Regular Army
The lists below are in order of regimental precedence in the British Army.
Cavalry
Household Cavalry
Cavalry of the Line
- 4th (Royal Irish) Dragoon Guards
- 5th (Princess of Charlotte of Wales’s) Dragoon Guards
- 6th Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers)
- 9th (Queen’s Royal) Lancers
- 10th (Prince of Wales’s Own Royal) Hussars
- 11th (Prince Albert’s Own) Hussars
- 18th (Queen Mary’s Own) Hussars
- 19th (Queen Alexandra’s Own Royal) Hussars
- 20th Hussars
- 21st (Empress of India’s) Lancers
Infantry
Regiments of Foot Guards
Regiments of Infantry of the Line
- Somerset Light Infantry
- West Yorkshire Regiment
- East Yorkshire Regiment
- Bedfordshire Regiment
- Leicestershire Regiment
- Royal Irish Regiment
- Yorkshire Regiment
- Lancashire Fusiliers
- Royal Scots Fusiliers
- Cheshire Regiment
- Royal Welch Fusiliers
- South Wales Borderers
- King’s Own Scottish Borderers
- Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
- Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
- Gloucestershire Regiment
- Worcestershire Regiment
- East Lancashire Regiment
- East Surrey Regiment
- Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry
- West Riding Regiment
- Border Regiment
- Royal Sussex Regiment
- Hampshire Regiment
- South Staffordshire Regiment
- Dorsetshire Regiment
- South Lancashire Regiment
- Welsh Regiment
- Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
- Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
- Essex Regiment
- Sherwood Foresters
- Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
- Northamptonshire Regiment
- Royal Berkshire Regiment
- Royal West Kent Regiment
- King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
- King’s Shropshire Light Infantry
- Middlesex Regiment
- King’s Royal Rifle Corps
- Wiltshire Regiment
- Manchester Regiment
- North Staffordshire Regiment
- York and Lancaster Regiment
- Durham Light Infantry
- Highland Light Infantry
- Seaforth Highlanders
- Gordon Highlanders
- Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders
- Royal Irish Rifles
- Royal Irish Fusiliers
- Connaught Rangers
- Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
- Leinster Regiment (Royal Canadians)
- Royal Munster Fusiliers
- Royal Dublin Fusiliers
- Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort’s Own)
The Territorial Force
The units of the Territorial Force were designated slightly differently to the Regular battalions at the start of the Great War. It was not until February 1915 that this was harmonised.
229. Designation of Units of T.F.
Ref. L* 9/Gen. No./4747 (A.G. 1) of 30th Jan., 1915, it is notified that in future units of the T.F. will be designated 1st Line, 2nd Line and 3rd Line, instead of I.S. [Imperial Service], 1st Reserve and 2nd Reserve respectively.
The 1/1st. 1/2nd, 1/3rd, &c., units will be designated first line units.
*Instruction 258 of Jan., 1915.
Army Council Instruction 229, 24th February 1915.
Yeomanry
- King Edward’s Horse
- North Irish Horse
- South Irish Horse
- Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry
- Warwickshire Yeomanry
- Yorkshire Hussars
- Nottinghamshire (Sherwood Rangers)
- Staffordshire Yeomanry
- Shropshire Yeomanry
- Ayrshire Yeomanry
- Cheshire Yeomanry
- Queen’s Own Yorkshire Dragoons
- Leicestershire Yeomanry
- North Somerset Yeomanry
- Duke of Lancaster’s Own Yeomanry
- Lanarkshire Yeomanry
- Northumberland Hussars
- South Nottinghamshire Hussars
- Denbighshire Hussars
- Westmorland and Cumberland Yeomanry
- Pembroke Yeomanry
- Royal East Kent Yeomanry
- Hampshire Yeomanry
- Buckinghamshire Yeomanry
- Derbyshire Yeomanry
- Queen’s Own Dorset Yeomanry
- Royal Gloucestershire Hussars
- Hertfordshire Yeomanry
- Berkshire Yeomanry
- 1st County of London (Middlesex Hussars)
- Royal Devon Yeomanry
- Duke of York’s Own Loyal Suffolk Hussars
- Royal North Devon
- Queen’s Own Worcestershire Hussars
- Queen’s Own West Kent Yeomanry
- West Somerset Yeomanry
- Queen’s Own Oxfordshire Hussars
- Montgomeryshire Yeomanry
- Lothian and Border Horse
- Queen’s Own Royal Glasgow Yeomanry
- Lancashire Hussars
- Surrey Yeomanry
- Fife & Forfar Yeomanry
- Norfolk Yeomanry
- Sussex Yeomanry
- Glamorgan Yeomanry
- Welsh Horse
- Lincolnshire Yeomanry
- City of London (Rough Riders)
- 2nd County of London (Westminster Dragoons)
- 3rd County of London (Sharpshooters)
- Bedfordshire Yeomanry
- Essex Yeomanry
- Northamptonshire Yeomanry
- East Riding of Yorkshire Yeomanry
- Lovat’s Scouts
- Scottish Horse
Infantry
- Honourable Artillery Company
- Monmouthshire Regiment
- Cambridgeshire Regiment
- Liverpool Scottish
- London Regiment
- Hertfordshire Regiment
- Herefordshire Regiment
Sources
- The National Archives, WO 293/2 Army Council Instructions 1915 January to June.
