List of units of the British Army Territorial Force (1908)

The following is a list of units transferred to the Territorial Force on 1 April 1908, or raised in that year under the terms of the Territorial and Reserve Forces Act 1907, and the associations by which they were administered.Order in Council dated 19 March 1908 The County Association of Rutland did not have charge of any units, but did provide facilities for sub-units of the Leicestershire Yeomanry and the 5th Battalion Leicestershire Regiment. A number of units, particularly those attached to the Royal Garrison Artillery and Royal Engineers, had their titles altered again in 1910.Order in Council dated 13 October 1910, London Gazette 14 October 1910, No 28424, pp 7231–7240 __TOC__

Yeomanry

Yeomanry regiments formed the cavalry arm of the TF, and were grouped into mounted brigades of three regiments each. County Association Unit of the Yeomanry or Volunteers Unit of the Territorial ForceCity of AberdeenScottish Horse (part)2nd Scottish Horse (part) AberdeenshireScottish Horse (part)2nd Scottish Horse (part)ArgyllshireScottish Horse (part)2nd Scottish Horse (part)AyrshireAyrshire Imperial YeomanryAyrshire (Earl of Carrick's Own) Yeomanry BedfordshireBedfordshire Imperial Yeomanry (part)Bedfordshire Yeomanry (part)BerkshireBerkshire Imperial YeomanryBerkshire YeomanryBerwickshireLothians and Berwickshire Imperial Yeomanry (part)Lothians and Border Horse (part)BuckinghamshireBuckinghamshire Imperial Yeomanry (Royal Bucks Hussars)Royal Buckinghamshire Yeomanry (Royal Bucks Hussars)CambridgeshireSuffolk Imperial Yeomanry (part)Suffolk Yeomanry (The Duke of York's Own Loyal Suffolk Hussars) (part)CardiganshireDenbighshire Imperial Yeomanry (part)Denbighshire Hussars (part)Carnarvonshire Denbighshire Imperial Yeomanry (part)Denbighshire Hussars (part)CarmarthenshirePembroke Imperial Yeomanry (Castlemartin) (part)Pembroke Yeomanry (Castlemartin) (part) CheshireCheshire Imperial YeomanryCheshire Yeomanry (Earl of Chester's) Denbighshire Imperial Yeomanry (part)Denbighshire Hussars (part)CornwallRoyal 1st Devon Imperial Yeomanry (part)Royal 1st Devon Yeomanry (part)CumberlandWestmorland and Cumberland Imperial Yeomanry (part)Westmorland and Cumberland Yeomanry (part)DenbighshireDenbighshire Imperial Yeomanry (part)Denbighshire Hussars (part)DerbyshireDerbyshire Imperial YeomanryDerbyshire Yeomanry DevonshireRoyal 1st Devon Imperial Yeomanry (part)Royal 1st Devon Yeomanry (part)Royal North Devon Imperial YeomanryRoyal North Devon YeomanryDorsetDorset Imperial YeomanryQueen's Own Dorset YeomanryDumfriesshireLanarkshire Imperial Yeomanry (part)Lanarkshire Yeomanry (part)DurhamNorthumberland Imperial Yeomanry (part)Northumberland Hussars (part)City of EdinburghLothians and Berwickshire Imperial Yeomanry (part)Lothians and Border Horse (part)ElginshireScottish Horse (part)2nd Scottish Horse (part)EssexEssex Imperial YeomanryEssex YeomanryFifeshireFife and Forfar Imperial Yeomanry (part)Fife and Forfar Yeomanry (part)ForfarshireFife and Forfar Imperial Yeomanry (part)Fife and Forfar Yeomanry (part)GlamorganshireGlamorganshire Imperial YeomanryGlamorganshire YeomanryCity of GlasgowLanarkshire Imperial Yeomanry (Queen's Own Royal Glasgow and Lower Ward of Lanarkshire) (part)Lanarkshire Yeomanry (Queen's Own Royal Glasgow and Lower Ward of Lanarkshire) (part) GloucestershireGloucestershire Imperial YeomanryRoyal Gloucestershire HussarsHaddingtonshireLothians and Berwickshire Imperial Yeomanry (part)Lothians and Border Horse (part)HertfordshireHertfordshire Imperial YeomanryHertfordshire YeomanryHuntingdonshireBedfordshire Imperial Yeomanry (part)Bedfordshire Yeomanry (part)Inverness-shireLovat's Scouts (part)1st Lovat Scouts2nd Lovat Scouts (part) KentRoyal