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London Regiment

The London Regiment is a Territorial Army

Territorial Army

The Territorial Army is the volunteer Military reserve force of the British Army, the army of the United Kingdom, and composed mostly of part-time soldiers paid at a similar rate, while engaged on military activities, as their Regular equivalents....
regiment

Regiment

A regiment is a military unit, composed of variable numbers of battalions, commanded by a Colonel. Depending on the nation, military branch, mission, and organization, a modern regiment resembles a brigade, in that both range in size from a few hundred to 5,000 soldiers ....
in the British Army

British Army

The British Army is the Army branch of the British Armed Forces. It came into being with the unification of the Kingdoms of Kingdom of England and Kingdom of Scotland into the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707....
. It was first formed in 1908 in order to regiment the various Volunteer Force

Volunteer Force (Great Britain)

The Volunteer Force was a citizen army of part-time rifle, artillery and engineer corps, created as a Social movement in 1859. Originally highly autonomous, the units of volunteers became increasingly integrated with the British Army, before forming part of the Territorial Force in 1908....
battalion

Battalion

A battalion is a military unit of around 500-1500 men usually consisting of between two and seven company and typically commanded by a Lieutenant Colonel....
s in the newly formed County of London

County of London

The County of London was a ceremonial counties of England and administrative counties of England of England from 1889 to 1965. It bordered Middlesex to the north and west, Essex to the north east, Kent to the south east and Surrey to the south....
, each battalion having a distinctive uniform. The Volunteer Force was merged with the Yeomanry

Yeomanry

Yeomanry is a designation used by a number of units or sub-units of the British Territorial Army, descended from volunteer cavalry regiments. Today Yeomanry units may serve in a variety of different military roles....
in 1908 to form the Territorial Army. This resulted from the impending insolvency of the Volunteer Force's voluntary civilian administration. The administration was taken over by the War Office

War Office

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The London Regiment is a Territorial Army

Territorial Army

Regiment

British Army

Volunteer Force (Great Britain)

Battalion

County of London

Yeomanry

War Office

The War Office was a former department of the British Government, responsible for the administration of the British Army between the 17th century and 1963, when its functions were transferred to the Ministry of Defence ....
, and most volunteer units lost their unique identities, becoming territorial battalions of their regular army county regiment. The London corps were a notable exception, being grouped to form their own regiment, each retaining a measure of its original identity, and independent of any regular army regiment. The London Regiment ceased to exist in 1938 with the battalions transferring to regular infantry regiments, the Royal Artillery

Royal Regiment of Artillery

The Royal Regiment of Artillery, is generally known as the Royal Artillery and is nicknamed the Gunners. The Regiment is an Arm of the British Army....
and the Royal Engineers.

The London Regiment was reformed in 1992 through the regimentation of most of the remaining successors of the original regiment (except the Rifles

Royal Green Jackets

The Royal Green Jackets was an infantry regiment of the British Army, one of two large regiment within the Light Division . It was formed in 1966 by the amalgamation of the three separate regiments of the Green Jackets Brigade:...
and the Artists' Rifles

Artists' Rifles

The Artists Rifles is a volunteer regiment of the British Army. The full title of the Regiment is currently 21 Special Air Service Regiment ....
). It is the only permanent infantry battalion in London District

London District (British Army)

London District is the name given by the British Army to the area of operations encompassing the Greater London area. It was formed in 1905 as an independent district within the larger command structure of the army, and has remained so ever since....
and consists of an HQ and four rifle companies

Company (military unit)

A company is a military unit, typically consisting of 75-200 soldiers. Most companies are formed of three to five platoons although the exact number may vary by country, unit type, and structure....
.

Battalions of the London Regiment Early 1900s By Richard Caton Woodville

They are:

HQ Company
A (London Scottish) Company
B (Queen's Regiment) Company
C (City of London Fusiliers) Company
D (London Irish Rifles
London Irish Rifles

The London Irish Rifles is now known more formally known as "D Company, London Regiment" and is a volunteer Rifle Regiment with a distinguished history....
) Company

Two companies of Royal Green Jackets

Royal Green Jackets

Strategic Defence Review

The Strategic Defence Review was a British policy document produced by the British Labour Party Government that came to power in 1997. Then Secretary of State for Defence, George Robertson, Baron Robertson of Port Ellen, set out the initial defence policy of the new government, with a series of key decisions designed to enhance the United Ki...
. As a consequence, the Artists' Rifles became the only former unit of the old London Regiment not represented in the current regiment (the heritage of the Artists' Rifles is maintained by 21st SAS Regiment). The Honourable Artillery Company

Honourable Artillery Company

The Honourable Artillery Company is the oldest surviving regiment in the British Army, and the second most senior in the Territorial Army....
is also still separate but, although ordered to do so, never actually became part of the original London Regiment.

