History of the 12th Service Battalion York & Lancaster Regiment [1920, British Army]
Book details
- Title
- History of the 12th Service Battalion York & Lancaster Regiment [1920, British Army]
- Author
- Books
- Publication year listed
- 1920
- Format
- Public domain eBook
- Reading access
- Free online reader; no registration required
- Source record
- View on Archive.org
About this book
History of the 12th Service Battalion York & Lancaster Regiment [1920, British Army]
Author: Richard A. Sparling
Year: 1920
Digitised by Google Books from the collection at the University of California https://books.google.com/books?id=9g1LAQAAMAAJ Internal wording at the top of many pages “History of the Sheffield City Battalion”. Publication date 1920 is taken from the Google Books book page. The Battalion embarked December 21 st , 1915 for Egypt, where it remained less than three months, arriving in France mid March 1915. The Battalion was part of 94 th Infantry Brigade, 31 st Division. Page 115 says “In January and February, 1918, the British Army was reorganized on account of dwindling man-power, and the City Battalion, owing to its numerical weakness, was disbanded, much to the sorrow of the men. Drafts were sent to the 7th Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment, the 13th Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment, the Grenadier Guards, and the Base. The band was transferred intact to the 2 /4th Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment”.