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Originally Posted by Utah Bob
That's because of the Home Regiment system they have. Regiments were named largely for the area they were recruited from rather than numerically, much like our volunteer regiments of the War Between the States. The Louisiana Tiger Zouaves comes to mind.
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This makes sense, though perhaps after WW1 while they kept the names they might have reconsidered the recruitment practices. I recall reading about " Pals Battalions" etc, where all the men from a village or town would sign up to serve together. If such a regiment was shredded in the meat grinder of the Somme, that village or town would have very few men returning.
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