In October 2003 120 members of regiment were called up for active service in Operation Telic

Operation Telic

Operation TELIC is the codename under which all United Kingdom operations of the 2003 2003 invasion of Iraq and after are being conducted....
. They were deployed in areas around Basra

Basra

Al-Ba?rah is the capital of Basra Province, and had an estimated population of 1,052,200 as of 2003. Basra is also Iraq's main port. The city is the historic location of Sumer, the home of Sinbad the Sailor, and a proposed location of the Garden of Eden....
in southern Iraq

Iraq

Iraq , officially the Republic of Iraq , is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros Mountains, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....
in January 2004. This group made up a company known as CAMBRAI company as part of the Multi-National Division (South East), a UK commanded division. In May 2004 they were replaced by MESSINES company, this was made up from an HQ and two platoons from across the London Regiment, along with a platoon from the Royal Irish Rangers

Royal Irish Rangers

The Royal Irish Rangers was a regular infantry regiment of the British Army....
.

Following the restructuring of the British Army in 2004

Delivering Security in a Changing World

The 2003 Defence white paper, entitled Delivering Security in a Changing World set out the future structure of the Military of the United Kingdom, and was preceded by the 1998 Strategic Defence Review and the 2002 SDR New Chapter, which responded to the immediate challenges to security in the aftermath of the September 11 attacks....
, it was announced that the Guards Division

Guards Division

The Guards Division is an administrative unit of the British Army responsible for the administration of the regiments of Foot Guards.The Headquarters of the Guards Division is in London, along with the RHQs of each regiment....
would gain a TA battalion. This saw the London Regiment retaining its name and multi-badge structure, while transferring from the Queen's Division

Queen's Division

The Queen's Division is a British Army command, training and administrative apparatus designated for has the regiments from the east of England and the remaining regiment of Fusiliers....
to the Guards Division. The two RGJ companies were transferred to the Royal Rifle Volunteers in preparation for the formation of The Rifles

The Rifles

The Rifles is a regiment of the British Army. It consists of five regular and two territorial battalions, plus a number of companies in other TA battalions, making the regiment the largest in the infantry....
in 2007, leaving the remaining companies in their present multi-badge formation.

Original London Regiment battalions

The London battalions formed the London District

London District (British Army)

