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harry coyle 5/24/12
Battalions of the Territorial Force
2/9th (The Dumbartonshire) Battalion
Formed at Dumbarton in September 1914 as a second line battalion.
Record similar to 2/6th Bn except disbanded in October 1917.
Was called No 12 Battalion between November 1915 and January 1916.
http://www.1914-1918.net/argyll.htmhttp://www.1914-1918.net/argyll.htm
The Great War
When the Great War broke out in 1914 the Regiment had two Regular Battalions (1st and 2nd), two Militia Battalions (3rd and 4th) and five Territorial Battalions (5th, 6th, 7th, 8th and 9th each of which split into 1st, 2nd and 3rd-line Battalions). Seven more Service Battalions were raised for 'Kitchener's Army' and they were numbered 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th and 16th.
Ten of the Battalions served in France and Flanders (1st, 2nd, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th and 14th) gaining 65 Battle Honours and four served in the Mediterranean area (1st, 5th, 6th and 12th) gaining a further 13 Battle Honours.
http://www.argylls.co.uk/history-of-the-regiment/the-argyll-and-sutherland-highlanders-1881-present/1881-1918/112-the-argyll-and-sutherland-highlanders-1881-1918http://www.argylls.co.uk/history-of-the-regiment/the-argyll-and-sutherland-highlanders-1881-present/1881-1918/112-the-argyll-and-sutherland-highlanders-1881-1918
Records of Regimental Headquarters can be sourced or located following the links on this site.
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/nra/searches/subjectView.asp?ID=O38294http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/nra/searches/subjectView.asp?ID=O38294
Good hunting, William
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