HC Deb 03 December 1906 vol 166 cc543-6
MR. FIENNES (Oxfordshire, Banbury)

To ask the Secretary of State for War if he will state what is the full strength of a Militia battalion, and what

Names of Battalions below 500 Officers and Men. Strength of the Permanent Staffs detailed for service with each. Strength on 1st November, 1906.
Officers. Militiamen.
3rd Battalion Royal West Surrey Regiment 30 21 465
3rd Battalion Royal Lancaster Regiment 30 12 451
4th Battalion Royal Lancaster Regiment 30 14 403
3rd Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment 24 15 379
4th Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment 24 11 479
3rd Battalion Devonshire Regiment 24 16 409
4th Battalion Devonshire Regiment 24 16 357
3rd Battalion Somersetshire Light Infantry 24 14 242
4th Battalion Somersetshire Light Infantry 30 17 338
3rd Battalion Royal Scots Fusiliers 30 11 421
3rd Battalion Cheshire Regiment 30 13 469
3rd Battalion Royal Welsh Fusiliers 24 14 347
4th Battalion Royal Welsh Fusiliers 24 13 417
4th Battalion South Wales Borderers 24 10 388
3rd Battalion King's Own Scottish Borderers 30 17 469
3rd Battalion Scottish Rifles 36 9 418
3rd Battalion Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers 24 15 250
4th Battalion Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers 24 12 366
5th Battalion Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers 24 15 414
3rd Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment 30 15 404
4th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment 24 15 475

is the strength of the permanent staff detailed thereto; the number and names of the battalions below 500 officers and men; and the strength of the permanent staffs detailed for service with each.

(Answered by Mr. Secretary Haldane.) Return showing the number and names of the Militia battalions below 500 officers and men, and the strength of the permanent staffs detailed for service with each. Dated 1st November, 1906.

Names of Battalions below 500 Officers and Men. Strength of the Permanent Staff detailed for service with each. Strength on 1st November, 1906.
Officers. Militiamen.
6th Battalion Worcestershire Regiment 30 13 476
3rd Battalion Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry 24 13 205
3rd Battalion Border Regiment 24 8 432
4th Battalion Border Regiment 24 10 209
3rd Battalion Royal Sussex Regiment 30 19 361
3rd Battalion Dorsetshire Regiment 24 14 311
4th Battalion Oxfordshire Regiment 24 14 286
3rd Battalion Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment 30 11 414
3rd Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment 30 16 474
3rd Battalion Royal Berkshire Regiment 24 12 339
3rd Battalion Shropshire Light Infantry 30 9 407
4th Battalion Shropshire Light Infantry 24 8 293
5th Battalion King's Royal Rifle Corps 17 8 380
8th Battalion King's Royal Rifle Corps 17 5 346
3rd Battalion Wiltshire Regiment 24 15 403
3rd Battalion Royal Irish Fusiliers 30 12 473
4th Battalion Royal Irish Fusiliers 20 10 248
5th Battalion Royal Irish Fusiliers 20 11 244
3rd Battalion Connaught Rangers 20 8 392
4th Battalion Connaught Rangers 24 7 292
3rd Battalion Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders 25 10 415
3rd Battalion Leinster Regiment 24 10 433
4th Battalion Royal Munster Fusiliers 27 17 377
3rd Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers 24 11 462
6th Battalion Rifle Brigade 30 16 439