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Two distinct ‘strands’ of discipline and officer-man relations coexisted in the prewar British army. The previous chapter discussed the Regular strand but here, using a similar approach, the focus is on the Auxiliary forces, which consisted of Yeomanry (cavalry) and Volunteer (from 1908 Territorial) infantry and artillery units. In 1908 the Yeomanry merged into the newly created Territorial Force (TF). Although technically disbanded in 1908, many Volunteer units simply changed their name, and there was much continuity between the old Volunteer Force and the TF.1
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Sheffield, G.D. (2000). The Prewar Army: the Auxiliary Forces and Debates on Discipline. In: Leadership in the Trenches. Studies in Military and Strategic History. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230596986_2
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