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Originally Posted by AndyC_65
This may be a stupid G&T induced question; but aren't the reserve battalions and the National Reserve different things?
Cheers,
Andy C
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Not a stupid question at all - and 'yes' they are different, but the general make up of the Army at the turn of the last Century can be quite confusing.
You had;-
The Regular or 1st Class Reserve - with additional Sections.
The Special Reserve - formerly the old Militia prior to 1908.
The National Reserve & it's three Classes(I, II & III), which took over from the Veteran Reserve, and which was administered by the County Associations, which eventually became 'Supernumary Companies'
The National Volunteer Reserve - possibly remnants of the above, which were absorbed into the Volunteer Force.