of 15th, 16th and 19th Battalions | 17th Reserve Brigade | ||
| 22nd (Reserve) | Ashton-in-Makerfield, August 1915 | Depot companies of 17th, 18th and 20th Battalions | 17th Reserve Brigade | |||
| Did not form any locally raised battalions. | ||||||
| 13th (Service) | Port Sunlight, 1 September 1914 | Gershom Stewart, | ||||
| 15th (Service) | 1st Birkenhead | Birkenhead, 18 November 1914 | Alfred Bigland, MP | Bantam battalion | ||
| 16th (Service) | 2nd Birkenhead | Birkenhead, 3 December 1914 | Alfred Bigland, MP | Bantam battalion | ||
| 17th (Reserve) | Bebington, 10 August 1915 | Depot companies of 15th and 16th Battalions | 17th Reserve Brigade | |||
| 13th (Service) | 1st North Wales | Rhyl, 3 September 1914 | Denbighshire and Flintshire T.F. Associations | |||
| 14th (Service) | Caernarvon and Anglesey | Llandudno, 2 November 1914 | Welsh National Executive Committee | |||
| 15th (Service) | 1st London Welsh | London, 20 October 1914 | ||||
| 16th (Service) | Llandudno, November 1914 | Welsh National Executive Committee, from 13th Battalion | ||||
| 17th (Service) | 2nd North Wales | Llandudno, 2 February 1915 | Welsh National Executive Committee | |||
| 18th (Reserve) | 2nd London Welsh | London, February 1915 | 14th Reserve Brigade | |||
| 19th (Service) | Deganwy, March 1915 | Welsh National Executive Committee | Bantam battalion | |||
| 10th (Service) | 1st Gwent | Brecon, October 1914 | Welsh National Executive Committee | |||
| 11th (Service) | 2nd Gwent | Brecon, 5 December 1914 | Welsh National Executive Committee | |||
| 12th (Service) | 3rd Gwent | Newport, March 1915 | Welsh National Executive Committee | Bantam battalion | ||
| 13th (Reserve) | St Asaph, July 1915 | Depot companies of 10th and 11th Battalions | 13th Reserve Brigade | |||
| 14th (Reserve) | Prees Heath, September 1915 | Depot companies of 12th Battalion | 14th Reserve Brigade | |||
| Did not form any locally raised battalions. | ||||||
| 13th (Service) | Hamilton, July 1915 | Bantam battalion | ||||
| 9th (Service) | County Tyrone | Omagh, September 1914 | Tyrone Volunteers of the Ulster Volunteer Force | |||
| 10th (Service) | Derry | Omagh, September 1914 | County Londonderry Volunteers of the Ulster Volunteer Force | |||
| 11th (Service) | Donegal and Fermanagh | Omagh, September 1914 | Donegal and Fermanagh Volunteers of the Ulster Volunteer Force | |||
| 12th (Reserve) | Enniskillen, July 1915 | Depot companies of 9th, 10th and 11th Battalions | 15th (Ulster) Reserve Brigade | |||
| 12th (Service) | Bristol's Own | Bristol, 30 August 1914 | Citizens' Recruiting Committee | |||
| 13th (Service) | Forest of Dean, Pioneers | Malvern, December 1914 | ||||
| 14th (Service) | West of England | Bristol, 22 April 1915 | Citizens' Recruiting Committee | Bantam battalion | ||
| 15th (Reserve) | Sutton Coldfield, August 1915 | Depot companies of 12th and 14th Battalions | 22nd Reserve Brigade | |||
| 16th (Reserve) | Chiseldon, November 1915 | Depot companies of 13th Battalion | 22nd Reserve Brigade | |||
| 13th (Service) | Severn Valley Pioneers | Worcester, 10 September 1915 | ||||
| 11th (Service) | Accrington | Accrington, 2 September 1914 | Mayor and town of Accrington | [3] | ||
| 12th (Reserve) | Chadderton Camp, Oldham, May 1915 | Depot companies of 11th Battalion | 17th Reserve Brigade | |||
| 12th (Service) | Bermondsey | Bermondsey, 14 May 1915 | Mayor and Borough of Bermondsey | |||
| 13th (Service) | Wandsworth | Wandsworth, 16 June 1915 | Mayor and Borough of Wandsworth | |||
| 14th (Reserve) | Wandsworth, summer 1915 | Depot companies of 12th and 13th Battalions | 26th Reserve Brigade | |||
| 10th (Service) | Cornwall Pioneers | Truro, 29 March 1915 | Mayor and City | |||
| 11th (Reserve) | Launceston, November 1915 | Depot companies of 10th Battalion | 22nd Reserve Brigade | |||
| Did not form any locally raised battalions. | ||||||
| 11th (Service) | Lonsdale | Penrith, 29 March 1915 | Earl of Lonsdale and an Executive Committee | |||
