cWW1 5th & 6th Battalions Gloucestershire Regiment Territorial Force Cap Badge

Great War period 'blank scroll' Glosters TF 5th & 6th Bns white metal 'extra berries' variation cap badge.


Ref: KK1720.

Following the Territorial and Reserve Forces Act 1907 – part of the Haldane Reforms which restructured the British Army and converted the militia and volunteer battalions into the Special Reserve and the Territorial Force – the 4th (Militia) Battalion was disbanded, and at the outbreak of the First World War in 1914 the Gloucestershire Regiment comprised:

1st Battalion – assigned to the 3rd Brigade in the 1st Division
2nd Battalion – deployed to Tianjin, China
3rd (Reserve) Battalion, Special Reserve – formerly 3rd (Militia) Battalion
4th (City of Bristol) Battalion, Territorial Force – formerly 1st (City of Bristol) Volunteer Battalion
5th Battalion, Territorial Force – formerly 2nd Volunteer Battalion
6th Battalion, Territorial Force – formerly 3rd Volunteer Battalion
During the war the regiment raised an additional 18 battalions, and in total 16 battalions of the Gloucestershire Regiment saw active service in France and Flanders, Italy, Gallipoli, Egypt, Mesopotamia, Persia and Salonika.

Code: 370