page_title: 6th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
section_title: Volunteers
hierarchical_section_title: 6th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment / Volunteers
caption_attribution_description: English: Thorp Street Car Park (formerly First Warwickshire Rifle Volunteers Barracks), 17 Thorp Street
context_page_description: The 6th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment was a unit of Britain's Territorial Army from 1908 until 1961. Recruited from Birmingham, it served as infantry in some of the bloodiest fighting on the Western Front and in Italy during World War I. Converted to an Anti-Aircraft role, it defended the West Midlands during The Blitz in the early part of World War II, and then joined Eighth Army in North Africa, including service in the famous Siege of Tobruk and in the Italian Campaign. It served on in the air defence role in the postwar TA until 1961.
context_section_description: The enthusiasm for the Volunteer movement following an invasion scare in 1859 saw the creation of many Rifle Volunteer Corps (RVCs) composed of part-time soldiers eager to supplement the Regular British Army in time of need. One such unit was the 1st (Birmingham Rifles) Warwickshire RVC.
  Under the 'Localisation of Forces' scheme introduced by the Cardwell reforms, the Volunteers in Warwickshire were grouped with the two Regular battalions of the 6th Foot (Royal Warwickshire Regiment) and following the Childers Reforms, the battalion was designated the 1st Volunteer Battalion of the Royal Warwickshire Regiment in 1883. On 1 January 1891 the unit reorganised as a double battalion (referred to as A and B Battalions, or more confusingly as 1st and 2nd Battalions).
caption: Thorp Street Drill Hall, shared by the Birmingham battalions of the Royal Warwicks – now a car park.
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