10th (Service) Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (Stockbrokers) | |
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Active | 21 August 1914–31 March 1919 |
Allegiance | United Kingdom |
Branch | New Army |
Type | Pals battalion |
Role | Infantry |
Size | One Battalion |
Part of | 37th Division |
Garrison/HQ | City of London |
Nickname(s) | 'Ditchers' |
Patron | Lord Mayor and Corporation of London |
Anniversaries | 29 August |
Engagements | Battle 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.