The use of the word territorial signified that the volunteers who served with the force were under no obligation to serve overseas.
On formation, the TF contained 14 infantry divisions, and 14 mounted yeomanry brigades. The individual units that made up each division or brigade were administered by County Associations, with the county's lord lieutenant as president. Associations took over any property vested in the volunteers or yeomanry under their administration.
The basic building block was the yeomanry regiment or infantry battalion; these numbered 54 regiments of yeomanry, and 207 battalions of territorial infantry. Each regiment or battalion had a regular army officer attached as full-time adjutant. Every Territorial battalion of infantry was attached to a regular Army regiment; for example, the Royal Scots had two regular battalions, a reserve battalion, and seven Territorial battalions numbered the 4th through 10th.
Each infantry division had it's own integegral support elements with volunteer artillery, engineer, medical and supply companies. .
The divisional artillery consisted of Royal Field Artillery gun and howitzer brigades, with a heavy Royal Garrison Artillery battery. Independant batteries of the Royal Horse Artillery supported cavalry formations
In certain instances units of the Royal Garrison Artillery maintained their orginal costal defence role defending ports and coasta facilities.
In total there were 23 volunteer batteries of the Royal Garrison Artillery, 151 of the Royal Field Artillery, and 14 of the Royal Horse Artillery. The 4th Highland Brigade which was equpped as mountain artillery
