Warwick, formerly the 1st Warwick Militia 4th (Militia) Battalion, based in Warwick, formerly the 2nd Warwick Militia Volunteer Infantry [Double-battalion] 1st & 2nd Battalions, 1st (Birmingham) Warwickshire Rifle Volunteer Corps, based in Birmingham, renamed as 1st Volunteer Battalion in 1883 [Double-battalion] 1st & 2nd Battalions, 2nd Warwickshire Rifle Volunteer Corps, based in Coventry, renamed as 2nd Volunteer Battalion in 1883 In 1898, the regiment fought at Atbara and Omdurman during Lord Kitchener's reconquest of the Sudan and saw service at Diamond Hill and Bergendal during the Second Boer War. 20th century The 2nd battalion started the century in South Africa, where they were engaged in heavy fighting in the early phases of the Second Boer War. After a large portion of the men were struck down with malarial fever, they were in August 1901 transferred to Bermuda to guard Boer prisoners. The battalion returned home in November 1902, after the end of the war earlier that year, to be stationed at Raglan barracks, Devonport, Plymouth. The 5th (Militia) battalion, formed from the 1st Warwick Militia in 1881, was a reserve battalion. It was embodied in January 1900, disembodied in October that year, and later re-embodied for service in South Africa during the Second Boer War. Almost 700 officers and men returned to Southampton on the SS Briton in September 1902, following the end of the war. In 1908, Secretary of State for War Richard Haldane implemented a series of reforms, which merged the Volunteer Force and Yeomanry into the larger Territorial Force. After these reforms, the regiment was now organised as follows: Regulars 1st Battalion in 1908 based in Peshawar 2nd Battalion in 1908 based at Bordon Camp Special Reserve 3rd (Special Reserve) Battalion based in Warwick, formerly 3rd Militia Btn 4th (Extra Reserve) Battalion based in Warwick, formerly 4th Militia Btn Territorial Force 5th Battalion HQ based at Thorp Street Drill Hall, Birmingham, formerly 1st Btn, 1st Volunteer Btn 6th Battalion HQ based at Thorp Street Drill Hall, Birmingham, formerly 2nd Btn, 1st Volunteer Btn 7th Battalion HQ based at Queen Victoria Road Drill Hall, Coventry, formerly 1st & 2nd Btns, 2nd Volunteer Btn 8th Battalion HQ based at Aston Lower Grounds, Aston, new formed in 1908 Cadet Affiliations 1st Cadet Battalion based at The Barracks, Aston Manor, affiliated to 8th Btn 2nd Cadet Battalion based at Stevens Memorial Hall, Coventry, affiliated to 7th Btn 3rd Cadet Battalion based