10th (Service) Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (Stockbrokers)

10th (Service) Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (Stockbrokers)
Cap badge of the Royal Fusiliers
Active21 August 1914–31 March 1919
Allegiance United Kingdom
Branch New Army
TypePals battalion
RoleInfantry
SizeOne Battalion
Part of37th Division
Garrison/HQCity of London
Nickname(s)'Ditchers'
PatronLord Mayor and Corporation of London
Anniversaries29 August
EngagementsBattle of the Somme
Battle of the Ancre
Battle of Arras
Third Battle of Ypres
German spring offensive
Hundred Days Offensive
Commanders
Colonel of
the Regiment
Sir Vansittart Bowater
Notable
commanders
Hon Robert White

The 10th (Service) Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (Stockbrokers) (10th RF) was an infantry unit of 'Kitchener's Army' in World War I. Recruited from the financial community of the City of London it was the original 'Pals battalion'. It served on the Western Front from July 1915 until the Armistice, seeing action at the Somme and the Ancre, at Arras and Ypres, against the German spring offensive, and in the final Hundred Days Offensive.