List of Pals Battalions

This is a list of Pals battalions of the British Army during the First World War:

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• Accrington Pals (11th Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment)
• Barnsley Pals
  • 1st Barnsley Pals (13th Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment)
  • 2nd Barnsley Pals (14th Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment)
• Birmingham Pals
  • 1st Birmingham Pals (14th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment)
  • 2nd Birmingham Pals (15th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment)
  • 3rd Birmingham Pals (16th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment)
• Bradford Pals
  • 1st Bradford Pals (16th Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment)
  • 2nd Bradford Pals (18th Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment)
  • 3rd Bradford Pals (20th Service Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment)
• Durham Pals (18th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry)

• Bristol's Own (12th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment)
• Cambridge Pals (11th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment)

• Edinburgh City Pals
  • 1st Edinburgh City Pals/Lord Provost's Battalion (15th Battalion, Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment))
  • 2nd Edinburgh City Pals/McCrae's Battalion/Scottish Sportsmen's Battalion (16th Battalion, Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment))Note - C Coy comprised 16 playing members including entire first team squad, plus support staff and a quota of supporters of Heart of Midlothian Football Club
• Football Battalion
  • 1st Football Battalion (17th Service Battalion, Middlesex Regiment)
  • 2nd Football Battalion (23rd Service Battalion, Middlesex Regiment)
• Glasgow Pals
  • Glasgow Tramways (15th Battalion, Highland Light Infantry)
  • Glasgow Boys' Brigade (16th Battalion, Highland Light Infantry)
  • Glasgow Commercials (17th Battalion, Highland Light Infantry)
• Grimsby Chums (10th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment)
• Hull Pals
  • Hull Commercials (10th (S) Battalion, (East Yorkshire Regiment)
  • Hull Tradesmen (11th (S) Battalion, (East Yorkshire Regiment)
  • Hull Sportsmen (12th (S) Battalion, (East Yorkshire Regiment)
  • T'Others (13th (S) Battalion, (East Yorkshire Regiment)
• Leeds Pals (15th Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment)
• Liverpool Pals
  • 1st Liverpool Pals (17th Battalion, King's (Liverpool) Regiment)
  • 2nd Liverpool Pals (18th Battalion, King's (Liverpool) Regiment)
  • 3rd Liverpool Pals (19th Battalion, King's (Liverpool) Regiment)
  • 4th Liverpool Pals (20th Battalion, King's (Liverpool) Regiment)
• The Lonsdales (11th Battalion, Border Regiment)
• Manchester Pals
  • 1st Manchester Pals (16th Battalion, Manchester Regiment)
  • 2nd Manchester Pals (17th Battalion, Manchester Regiment)
  • 3rd Manchester Pals (Clerks' and Warehousemen's Battalion) (18th Battalion, Manchester Regiment)
  • 4th Manchester Pals (19th Battalion, Manchester Regiment)
  • 5th Manchester Pals (20th Battalion, Manchester Regiment)
  • 6th Manchester Pals (21st Battalion, Manchester Regiment)
  • 7th Manchester Pals (22nd Battalion, Manchester Regiment)
• Newcastle Pals
  • Newcastle Commercials (16th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers)
  • Newcastle Railway Pals (17th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers)
• Oldham Pals (24th Battalion, Manchester Regiment)
• Public Schools Battalion (16th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment)
• Preston Pals (7th (Service) Battalion, Loyal Regiment (North Lancashire))
• Salford Pals
  • 1st Salford Pals (15th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers)
  • 2nd Salford Pals (16th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers)
  • 3rd Salford Pals (19th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers) converted to a 'pioneer' battalion
  • 4th Salford Pals (20th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers)
• Scarborough Pals Battery (C/161 Brigade, Royal Field Artillery)
• Sheffield City Battalion (12th Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment)
• Sportsman's Battalion (23rd and 24th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers)
• St. Helens Pals
  • St. Helens Pals (11th Battalion "Pioneers", South Lancashire Regiment, 30th Div. 1915, 66th (2nd East Lancashire) Division 1918, 25th Div. 1918)
• Stockbrokers' Battalion (10th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers)
• Tyneside Scottish Brigade
  • 1st Tyneside Scottish (20th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers)
  • 2nd Tyneside Scottish (21st Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers)
  • 3rd Tyneside Scottish (22nd Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers)
  • 4th Tyneside Scottish (23rd Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers)
• Tyneside Irish Brigade
  • 1st Tyneside Irish (24th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers)
  • 2nd Tyneside Irish (25th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers)
  • 3rd Tyneside Irish (26th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers)
  • 4th Tyneside Irish (27th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers)
• Cardiff Pals (11th Battalion, Welsh Regiment)
• Swansea Pals (14th Battalion, Welsh Regiment)
• Carmarthen Pals (15th Battalion, Welsh Regiment)
• Ist North Wales (13th Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers)