Considered by contemporaries to be socially élite and reasonably well-trained compared to other territorial units , the 1/10th volunteered for overseas service and became the seventh territorial battalion to be dispatched to the Western Front . The battalion took passage aboard the SS '' Maidan '' at Southampton on 1 November 1914 , completing its disembarkation at Le Havre on the morning of the third with the Queen 's Westminster Rifles . The battalion 's original strength - those who qualified for the 1914 Star - became known as the " Maidaners " in reference to the vessel
1914 Star
1914 Star
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