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The 18th, 23rd and 24th went to India. The 21st went to India via Egypt<ref>[http://www.1914-1918.net/rb.htm The Rifle Brigade] 1914-1918.net</ref>
The 18th came into being about 11/11/15. Their time overseas was spent in [[Rangoon]], based in Sale Barracks, with detachments at Port Blair, in the Andaman Islands, guarding the convict settlement there. Detachments went on escort duty to Basra (and qualified for The Victory Medal), and were employed on the minesweepers patrol at Bombay.<refname=LRB>stiletto_33853 [http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=103704&hl= London Rifle in Burma?] ''Great War Forum'' 10 August 2008 et al. and Retrieved 8 December 2014</ref> <ref>stiletto_33853 [http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=53333 18th Rifle Brigade] ''Great War Forum'' 30 May 2006 et al. Retrieved 8 December 2014</ref>
The 23rd were at [[Multan]] at first and then [[Bareilly]] with one company in [[Amritsar]] for May 1916. The 24th were at [[Sialkot]] with detachments at different times at [[Jullunder]], Amritsar, [[Lahore]] and [[Ferozepore]] and was involved in internal security duties.
<ref> stiletto_33853 [http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=190732 18/23/24 Rifle Brigade in India 1916. Where were they ?] ''Great War Forum'' 08 February 2013. Retrieved 8 December 2014</ref>
An article in the 1928<ref> There is another reference to this as 1927</ref> ''Rifle Brigade Chronicle'', pages 162 to 182 inclusive, by Captain R.C. Bridgeman, covers the formation of these battalions, with a precis of each battalion’s war record.<ref name=LRB/>
==Regimental journal==
***[http://www.archive.org/stream/riflebrigadechr03owngoog#page/n182/mode/2up 3rd Battalion letters from Meerut and Landour]
**[http://www.archive.org/stream/riflebrigadechr05owngoog#page/n8/mode/2up 1905 (Sixteenth Year)] 1906. All years from Archive.org
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