| 12th (Reserve) | Prees Heath | Depot companies of 11th Battalion | 17th Reserve Brigade | |||
| 11th (Service) | 1st South Down | Bexhill, 7 September 1914 | Lt Col C. Lowther and committee | |||
| 12th (Service) | 2nd South Down | Bexhill, 3 November 1914 | Lt Col C. Lowther MP and committee | |||
| 13th (Service) | 3rd South Down | Bexhill, 20 November 1914 | Lt Col C. Lowther MP and committee | |||
| 14th (Reserve) | Bexhill, August 1915 | Depot companies of 12th, 13th and 14th Battalions | 23rd Reserve Brigade | |||
| 14th (Service) | 1st Portsmouth | Portsmouth, 3 September 1914 | Mayor J. H. Corke and local committee | |||
| 15th (Service) | 2nd Portsmouth | Portsmouth, 5 April 1915 | Mayor J. H. Corke and local committee | |||
| 16th (Reserve) | Portsmouth | Portsmouth, September 1915 | Depot companies of 14th and 15th Battalions | 22nd Reserve Brigade | ||
| Did not form any locally raised battalions. | ||||||
| Did not form any locally raised battalions. | ||||||
| 11th (Service) | St. Helens Pioneers | St. Helens, 1 September 1914 | Lord Derby | |||
| 12th (Service) | Warrington, June 1915 | Bantam battalion | ||||
| 13th (Reserve) | Oswestry, September 1915 | Depot companies of 11th Battalion | 16th Reserve Brigade | |||
| 10th (Service) | 1st Rhondda | Rhondda Valley, September 1914 | ||||
| 13th (Service) | 2nd Rhondda | Cardiff, 23 October 1914 | Welsh National Executive Committee | |||
| 14th (Service) | Swansea | Swansea, October 1914 | Mayor and Corporation with the Swansea Football and Cricket Club | |||
| 15th (Service) | Carmarthenshire | Carmarthen, October 1914 | Carmarthenshire Country Committee | |||
| 16th (Service) | Cardiff City | Cardiff, November 1914 | Lord Mayor and Corporation | |||
| 17th (Service) | 1st Glamorgan | December 1914 | Welsh National Executive Committee | Bantam battalion | ||
| 18th (Service) | 2nd Glamorgan | January 1915 | Welsh National Executive Committee | Bantam battalion | ||
| 19th (Service) | Glamorgan Pioneers | Colwyn Bay, February 1915 | Welsh National Executive Committee | |||
| 20th (Reserve) | 3rd Rhondda | St. Asaph, July 1915 | Depot companies of 10th and 13th Battalions | 13th Reserve Brigade | ||
| 21st (Reserve) | Colwyn Bay, July 1915 | Depot companies of 14th, 15th, 16th and 19th Battalions | 13th Reserve Brigade | |||
| 22nd (Reserve) | Prees Heath, September 1915 | Depot companies of 17th and 18th Battalions | 14th Reserve Brigade | |||
| 23rd (Service) | Welsh Pioneers | Porthcawl, September 1915 | Welsh National Executive Committee | |||
| Did not form any locally raised battalions. | ||||||
| Did not form any locally raised battalions. | ||||||
| 13th (Service) | West Ham | West Ham, 27 December 1914 | Mayor and Borough of West Ham | |||
| 14th (Reserve) | Brentwood, September 1915 | Depot companies of 13th Battalion | 23rd Reserve Brigade | |||
| 15th (Service) | Nottingham | Nottingham, February 1915 | Mayor and a committee | Bantam battalion | ||
| 16th (Service) | Chatsworth Rifles | Derby, 16 April 1915 | Duke of Devonshire and the Derbyshire T.F. Association | |||
| 17th (Service) | Welbeck Rangers | Nottingham, 1 June 1915 | Mayor and a recruiting committee | |||
| 18th (Service) | Derby, 28 July 1915 | Bantam battalion | ||||
| 19th (Reserve) | Brocklesby, August 1915 | Depot companies of 15th, 16th and 17th Battalions | 19th Reserve Brigade | |||
| Did not form any locally raised battalions. | ||||||
| Did not form any locally raised battalions. | ||||||
| Did not form any locally raised battalions. | ||||||
| 10th (Service) | Kent County | Maidstone, 3 May 1915 | Lord Harris, Vice-Lieutenant of Kent at the request of the Army Council | |||
| 11th (Service) | Lewisham | Lewisham, 5 May 1915 | Mayor and a local committee | |||
| 12th (Reserve) | February 1916 | Depot companies of 11th and 12th Battalions | 23rd Reserve Brigade | |||
| 12th (Service) | Miners, Pioneers | Leeds, 5 September 1914 | West Yorkshire Coalowners Association | |||
