The definition of the Junior and Senior Battalions of the Training Reserve was issued in an appendix to Army Council Instruction 986 of 1917.
Headquarters
- 1 Lieutenant-Colonel in command
- 1 Major second in command
- 1 Adjutant
- 1 Quartermaster
- 2 Warrant Officers Class I (one a Sergeant Major and the other an Acting Sergeant Major)
- 2 Warrant Officers Class II (one a Quartermaster Sergeant and the other an Acting Quartermaster Sergeant)
- 1 Colour Sergeant instructor in musketry
- 1 Orderly Room Segeant
- 2 Orderly Room clerks
- 1 Sergeant Drummer
- 1 Pioneer Sergeant
- 1 Sergeant Shoemaker
- 1 Sergeant Cook
- 1 Armourer attached from the Army Ordnance Corps
- 16 Drummers (recruits under age of 18 years and one month, or others of medical category C)
- 3 Pioneers (two being cold shoers)
One Company
- 1 Major or Captain in command
- 5 Lieutenants or Second Lieutenants
- 1 Warrant Officer Class II (Company Sergeant Major)
- 1 Company Quartermaster Sergeant
- 8 Sergeants
- 10 Corporals
- 210 Privates (in training)
Six Other Companies
- 6 Majors or Captains in command
- 30 Lieutenants or Second Lieutenants
- 6 Warrant Officers Class II (Company Sergeant Majors)
- 6 Company Quartermaster Sergeants
- 48 Sergeants
- 60 Corporals
- 1260 Privates (in training)
1452 officers and men in all.
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Training Reserve formed in 1916
The remodelled Training Reserve of 1917