East Kent Imperial YeomanryRoyal East Kent Yeomanry (The Duke of Connaught's Own)West Kent Imperial YeomanryQueen's Own West Kent Yeomanry LanarkshireLanarkshire Imperial Yeomanry (part)Lanarkshire Yeomanry (part)Lanarkshire Imperial Yeomanry (Queen's Own Royal Glasgow and Lower Ward of Lanarkshire) (part)Lanarkshire Yeomanry (Queen's Own Royal Glasgow and Lower Ward of Lanarkshire) (part) LancashireDuke of Lancaster's Own Imperial YeomanryThe Duke of Lancaster's Own YeomanryLancashire Hussars Imperial YeomanryLancashire Hussars YeomanryLeicestershireLeicestershire Imperial YeomanryLeicestershire Yeomanry (Prince Albert's Own) LincolnshireLincolnshire Imperial YeomanryLincolnshire Yeomanry City of LondonCity of London Imperial YeomanryThe City of London Yeomanry (Rough Riders) County of LondonKing's ColonialsThe King's Colonials Middlesex Imperial Yeomanry1st County of London Yeomanry (Middlesex, The Duke of Cambridge's Hussars)2nd County of London Imperial Yeomanry2nd County of London Yeomanry (Westminster Dragoons)3rd County of London Imperial Yeomanry3rd County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters)MontgomeryshireMontgomeryshire Imperial Yeomanry (part)Montgomeryshire Yeomanry (part)NorfolkNorfolk Imperial YeomanryNorfolk Yeomanry (The King's Own Royal Regiment) NorthamptonshireNorthamptonshire Imperial YeomanryNorthamptonshire YeomanryNorthumberlandNorthumberland Imperial Yeomanry (part)Northumberland Hussars (part)NottinghamshireNottinghamshire Imperial Yeomanry (Sherwood Rangers)Nottinghamshire Yeomanry (Sherwood Rangers) Nottinghamshire Imperial Yeomanry (South Nottinghamshire Hussars)Nottinghamshire Yeomanry (South Nottinghamshire Hussars)OxfordshireOxfordshire Imperial YeomanryQueen's Own Oxfordshire HussarsPembrokeshirePembroke Imperial Yeomanry (Castlemartin) (part)Pembroke Yeomanry (Castlemartin) (part)PerthshireScottish Horse (part)1st Scottish HorseRadnorshireMontgomeryshire Imperial Yeomanry (part)Montgomeryshire Yeomanry (part)Ross and CromartyLovat's Scouts (part)2nd Lovat Scouts (part)ShropshireShropshire Imperial YeomanryShropshire Yeomanry (Dragoons) SomersetshireNorth Somerset Imperial YeomanryNorth Somerset Yeomanry West Somerset Imperial YeomanryWest Somerset YeomanrySouthamptonHampshire Imperial YeomanryHampshire Yeomanry (Carabiniers)StaffordshireStaffordshire Imperial YeomanryStaffordshire Yeomanry (Queen's Own Royal Regiment)SuffolkSuffolk Imperial Yeomanry (part)Suffolk Yeomanry (Duke of York's Own Loyal Suffolk Hussars) (part)SurreySurrey Imperial YeomanrySurrey Yeomanry (Princess of Wales's) SussexSussex Imperial YeomanrySussex YeomanrySutherlandshireLovat's Scouts (part)2nd Lovat Scouts (part) WarwickshireWarwickshire Imperial YeomanryWarwickshire YeomanryWestmorlandWestmorland and Cumberland Imperial Yeomanry (part)Westmorland and Cumberland Yeomanry (part)WiltshireRoyal Wiltshire Imperial Yeomanry (Prince of Wales's Own Royal Regiment)Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry (Prince of Wales's Own Royal Regiment) WorcestershireWorcestershire Imperial YeomanryQueen's Own Worcestershire HussarsEast Riding of YorkshireEast Riding of Yorkshire Imperial YeomanryEast Riding of Yorkshire YeomanryNorth Riding of YorkshireYorkshire Hussars Imperial Yeomanry (Alexandra, Princess of Wales's Own) (part)Yorkshire Hussars (Alexandra, Princess of Wales's Own) (part)West Riding of YorkshireYorkshire Hussars Imperial Yeomanry (Alexandra, Princess of Wales's Own) (part)Yorkshire Hussars (Alexandra, Princess of Wales's Own) (part)Yorkshire Dragoons Imperial Yeomanry (Queen's Own)Queen's Own Yorkshire Dragoons

Royal Horse Artillery Royal Horse Artillery units formed artillery support to the mounted brigades. Most of the batteries were newly raised in 1908.

