The North Staffordshire Regiment
Battalions of the Regular Army
1st Battalion
August 1914 : at Buttevant. Part of 17th Brigade in 6th Division. Moved to Cambridge and quickly on to Newmarket.
12 September 1914 : LANDED AT ST NAZAIRE.
18 October 1915 : transferred to 72nd Brigade in 24th Division.

Battalions of the Territorial Force
1/5th Battalion
August 1914 : in Hanley. Part of Staffordshire Brigade in North Midland Division. Moved to Luton area and in November 1914 went on to Bishops Stortford.
4 March 1915 : LANDED AT LE HAVRE.
12 May 1915 : formation became the 137th Brigade in 46th (North Midland) Division.
January 1916 : moved to Egypt, returning to FRANCE next month.

8th (Service) Battalion
Formed at Lichfield on 18 September 1914 as part of K2 and came under orders of 57th Brigade in 19th (Western) Division.
Moved to Salisbury Plain, went into billets in Bristol in December 1914 and in February 1915 to Weston-super-Mare before going to Tidworth in April.
18 July 1915 : LANDED IN FRANCE.
7 February 1918 : transferred to 56th Brigade in same Division.


9th (Service) Battalion (Pioneers)
Formed at Lichfield on 20 September 1914 as part of K3. Moved to South Downs, attached as Army Troops to 22nd Division. Moved to billets in Hastings in December 1914.
20 April 1915 : became Pioneer Bn and transferred to 37th Division.
29 July 1915 : LANDED AT LE HAVRE.

1st (Garrison) Battalion
Formed at South Dalton in April 1916 and MOVED TO FRANCE IN MAY, where it remained. Renamed 13th (Garrison) Bn on 31 July 1918.