| 13th (Reserve) | Pioneers | Ripon, October 1915 | Depot companies of 12th Battalion | 19th Reserve Brigade | ||
| Did not form any locally raised battalions. | ||||||
| 16th (Service) | Public Schools | 24 St James's Street, London, 1 September 1914 | Lt Col J. J. Mackay | |||
| 17th (Service) | 1st Football | London, 12 December 1914 | ||||
| 18th (Service) | 1st Public Works Pioneers | London, 19 January 1915 | Lt Col John Ward MP | |||
| 19th (Service) | 2nd Public Works Pioneers | Hornsey, April 1915 | Lt Col John Ward MP | |||
| 20th (Service) | Shoreditch | Shoreditch, 18 May 1915 | Mayor and Borough of Shoreditch | |||
| 21st (Service) | Islington | Islington, 18 May 1915 | Mayor and Borough of Islington | |||
| 22nd (Service) | Mill Hill, June 1915 | Bantam battalion | ||||
| 23rd (Service) | 2nd Football | London, 29 June 1915 | Rt. Hon. W. Joynson Hicks MP | |||
| 24th (Reserve) | Public Schools | Tring, October 1915 | Depot companies of 16th Battalion | 23rd Reserve Brigade | ||
| 25th (Reserve) | Tring, October 1915 | Depot companies of 18th, 19th and 26th Battalions | 23rd Reserve Brigade | |||
| 26th (Service) | 3rd Public Works Pioneers | London, 9 August 1915 | Lt Col John Ward MP | |||
| 27th (Reserve) | 1915 | Depot companies of 17th and 23rd Battalions | 23rd Reserve Brigade | |||
| 28th (Reserve) | 1915 | Depot companies of 20th and 21st Battalions | 23rd Reserve Brigade | |||
| 16th (Service) | Church Lads Brigade | Denham, Buckinghamshire, 19 September 1914 | Field Marshal Lord Grenfell | |||
| 17th (Service) | British Empire League | London, 16 April 1915 | British Empire League | |||
| 18th (Service) | Arts and Crafts | Gidea Park, Essex, 4 June 1915 | Major Sir Herbert Raphael | |||
| 19th (Reserve) | Bexhill, October 1915 | Depot companies of 16th and 17th Battalions | 24th Reserve Brigade | |||
| 20th (Service) | Green Park, London, 20 August 1915 | British Empire League | ||||
| 21st (Service) | Yeoman Rifles | Northern Command, September 1915 | ||||
| 22nd (Reserve) | September 1915 | Depot companies of 20th Battalion | 26th Reserve Brigade | |||
| 23rd (Reserve) | Autumn 1915 | Depot companies of 18th Battalion | 26th Reserve Brigade | |||
| 24th (Reserve) | Skipton, April 1916 | Depot companies of 21st Battalion | 21st Reserve Brigade | |||
| Did not form any locally raised battalions. | ||||||
| 16th (Service) | 1st City | Manchester, 28 August 1914 | Lord Mayor and City | |||
| 17th (Service) | 2nd City | Manchester, 28 August 1914 | Lord Mayor and City | |||
| 18th (Service) | 3rd City | Manchester, 28 August 1914 | Lord Mayor and City | |||
| 19th (Service) | 4th City | Manchester, 28 August 1914 | Lord Mayor and City | |||
| 20th (Service) | 5th City | Manchester, 8 November 1914 | Lord Mayor and City | |||
| 21st (Service) | 6th City | Manchester, 13 November 1914 | Lord Mayor and City | |||
| 22nd (Service) | 7th City | Manchester, 21 November 1914 | Lord Mayor and City | |||
| 23rd (Service) | 8th City | Manchester, 21 November 1914 | Lord Mayor and City | Bantam battalion | ||
| 24th (Service) | Oldham, Pioneers | Oldham, 24 October 1914 | Mayor and Town | |||
| 25th (Reserve) | September 1915 | Depot companies of 16th, 17th and 18th Battalions | 16th Reserve Brigade | |||
| 26th (Reserve) | September 1915 | Depot companies of 19th, 20th and 21st Battalions | 16th Reserve Brigade | |||
| 27th (Reserve) | September 1915 | Depot companies of 22nd, 23rd and 24th Battalions | 16th Reserve Brigade | |||
| Did not form any locally raised battalions. | ||||||
| 12th (Service) | Sheffield | Sheffield, 5 September 1914 | Lord Mayor and City | |||
| 13th (Service) | 1st Barnsley | Barnsley, 17 September 1914 | Mayor and Town | |||
| 14th (Service) | 2nd Barnsley | Barnsley, 30 November 1914 | Mayor and Town | |||
| 15th (Reserve) | Silkstone, July 1915 | Depot companies of 12th, 13th and 14th Battalions | 21st Reserve Brigade | |||
