Public Schools Battalions
MILITARY UNIT
Public Schools Battalion; 16th (Service) Battalion, Middlesex Regiment (Public Schools); 18th (Service) Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (1st Public Schools); 19th (Service) Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (2nd Public Schools); 20th (Service) Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (3rd Public Schools); 21st (Service) Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (4th Public Schools); 28th (Reserve) Battalion, Royal Fusiliers; 29th (Reserve) Battalion, Royal Fusiliers; 53rd (Service) Battalion, Royal Fusiliers; 24th (Reserve) Battalion, Middlesex Regiment; 52nd (Service) Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment
The Public Schools Battalions were a group of Pals battalions of the British Army during World War I. They were raised in 1914 as part of Kitchener's Army and were originally recruited exclusively from former public schoolboys.