County Association Unit of the Volunteers Unit of the Territorial ForceAyrshireRaised 1908Ayrshire Battery, Royal Horse ArtilleryBerkshireRaised 1908Berkshire Battery, Royal Horse ArtilleryCity of London†Honourable Artillery Company (part)1st City of London Horse Artillery Battery, HAC2nd City of London Horse Artillery Battery, HACEssexRaised 1908Essex Battery, Royal Horse ArtilleryGlamorganshire2nd Volunteer Battalion, The Welsh Regiment (part)Glamorganshire Battery, Royal Horse ArtilleryInverness-shireRaised 1908Inverness-shire Battery, Royal Horse ArtilleryLeicestershireRaised 1908Leicestershire Battery, Royal Horse ArtilleryNottinghamshireRaised 1908Nottinghamshire Battery, Royal Horse ArtilleryShropshire1st Shropshire and Staffordshire Royal Garrison Artillery (Volunteers) (part)Shropshire Battery, Royal Horse ArtillerySomersetshireRaised 1908Somerset Battery, Royal Horse ArtillerySouthamptonRaised 1909Hampshire Battery, Royal Horse ArtilleryWiltshire††Proposed 1908Wiltshire Battery, Royal Horse ArtilleryWarwickshireRaised 1908Warwickshire Battery, Royal Horse ArtilleryWest Riding of YorkshireRaised 1908West Riding Battery, Royal Horse Artillery †The HAC had its property and privileges protected by the Honourable Artillery Company Act 1908.††On 18 March 1908, Wiltshire RHA was proposed to be raised as a new unit. However, poor recruiting led to a change in plans and the Hampshire RHA was raised in 1909 instead.

Royal Field Artillery Royal Field Artillery brigades formed parts of each territorial division, and were mobile and equipped with medium calibre ordnance.

County Association Unit of the Volunteers Unit of the Territorial ForceCity of Aberdeen1st Aberdeenshire Royal Garrison Artillery (Volunteers) (part)2nd Highland Brigade (part) (actually formed 1st Highland Brigade (part))Ayrshire1st Ayrshire and Galloway Royal Garrison Artillery (Volunteers) (part)3rd Lowland Brigade (part) (actually formed 2nd Lowland Brigade (part))Banffshire1st Banffshire Royal Garrison Artillery (Volunteers) (part)1st Highland Brigade (part)Cheshire1st Cheshire Royal Garrison Artillery (Volunteers)3rd Welsh Brigade (Cheshire Brigade from 1913)Cumberland1st Cumberland Royal Garrison Artillery (Volunteers)4th East Lancashire Brigade (The Cumberland Artillery)Derbyshire 4th North Midland (Howitzer) Brigade raised 1908Devonshire1st Devonshire Royal Garrison Artillery (Volunteers)3rd Wessex Brigade (part) (actually formed 4th Wessex Brigade)Dorsetshire1st Dorsetshire Royal Garrison Artillery (Volunteers)3rd Wessex Brigade (part)City of Dundee1st Forfarshire Royal Garrison Artillery (Volunteers) (part)1st Highland Brigade (part) (actually formed 2nd Highland Brigade (part)) Durham1st Durham Royal Garrison Artillery (Volunteers) (part) 2nd Durham Royal Garrison Artillery (Volunteers)1st Northumbrian Brigade3rd Durham Royal Garrison Artillery (Volunteers)4th Northumbrian (County of Durham) (Howitzer) Brigade (part)1st Newcastle upon Tyne Royal Garrison Artillery (Volunteers) (part)4th Northumbrian (Howitzer) Brigade (part)City of Edinburgh1st Midlothian Royal Garrison Artillery (Volunteers) (part)1st Lowland BrigadeEssex1st Essex Royal Garrison Artillery (Volunteers) (part)1st East Anglian Brigade (changed to 2nd East Anglian Brigade)Fife1st Fifeshire Royal Garrison Artillery (Volunteers) (part)2nd Highland Brigade (part)Forfarshire1st Forfarshire Royal Garrison Artillery (Volunteers) (part)1st Highland Brigade (part) (actually formed 2nd Highland Brigade (part)) Glamorganshire2nd Volunteer Battalion, The Welsh Regiment (part)2nd Welsh Brigade1st Glamorganshire Royal Garrison Artillery (Volunteers)1st Welsh Brigade City of Glasgow 1st Lanarkshire Royal Garrison Artillery (Volunteers)1st Lowland Brigade (actually formed 3rd Lowland Brigade)4th Lowland (Howitzer) BrigadeGloucestershire1st Gloucestershire (Gloucester and Somerset) Royal Garrison Artillery (Volunteers)2nd South Midland Brigade (actually formed 1st South Midland Brigade)Hertfordshire1st (Hertfordshire) Volunteer Battalion, The Bedfordshire Regiment (part) 2nd (Hertfordshire) Volunteer Battalion, The Bedfordshire Regiment (part)4th East Anglian Brigade (part)Kent1st Cinque Ports Royal Garrison Artillery (Volunteers)1st Home Counties Brigade (actually formed 3rd Home Counties (Cinque Ports) Brigade)