| 18th (Service) | 1st County | Cocken Hall, 10 September 1914 | Col R. Burdon and a committee | |||
| 19th (Service) | 2nd County | Durham, 13 January 1915 | Durham Parliamentary Recruiting Committee | Bantam battalion | ||
| 20th (Service) | Wearside | Sunderland, 10 July 1915 | Mayor and Committee | |||
| 21st (Reserve) | Cocken Hall, July 1915 | Depot companies of 18th and 20th Battalions | 20th Reserve Brigade | |||
| 22nd (Service) | 3rd County Pioneers | County Durham, 1 October 1915 | Durham Parliamentary Recruiting Committee | |||
| 23rd (Reserve) | Catterick, October 1915 | Depot companies of 19th Battalion | 20th Reserve Brigade | |||
| 14th (Service) | Hamilton, July 1915 | Bantam battalion | ||||
| 15th (Service) | 1st Glasgow | Glasgow, 2 September 1914 | Lord Provost and City with many recruits from Glasgow Tramways | |||
| 16th (Service) | 2nd Glasgow | Glasgow, 2 September 1914 | Lord Provost and City with many recruits from Glasgow Boys' Brigade | |||
| 17th (Service) | 3rd Glasgow | Glasgow, 10 September 1914 | Glasgow Chamber of Commerce | |||
| 18th (Service) | 4th Glasgow | Glasgow, 26 February 1915 | Lord Provost and City | Bantam battalion | ||
| 19th (Reserve) | Gailes (near Irvine, North Ayrshire), July 1915 | Depot companies of 15th, 16th and 17th Battalions | 18th Reserve Brigade | |||
| 20th (Reserve) | Ripon, October 1915 | Depot companies of 18th Battalion | 18th Reserve Brigade | |||
| Did not form any locally raised battalions. | ||||||
| Did not form any locally raised battalions. | ||||||
| Did not form any locally raised battalions. | ||||||
| 8th (Service) | East Belfast | Belfast, September 1914 | Belfast Volunteers of the Ulster Volunteer Force | |||
| 9th (Service) | West Belfast | Belfast, September 1914 | Belfast Volunteers of the Ulster Volunteer Force | |||
| 10th (Service) | South Belfast | Belfast, September 1914 | Belfast Volunteers of the Ulster Volunteer Force | |||
| 11th (Service) | South Antrim | County Antrim, September 1914 | Antrim Volunteers of the Ulster Volunteer Force | |||
| 12th (Service) | Central Antrim | County Antrim, September 1914 | Antrim Volunteers of the Ulster Volunteer Force | |||
| 13th (Service) | 1st County Down | County Down, September 1914 | County Down Volunteers of the Ulster Volunteer Force | |||
| 14th (Service) | Young Citizens | Belfast, September 1914 | Belfast Volunteers of the Ulster Volunteer Force | |||
| 15th (Service) | North Belfast | Belfast, September 1914 | Belfast Volunteers of the Ulster Volunteer Force | |||
| 16th (Service) | 2nd County Down, Pioneers | County Down, September 1914 | County Down Volunteers of the Ulster Volunteer Force | |||
| 17th (Reserve) | Newcastle, County Down, March 1915 | Depot companies of 8th, 9th and 10th Battalions | 15th (Ulster) Reserve Brigade | |||
| 18th (Reserve) | Holywood, County Down, April 1915 | Depot companies of 11th and 12th Battalions | 15th (Ulster) Reserve Brigade | |||
| 19th (Reserve) | Newcastle, County Down, October 1915 | Depot companies of 14th and 15th Battalions | 15th (Ulster) Reserve Brigade | |||
| 20th (Reserve) | Holywood, County Down, November 1915 | Depot companies of 13th and 16th Battalions | 15th (Ulster) Reserve Brigade | |||
| 9th (Service) | County Armagh | September 1914 | Armagh, Monaghan and Cavan Volunteers of the Ulster Volunteer Force | |||
| 10th (Reserve) | Lurgan, September 1915 | Depot companies of 9th Battalion | 15th (Ulster) Reserve Brigade | |||
| Did not form any locally raised battalions. | ||||||
| Did not form any locally raised battalions. | ||||||
| Did not form any locally raised battalions. | ||||||
| Did not form any locally raised battalions. | ||||||
| Did not form any locally raised battalions. | ||||||
| 16th (Service) | St. Pancras | Borough of St Pancras, 2 May 1915 | Parliamentary Recruiting Committee | |||
| 17th (Reserve) | Charrington Hall, October 1915 | Depot companies of 16th Battalion | 26th Reserve Brigade | |||