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156: 172: 144: 249:, the formation of Reserve or 2nd-Line units for each existing Territorial Force unit was authorised. They were distinguished by a '2/' prefix from their parent unit (prefixed '1/'). Initially these were formed from men who had not volunteered for overseas service, and the recruits who were flooding in. Later they were mobilised for overseas service in their own right and new 3rd Line units were created to supply drafts to the two service battalions. Unusually, the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th London Battalions each sent three battalions overseas and formed 4th Line reserve units. Thus the 26 pre-war battalions of the London regiment became 82 battalions. 164: 58: 40: 257:(3/1st, 3/2nd, 3/3rd and 3/4th Bns London Regiment). 104th and 105th Provisional Battalions were assigned to the Honourable Artillery Company (which was nominally a battalion of the London Regiment but never accepted that identity), whilst 100th–103rd and 106th–108th Provisional Battalions were assigned to the London Regiment in general. 252:
In June 1915, men of Territorial Force units who had only volunteered for Home service were formed into composite Provisional Battalions for coast defence. In 1916 the Military Service Act swept away the Home/Overseas service distinction and the provisional battalions took on the dual role of home
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in the 1920s and its individual battalions were granted battle honours in 1924. However, the regiment ceased to exist in 1938 and the battalions were all transferred to regular infantry regiments, the
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History of the Great War: Order of Battle of Divisions, Part 2b: The 2nd-Line Territorial Force Divisions (57th–69th), with the Home-Service Divisions (71st–73rd) and 74th and 75th Divisions,
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The London Regiment was reformed in 1993 through the re-regimentation of some of the remaining successors of the original regiment (not including, for example, the
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defence and physical conditioning to render men fit for drafting overseas. For example, the 100th Provisional Battalion was formed from Home Service men of
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The Edward Street drill hall was damaged during the blitz and demolished after the war; the street is now known as Varndell Street
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it was announced that the London Regiment would be re-designated as 1st Battalion London Guards by February 2024.
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Formed from 100th and 102nd Provisional Battalions; second-line formation; never saw active service.
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The Flodden Road drill hall was demolished and replaced with a modern structure in 1986
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The War History of the 4th Battalion The London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) 1914–1919
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42nd (7th (23rd London) Bn, The East Surrey Regiment) Battalion, Royal Tank Regiment
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Princess Louise's Kensington Regiment, Middlesex Regiment (Duke of Cambridge's Own)
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34th (The Queen's Own Royal West Kent) Anti-Aircraft Battalion, Royal Engineers
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Formed in June 1918 and went to the Western Front in the last months of the war.
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34th (County of London) Battalion, London Regiment (King's Royal Rifle Corps)
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20th (County of London) Battalion, London Regiment (Blackheath and Woolwich)
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A 1915 recruitment poster for 2nd City of London Battalion, Royal Fusiliers.
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London: HM Stationery Office, 1937/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press,
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Absorbed by 47th (2nd London) Divisional Signals, Royal Signals in 1922.
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2nd City of London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) in the Great War 1914–19
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6th (Bermondsey) Battalion, The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey)
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35th (First Surrey Rifles) Anti-Aircraft Battalion, Royal Engineers
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Recruitment poster for the London Regiment during the interwar years.
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32nd (7th City of London) Anti-Aircraft Battalion, Royal Engineers
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2nd (City of London) Battalion, London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers)
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1st (City of London) Battalion, London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers)
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33rd (City of London) Battalion London Regiment (Rifle Brigade)
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19th (County of London) Battalion, London Regiment (St. Pancras)
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13th (County of London) Battalion, London Regiment (Kensington)
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4th Volunteer Battalion, Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)
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Leeds Rifles, Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment)
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Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs, The Duke of Albany's)
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33rd (St. Pancras) Anti-Aircraft Battalion, Royal Engineers
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The Prince of Wales's Own 12th Middlesex (Civil Service) VRC
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19th Middlesex (St. Giles's and St. George's, Bloomsbury) VRC
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Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment)
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Formed from 101st and probably 103rd Provisional Battalions.
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24th (County of London) Battalion, London Regiment (Queen's)
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22nd (County of London) Battalion, London Regiment (Queen's)
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Tower Hamlets Rifles, Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own)
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10th (County of London) Battalion (Hackney), London Regiment
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The regiment was first formed in 1908 to regiment the 26
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Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire Regiment)
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Prince of Wales's Volunteers (South Lancashire Regiment)
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Amalgamated into 16th Battalion London Regiment in 1921.
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61st (Middlesex) Anti-Aircraft Brigade, Royal Artillery
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Alexandra, Princess of Wales's Own (Yorkshire Regiment)
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date their formation to that of this regiment in 1908.
