Fanteria Britannica Battalion, 1914

Table of Organisation & Equipaggiamento

The battaglione di fanteria britannica consisted of a battalion headquarters, quattro fanteria companies, una sezione mitragliatrice, ed a base depot detachment, which remained in garrison when the battalion deployed for active duty. The fanteria companies were designated A through D in battaglioni regolari, o 1 through 4 in battaglioni della Guardia. The nominal battalion strength was over 1000 men, but actual field strength might drop as low as 200 men.

1914 Fanteria Battalion

Battalion Headquarters
- Lieutenant-Colonel (Battalion Commander)
- Major (Second-in-Command)
- Captain o Lieutenant (Adjutant)
- Captain o Lieutenant (Quartermaster)
- Royal Army Medical Corps
  - Ufficiale
  - Corporal
  - 4 RAMC Privates
- Regimental Sergeant-Major (RSM)
- Quartermaster Sergeant
- Drummer (Sergeant)
- Cook (Sergeant)
- Pioneers
  - Sergeant
  - 10 Privates
- Shoemaker (Sergeant)
- Transport (horse-drawn)
  - Sergeant
  - 11 Privates
  - 13 riding horse
  - 43 draught e pack horses.
  - 6 ammunition carts
  - 2 water carts
  - 3 General Service Wagons (tools e mitragliatrici)
  - Medical Officer’s Maltese Cart
- Signallers
  - Sergeant
  - Corporal
  - 15 Privates
  - 9 bicycles
- Armourer (Sergeant)
- Orderly Room Clerk (Sergeant)
- 6 Officer’s Batmen
- 2 Medical Orderlies
- 16 Stretcher-bearers
A Company
- Company Headquarters
  - Major o Captain (Company Commander)
  - Captain (Second-in-Command)
  - Company Sergeant-Major (CSM)
  - Company Quartermaster Sergeant (CQMS)
  - 2 Officer’s Batmen
  - 3 Guidatori
- 1st Platoon
  - Lieutenant o Second Lieutenant
  - Batman
  - Drummer
  - 1st Section, NCO e 12 men
  - 2nd Section, NCO e 12 men
  - 3rd Section, NCO e 12 men
  - 4th Section, NCO e 12 men
- 2nd Platoon, same as above
- 3rd Platoon, same as above
- 4th Platoon, same as above
B Company, same as above
C Company, same as above
D Company, same as above
Sezione mitragliatrice
- Lieutenant
- Sergeant
- Corporal
- Batman
- 2 Guidatori
- 12 Privates
- 2 mitragliatrici Vickers
Base Depot Detachment
- Subaltern
- 2 Sergeants
- 91 Privates
- 4 Storemen
- Band Sergeant
- Sergeant Master Tailor
- Bandmaster
- Sergeant-Instructor of Musketry

Nel 1914, il battaglione di fanteria had only due six-man gruppi mitragliatrice operating due mitragliatrici pesanti Vickers to support the riflemen. This number was doubled in Februar 1915.

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