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KRRC Battalions during the Second World War

Regular Battalions
1 KRRC	Motor Battalion	North Africa 1940-3
		Italy 1944-5
2 KRRC	Motor Battalion	Calais 1940
		North Africa 1941-3
		Italy 1943-4
		North-West Europe 1944-5

Special Reserve Battalions
5 (Huntingdon Militia) KRRC	Emergency Reserve
6 (Royal 2nd Middlesex Militia) KRRC	Emergency Reserve

Territorial Battalions
7 (Queen Victoria's Rifles) KRRC	Motor Cycle/Motor Battalion (Disbanded 1943)	Calais 1940
8 (Queen Victoria's Rifles) KRRC	Motor Battalion to 1944
	Holding Battalion 1944-5
9 KRRC (The Rangers)	Motor Battalion (Disbanded 1942)	Greece and Crete 1941
		North Africa 1941-2
10 KRRC (The Rangers)	Motor Battalion replacing 1 MTB (1943)
11 (The Queen's Westminsters) KRRC	Motor Battalion	North Africa 1942-3
		Italy 1943-4
		Greece 1944-5
		North-West Europe 1944-5
12 (The Queen's Westminsters)	KRRC Motor Battalion
30 KRRC	Old Soldiers Battalion (Disbanded 1943)
70 KRRC	Young Soldiers Battalion (Disbanded 1943)
1 Motor Training Battalion	Replaced by 10 KRRC (1943)