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Artists Rifles, Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own)
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31st (City of London Rifles) Anti-Aircraft Battalion,
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Prince of Wales's Leinster Regiment (Royal Canadians)
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Princess Louise's (Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders)
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10th (3rd City of London) Battalion, Royal Fusiliers
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The London Regiment on the Western Front, c.1914–1918
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Military units and formations disestablished in 1938
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28th (County of London) Battalion, London Regiment (
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21st (County of London) Battalion, London Regiment (
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18th (County of London) Battalion, London Regiment (
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17th (County of London) Battalion, London Regiment (
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16th (County of London) Battalion, London Regiment (
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15th (County of London) Battalion, London Regiment (
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14th (County of London) Battalion, London Regiment (
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12th (County of London) Battalion, London Regiment (
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11th (County of London) Battalion, London Regiment (
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10th (County of London) Battalion, London Regiment (
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9th (2nd City of London) Battalion, Royal Fusiliers
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8th (1st City of London) Battalion, Royal Fusiliers
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9th (County of London) Battalion, London Regiment (
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London and Scottish Regiments". 541:8th (City of London) Battalion, London Regiment ( 489:6th (City of London) Battalion, London Regiment ( 455:5th (City of London) Battalion, London Regiment ( 147:Battalions of the London Regiment early 1900s by 2698: 2470:Prince of Wales's (North Staffordshire Regiment) 1394:Second-line formation; never saw active service. 2640:Liverpool Scottish, King's (Liverpool Regiment) 2265:Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment) 421:4th (City of London) Battalion, London Regiment 396:3rd (City of London) Battalion, London Regiment 2405:Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 1326:Drill hall demolished and the site redeveloped 1034:4th Volunteer Battalion, East Surrey Regiment 440:60th (City of London) Anti-Aircraft Regiment, 122:and was disbanded in 1938, shortly before the 2650:Cinque Ports Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment 2630:Liverpool Rifles, King's (Liverpool Regiment) 2126: 1913: 1420: 1418: 1390: 1388: 1386: 582:1st Middlesex (Victoria and St. George's) VRC 2732:1938 disestablishments in the United Kingdom 2717:Regiments of the British Army in World War I 2635:Liverpool Irish, King's (Liverpool Regiment) 2450:Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) 1322: 917:3rd Volunteer Battalion, Middlesex Regiment 210:. Of these, 49 battalions saw action in the 2510:Princess Victoria's (Royal Irish Fusiliers) 2360:Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) 1529: 1527: 1525: 1523: 1521: 1519: 1517: 1515: 1513: 1320: 1318: 1316: 1314: 1312: 1310: 1308: 1306: 1304: 1302: 2133: 2119: 1920: 1906: 1758: 1756: 1754: 1654: 1415: 1383: 118:in 1921). The regiment saw service in the 2727:1908 establishments in the United Kingdom 2260:Prince Albert's (Somerset Light Infantry) 2230:Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) 1594: 1592: 1590: 1588: 1586: 1338: 1089:25th (County of London) Cyclist Battalion 821:13th Middlesex (Queen's Westminster) VRC 791:Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles 431:4th Volunteer Battalion, Royal Fusiliers 406:3rd Volunteer Battalion, Royal Fusiliers 377:2nd Volunteer Battalion, Royal Fusiliers 2540:Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own) 2460:Duke of Edinburgh's (Wiltshire Regiment) 1630: 1628: 1626: 1624: 1622: 1612: 1610: 1608: 1606: 1604: 1510: 1403:Formed from 107th Provisional Battalion. 1356: 1299: 1077:The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey) 483:The Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own) 265:The London Regiment was reformed in the 170: 162: 154: 142: 2722:Military units and formations in London 1876: 1792: 1790: 1788: 1786: 1762: 1751: 1329: 1169:6th Volunteer Battalion, Rifle Brigade 884:3rd Volunteer Battalion, Rifle Brigade 856:9th Volunteer Battalion, Rifle Brigade 774:1st Volunteer Battalion, Rifle Brigade 623:4th Volunteer Battalion, Rifle Brigade 606:6th Volunteer Battalion, Rifle Brigade 290:Kensington Regiment (Princess Louise's) 2699: 2435:Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) 1697: 1583: 1124:Title allotted to Infantry Battalion, 946:Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) 715:The Rangers, King's Royal Rifle Corps 464:City of London Volunteer Rifle Brigade 2681:Royal Militia of the Island of Jersey 2440:King's Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry) 2215:King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) 2114: 1901: 1619: 1601: 1554: 1552: 1406: 1397: 1374: 1365: 481:1st Battalion, London Rifle Brigade, 301: 230:, 14 saw action against the Turks in 2205:Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) 1783: 1448: 1427: 1011:Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) 784:London Scottish, Gordon Highlanders 279:Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own) 1861:Grimwade, Captain F. Clive, (2002) 13: 2445:King's (Shropshire Light Infantry) 1549: 1137:27th (County of London) Battalion 1119:26th (County of London) Battalion 245:Shortly after the outbreak of the 197: 14: 2763: 2608:Huntingdonshire Cyclist Battalion 2355:Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry 1230:32nd (County of London) Battalion 1215:31st (County of London) Battalion 1714:. Queen's Regimental Association 56: 38: 2500:Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders 2420:Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 2400:Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 1799: 1726: 1681:. Regiments.org. 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