Original (Home Service) Labour Companies formed under Army Council Instruction 897 of 1917
Regiment | Existing Infantry Works Companies | Would form HS Labour Companies | Men numbered from | to |
---|---|---|---|---|
King's (Liverpool Regiment) | 1 - 2, 16 - 18 | 305 | 170141 | 170440 |
King's (Liverpool Regiment) | 1 - 2, 16 - 18 | 306 | 170441 | 170740 |
King's (Liverpool Regiment) | 3, 6 - 7, 9- 12 | 307 | 170741 | 171040 |
King's (Liverpool Regiment) | 3, 6 - 7, 9- 12 | 308 | 171041 | 171340 |
King's (Liverpool Regiment) | 3, 6 - 7, 9- 12 | 309 | 171341 | 171640 |
Devonshire Regiment | 1 - 13, 15 - 16, 20 - 21, 24 - 26, 29 - 32 | 310 | 171641 | 171940 |
Devonshire Regiment | 1 - 13, 15 - 16, 20 - 21, 24 - 26, 29 - 32 | 311 | 171941 | 172240 |
Devonshire Regiment | 1 - 13, 15 - 16, 20 - 21, 24 - 26, 29 - 32 | 312 | 172241 | 172540 |
Devonshire Regiment | 1 - 13, 15 - 16, 20 - 21, 24 - 26, 29 - 32 | 313 | 172541 | 172840 |
Devonshire Regiment | 1 - 13, 15 - 16, 20 - 21, 24 - 26, 29 - 32 | 314 | 172841 | 173140 |
Devonshire Regiment | 1 - 13, 15 - 16, 20 - 21, 24 - 26, 29 - 32 | 315 | 173141 | 173440 |
Devonshire Regiment | 1 - 13, 15 - 16, 20 - 21, 24 - 26, 29 - 32 | 316 | 173441 | 173740 |
Devonshire Regiment | 1 - 13, 15 - 16, 20 - 21, 24 - 26, 29 - 32 | 317 | 173741 | 174040 |
Devonshire Regiment | 1 - 13, 15 - 16, 20 - 21, 24 - 26, 29 - 32 | 318 | 174041 | 174340 |
Devonshire Regiment | 1 - 13, 15 - 16, 20 - 21, 24 - 26, 29 - 32 | 319 | 174341 | 174640 |
Royal Irish Rifles | 1 | 320 | 174641 | 174940 |
Royal Scots Fusiliers | 1 - 4, 6 - 8 | 321 | 174941 | 175240 |
Royal Scots Fusiliers | 1 - 4, 6 - 8 | 322 | 175241 | 175540 |
Royal Scots Fusiliers | 1 - 4, 6 - 8 | 323 | 175541 | 175840 |
Royal Scots Fusiliers | 1 - 4, 6 - 8 | 324 | 175841 | 176140 |
Royal Scots Fusiliers | 1 - 4, 6 - 8 | 325 | 176141 | 176440 |
Middlesex Regiment | 1 - 25, 27 | 326 | 176441 | 176740 |
Middlesex Regiment | 1 - 25, 27 | 327 | 176741 | 177040 |
Middlesex Regiment | 1 - 25, 27 | 328 | 177041 | 177340 |
Middlesex Regiment | 1 - 25, 27 | 329 | 177341 | 177640 |
Middlesex Regiment | 1 - 25, 27 | 330 | 177641 | 177940 |
Middlesex Regiment | 1 - 25, 27 | 331 | 177941 | 178240 |
Middlesex Regiment | 1 - 25, 27 | 332 | 178241 | 178540 |
Middlesex Regiment | 1 - 25, 27 | 333 | 178541 | 178840 |
Middlesex Regiment | 1 - 25, 27 | 334 | 178841 | 179140 |
Middlesex Regiment | 1 - 25, 27 | 335 | 179141 | 179440 |
Middlesex Regiment | 1 - 25, 27 | 336 | 179441 | 179740 |
Middlesex Regiment | 1 - 25, 27 | 337 | 179741 | 180040 |
Middlesex Regiment | 1 - 25, 27 | 338 | 180041 | 180340 |
Middlesex Regiment | 1 - 25, 27 | 339 | 180341 | 180640 |
Middlesex Regiment | 1 - 25, 27 | 340 | 180641 | 180940 |
Middlesex Regiment | 1 - 25, 27 | 341 | 180941 | 181240 |
Middlesex Regiment | 1 - 25, 27 | 342 | 181241 | 181540 |
Middlesex Regiment | 1 - 25, 27 | 343 | 181541 | 181840 |
Durham Light Infantry | 1 - 24, 26 - 30, 32 - 33 | 344 | 181841 | 182140 |
Durham Light Infantry | 1 - 24, 26 - 30, 32 - 33 | 345 | 182141 | 182440 |
Durham Light Infantry | 1 - 24, 26 - 30, 32 - 33 | 346 | 182441 | 182740 |
Durham Light Infantry | 1 - 24, 26 - 30, 32 - 33 | 347 | 182741 | 183040 |
Durham Light Infantry | 1 - 24, 26 - 30, 32 - 33 | 348 | 183041 | 183340 |
Durham Light Infantry | 1 - 24, 26 - 30, 32 - 33 | 349 | 183341 | 183640 |
Durham Light Infantry | 1 - 24, 26 - 30, 32 - 33 | 350 | 183641 | 183940 |
Durham Light Infantry | 1 - 24, 26 - 30, 32 - 33 | 351 | 183941 | 184240 |
Durham Light Infantry | 1 - 24, 26 - 30, 32 - 33 | 352 | 184241 | 184540 |
Durham Light Infantry | 1 - 24, 26 - 30, 32 - 33 | 353 | 184541 | 184840 |
Durham Light Infantry* | 1 - 24, 26 - 30, 32 - 33 | 354 | 184841 | 185040 |
Durham Light Infantry | 1 - 24, 26 - 30, 32 - 33 | 355 | 185041 | 185340 |
Durham Light Infantry | 1 - 24, 26 - 30, 32 - 33 | 356 | 185341 | 185640 |
Durham Light Infantry | 1 - 24, 26 - 30, 32 - 33 | 357 | 185641 | 185940 |
Durham Light Infantry | 1 - 24, 26 - 30, 32 - 33 | 358 | 185941 | 186240 |
*The men’s numbering sequence defined in the ACI changes at this point: we know of no reason for this and it is quite possibly an error.
In this reorganisation, a number of existing Infantry Works Companies were disbanded. They were:
- 26 and 28 Infantry Works Companies of the Middlesex Regiment;
- 5 Infantry Works Company of the Royal Scots Fusiliers;
- 14, 17 – 19, 22 – 23, 27 – 28 Infantry Works Companies of the Devonshire Regiment; and
- 31 Infantry Works Company of the Durham Light Infantry.
The personnel of these units were transferred to the Labour Battalions