Territorial Force

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The Territorial Force was a volunteer reserve component of the British Army, formed in the early 20th century to provide trained part-time soldiers for home defense and overseas service in wartime.

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How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf component of the British Army ⓘ
military reserve force ⓘ
administeredBy County Territorial Associations ⓘ
commandStructure War Office ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
dissolved 1921 ⓘ
distinctFrom Regular Army ⓘ
Special Reserve ⓘ
eligibility male British subjects of military age ⓘ
formedBy Haldane Reforms ⓘ
linked to: Childers Reforms
garrisonRole defence of the British Isles ⓘ
hasComponent artillery units ⓘ
engineer units ⓘ
infantry units ⓘ
medical units ⓘ
signals units ⓘ
support services ⓘ
yeomanry cavalry units ⓘ
hasPredecessor Militia (United Kingdom) ⓘ
Volunteer Force ⓘ
Yeomanry ⓘ
hasRole home defence force ⓘ
provider of part‑time soldiers ⓘ
source of trained reserves ⓘ
inception 1908 ⓘ
legalBasis Territorial and Reserve Forces Act 1907 ⓘ
mobilisedFor First World War ⓘ
linked to: World War I
namedAfter territorial service concept ⓘ
notableConflict First World War ⓘ
linked to: World War I
notableContribution provided complete divisions for the British Expeditionary Force ⓘ
oathChange many members volunteered for overseas service in 1914 ⓘ
oathRequirement initially for home service only ⓘ
partOf British Army ⓘ
peacetimeStatus reserve force ⓘ
primaryMission home defence in the United Kingdom ⓘ
recruitmentBasis local and county‑based units ⓘ
replacedBy Territorial Army ⓘ
secondaryMission provide units for overseas service in wartime ⓘ
serviceType part‑time military service ⓘ
sizeAtOutbreakOfWWI over 250000 personnel ⓘ
theatreOfOperations Gallipoli ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Gallipoli

Italian Front ⓘ
Middle East ⓘ
Western Front ⓘ
trainingPattern annual training camps ⓘ
evening and weekend drills ⓘ
voluntaryNature volunteer force ⓘ
wartimeStatus deployable field force ⓘ

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Referenced by (38)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

51st (Highland) Division → raisedFrom → Territorial Force ⓘ
New Zealand Army → component → Territorial Force ⓘ
Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars → servedIn → Territorial Force ⓘ
Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars → partOf → Territorial Force ⓘ
Regular Force → contrastedWith → Territorial Force ⓘ
Shropshire Yeomanry → partOf → Territorial Force ⓘ
Army Council → authorityOver → Territorial Force ⓘ
52nd (Lowland) Infantry Division → partOf → Territorial Force ⓘ
129th Infantry Brigade → militaryBranch → Territorial Force ⓘ
130th Infantry Brigade → raisedFrom → Territorial Force ⓘ
56th (London) Infantry Division → partOf → Territorial Force ⓘ
Volunteer Force (United Kingdom) → replacedBy → Territorial Force ⓘ
8 DLI → associatedWith → Territorial Force ⓘ
54th (East Anglian) Division → partOf → Territorial Force ⓘ
Territorial Decoration → component → Territorial Force ⓘ
Militia (United Kingdom) → supersededBy → Territorial Force ⓘ
County Territorial Associations → partOf → Territorial Force administrative structure ⓘ
linked to: Territorial Force
County Territorial Associations → relatedTo → Territorial Force ⓘ
Special Reserve → distinctFrom → Territorial Force ⓘ
Royal Dorset Yeomanry → service → Territorial Force ⓘ
Royal Buckinghamshire Yeomanry → partOf → Territorial Force ⓘ
Volunteer Corps → relatedTo → Territorial Force ⓘ
Volunteer Corps → evolvedInto → Territorial Force ⓘ
Edward Frederick Lindley Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax → militaryBranch → Territorial Force ⓘ
subject linked to: Frederick Lindley
Warwickshire Yeomanry → militaryBranch → Territorial Force ⓘ
Warwickshire Yeomanry → partOf → Territorial Force ⓘ
Yeomanry Mounted Division → branch → Territorial Force ⓘ
Yeomanry Mounted Division → personnelOrigin → Territorial Force ⓘ
60th (2/2nd London) Division → allegiance → Territorial Force ⓘ
74th (Yeomanry) Division → branch → Territorial Force ⓘ