Editing King's Royal Rifle Corps (section)

==Cadet battalions==
There were two cadet battalions: 1st Cadet Battalion, The King's Royal Rifle Corps and Queen Victoria's Rifles Cadet Corps (re-titled the 2nd Cadet Battalion, The King's Royal Rifle Corps in 1945). Over the years, the formation of the cadet battalions was changed regularly, due to the changes to do with rules and the commanding officer.{{sfn|Wallace|2005|pp=235–236}} The 1st Cadet Battalion owes its foundation to the Reverend Freeman Wills, who was commissioned into the Volunteer Army in the rank of captain on 26 July 1890. He was also Vicar of St Agatha's just behind Sun Street, [[Finsbury Square]]. On receiving his commission he decided to form a cadet company within the 1st Cadet Battalion, the [[Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey)|Royal West Surrey Regiment]]. The company quickly expanded to become the 2nd Cadet Battalion, the Royal West Surrey Regiment, at which point he moved the battalion headquarters to No. 2 Finsbury Square (and in 1904 to 24 Sun Street, which he had specially built for the purpose). In 1894 he applied to [[Prince George, Duke of Cambridge]], Colonel-in-Chief, to affiliate to the regiment, with the title of 1st Cadet Battalion, the King's Royal Rifle Corps. Consent was granted on 8 November 1894, and the battalion has remained a part of the regiment ever since.{{sfn|Wallace|2005|pp=235–236}}

In the days of their foundation, cadet battalions were privately organized and funded. On becoming a part of the King's Royal Rifle Corps, subscriptions began to flow in and, after the commanding officer had spent nearly £1,000, the battalion was placed on a financial basis that many volunteer corps would have envied. There were to be many ups and down in later years, especially when recognition of the Cadet Force was withdrawn between the two world wars, but fortunately the enthusiasm and commitment of those involved consistently triumphed over the parsimony of governments.{{sfn|Wallace|2005|pp=235–236}}

In 1900, when volunteers were urgently needed for the Second Boer War, the commanding officer, Colonel Freeman Croft-Wills, persuaded the War Office to accept a company of the older cadets, principally N.C.O.s (non-commissioned officers), the company being enrolled in the City Imperial Volunteers. Around 100 cadets thus served in South Africa with this unit, whilst other cadets and ex-cadets served in the Royal Army Medical Corps, and other units. Four were killed in action, one serving with the 1st Battalion King's Royal Rifle Corps at the Battle of Dundee, and the others with units of the C.I.V.s. Their comrades erected brass plaques in their memory in the Drill Hall at Sun Street. These are now displayed in the Cadet Company Office here at Davies Street.{{sfn|Wallace|2005|pp=235–236}}

In recognition of this service, [[Edward VII|King Edward VII]] granted the battalion the honour of wearing on its accoutrements the battle honour "South Africa 1900–1902" (Army Order 151 of 1905). The announcement of this privilege was made to the battalion by [[George V|King George V]], then Prince of Wales, when, accompanied by [[Mary of Teck|Queen Mary]], he distributed the prizes at the [[Guildhall, London|Guildhall]] in the City of London. The 1st Cadet Battalion King's Royal Rifle Corps are the only cadet unit in the United Kingdom to have been granted such an honour and are permitted to wear the miniature 60th cap badge with the single battle honour, and call their cadets "riflemen".{{sfn|Wallace|2005|pp=235–236}}

The 2nd Cadet Battalion, the King's Royal Rifle Corps was formed in 1942 when a [[Home Guard (United Kingdom)|Home Guard]] instruction was issued ordering each Home Guard battalion to raise a cadet unit. Lieutenant-Colonel R.L. Clark of Queen Victoria's Rifles was given the task, and on 15 May 1942 the Queen Victoria's Rifles Cadet Corps was born. Over the next three years the unit expanded to five companies, which in April 1945 led to it being re-titled the 2nd Cadet Battalion, The King's Royal Rifle Corps. In 1951 the 1st and 2nd Cadet Battalion were amalgamated. This resulted in the disposal of the headquarters of the 1st Cadet Battalion at Sun Street. In 1954, the battalion office of the 'new' 1st Cadet Battalion was established at 56 Davies Street, where it remains to this day.{{sfn|Wallace|2005|pp=235–236}}<ref name="Cadet History">{{cite web|title=1st Cadet Battalion, The King's Royal Rifle Corps |url=http://www.krrcassociation.com/history/cadets.pdf |publisher=King's Royal Rifle Corps Association |access-date=11 June 2016 |url-status=unfit |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120514083543/http://www.krrcassociation.com/history/cadets.pdf |archive-date=14 May 2012 }}</ref>

Today, the KRRC 1st Cadet Battalion still exists, with the following units making up the battalion:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://krrcassociation.com/index.php/history/55-cadet-battalions-krrc|title=1st Cadet Battalion, The King's Royal Rifle Corps|publisher=King's Royal Rifle Corps Association|access-date=31 August 2018|archive-date=31 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180831035810/http://krrcassociation.com/index.php/history/55-cadet-battalions-krrc|url-status=live}}</ref>

*A Company, 231 KRRC (Paddington) Rifles ACF
*B Company, 232 KRRC (Westminster) Rifles ACF
*C Company, 233 KRRC (Camden) Rifles ACF
*D Company, 234 KRRC (Putney) Rifles ACF 
All these ACF units are currently in the Middlesex and Northwest London Sector Army Cadet Force.