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From: techconsultserv@juno.com
List Editor: H-War Editor David Silbey <david.silbey@ALVERNIA.EDU>
Editor's Subject: QUERY: Bantamweight military units
Author's Subject: Bantamweight military units
Date Written: Wednesday, November 25, 2009 6:28:10 AM
Date Posted: Thu, 25 Nov 2009 06:32:23 -0500

 I have read somewhere that during WW1 the British Army made
up units of smaller men only, called bantamweight divisions,
since there was such a shortage of manpower as the war
dragged on.

Does anyone have any good references to such units, how they
were made up, where they served, etc?

R J Del Vecchio

[ED NOTE:  A good place to start is with Sidney Allinson, _The Bantams:  The
Untold Story of World War I_ (London:  Pen & Sword, 2009 [1981])]
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