Unit	Formerly	Headquarters
1st Vol Bn, The Royal Fusiliers (late 10th Middlesex RVC)			Bloomsbury Bloomsbury Bloomsbury may refer to:* Bloomsbury, an area in central London.* the Bloomsbury Group, an English literary group active around from around 1905 to the start of World War II....
2nd (City of London) Battalion, LR (Royal Fusiliers)	2nd Vol Bn, The Royal Fusiliers (late 23rd Middlesex RVC)	Westminster Westminster Westminster is an area of Central London, within the City of Westminster. It lies on the north bank of the River Thames, southwest of the City of London and southwest of Charing Cross....
3rd (City of London) Battalion, LR (Royal Fusiliers)	3rd Vol Bn, The Royal Fusiliers (late 11th Middlesex RVC)	St Pancras
4th (City of London) Battalion, LR (Royal Fusiliers)	4th Vol Bn, The Royal Fusiliers (late 1st Tower Hamlets RVC)	Shoreditch Shoreditch Shoreditch is an area of London within the London Borough of Hackney. It is a built-up part of the inner city immediately to the north of the City of London, located north east of Charing Cross....
1st London VRC (City of London Volunteer Rifle Brigade) [9th Vol Bn, The King's Royal Rifle Corps]			Finsbury Finsbury Finsbury is a small district in the south of the London Borough of Islington and north of the City of London....
6th (City of London) Battalion, LR (Rifles)	2nd London VRC [10th Vol Bn, The King's Royal Rifle Corps]	Finsbury
7th (City of London) Battalion, LR,	3rd London VRC [11th Vol Bn, The King's Royal Rifle Corps]	Finsbury
8th (City of London) Battalion, LR (Post Office Rifles Post Office Rifles The Post Office Rifles was a unit of the British Army, first formed in 1867 from volunteers. The unit evolved several times until 1921, after which the name was lost during one of many reorganisations.... )	24th Middlesex VRC [7th Vol Bn, The Rifle Brigade]	Finsbury
1st Middlesex (Victoria and St. George's) VRC [4th Vol Bn, The King's Royal Rifle Corps] and 19th Middlesex (St. Giles's and St. George's, Bloomsbury) VRC [6th Vol Bn, The Rifle Brigade]			Westminster
10th (County of London) Battalion, LR (Paddington Rifles); disbanded 1912	18th Middlesex VRC [4th Vol Bn, The Rifle Brigade]	Hackney London Borough of Hackney The London Borough of Hackney is a London borough in East London, and forms part of inner London and North London....
11th (County of London) Battalion, LR (Finsbury Rifles)	21st Middlesex (Finsbury) VRC [7th Vol Bn, The King's Royal Rifle Corps]	Pentonville Pentonville Pentonville is an area of north-central London in the London Borough of Islington, centred on the Pentonville Road. Pentonville was part of the ancient parish of Clerkenwell, and was incorporated into the Metropolitan Borough of Finsbury by the London Government Act 1899....
12th (County of London) Battalion, LR (The Rangers)	22nd Middlesex VRC (Central London Rangers) [8th Vol Bn, The King's Royal Rifle Corps]	Holborn Holborn Holborn is an area of Central London, England. Holborn is also the name of the area's principal east-west street, running from St Giles's High Street as High Holborn to Gray's Inn Road to Holborn Viaduct, crossing the borders of the City of Westminster, London Borough of Camden and the City of London....
2nd London Division British 47th (1/2nd London) Division The British 47th Division was a first-line Territorial Force division . Originally called the "2nd London Division" it was designated the 47th Division in 1915 and referred to as the "1/2nd London Division" after the raising of the second-line British 60th Division....
4th (Kensington) Middlesex VRC [3rd Vol Bn, The King's Royal Rifle Corps]			Kensington Kensington Kensington is a district of West London, England within the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, located west of Charing Cross. An affluent and densely-populated area, its commercial heart is Kensington High Street and it contains the well-known museum district of South Kensington....
14th (County of London) Battalion, LR (London Scottish)	7th (London Scottish) Middlesex VRC [1st Vol Bn, The Rifle Brigade]	Westminster
15th (County of London) Battalion, LR (Prince of Wales's Own Civil Service Rifles Prince of Wales's Own Civil Service Rifles The Prince of Wales's Own Civil Service Rifles were a regiment in the Volunteer Force of the British Army from 1798 to 1921; they saw active service in the Boer War and World War I.... )	The Prince of Wales's Own 12th Middlesex (Civil Service) VRC [5th Vol Bn, The King's Royal Rifle Corps]	Westminster
16th (County of London) Battalion, LR (Queen's Westminster Rifles The Queen's Westminsters The Queen's Westminsters was a regiment of the United Kingdom Territorial Army .... )	13th Middlesex (Queen's Westminster) VRC [6th Vol Bn, The King's Royal Rifle Corps]	Kensington
2nd Tower Hamlets VRC [9th Vol Bn, The Rifle Brigade]			Bow Bow, London Bow is an area of East London, England, in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. It is a built-up, mostly residential district located east of Charing Cross, and is a part of the East End of London....
18th (County of London) Battalion, LR (London Irish Rifles London Irish Rifles The London Irish Rifles is now known more formally known as "D Company, London Regiment" and is a volunteer Rifle Regiment with a distinguished history.... ),	16th Middlesex (London Irish) VRC [3rd Vol Bn, The Rifle Brigade]	Chelsea Chelsea, London Chelsea is an area of south-west London, England, bounded to the south by the River Thames, where its frontage runs from Chelsea Bridge along the Chelsea Embankment, Cheyne Walk, Lots Road power station and Chelsea Harbour....
19th (County of London) Battalion, LR (St. Pancras)	17th Middlesex (North Middlesex) VRC [3rd Vol Bn, The Middlesex Regiment]	Camden Town Camden Town Camden Town is the name of an area within the London Borough of Camden, situated in London, England. It is occasionally shortened to Camden....
20th (County of London) Battalion, LR (Blackheath and Woolwich)	2nd Vol Bn, The Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) [ex 3rd Kent VRC]	Blackheath Blackheath, London Blackheath is an area in southeast London, centred around a section of open public grassland and straddling the boundary of the London Borough of Lewisham and the London Borough of Greenwich....
1st Surrey (South London) VRC [1st Vol Bn, The East Surrey Regiment]			Camberwell Camberwell Camberwell is a district of London, England and forms part of the London Borough of Southwark. It is a built-up inner city district located south east of Charing Cross....
22nd (County of London) Battalion, LR (The Queen's)	3rd Vol Bn, The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) [ex 6th Surrey RVC]	Bermondsey Bermondsey Bermondsey is an area in London on the south bank of the river Thames, and is part of the London Borough of Southwark. To the west lies Southwark, to the east Rotherhithe, and to the south, Walworth, London....
23rd (County of London) Battalion	4th Vol Bn, The East Surrey Regiment [ex 7th Surrey RVC]	Battersea Battersea Battersea is a place in the London Borough of Wandsworth. It is an inner-city district located 2.9 miles south west of Charing Cross. It has a population of 75,651 people ....
24th (County of London) Battalion, LR (The Queen's)	4th Vol Bn, The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regt) [ex 8th Surrey RVC]	Southwark Southwark Southwark, or the Borough, is an area of south-east London in the London Borough of Southwark, situated 1.5 miles east of Charing Cross....
26th (Cyclist) Middlesex VRC [The Rifle Brigade]			Fulham Fulham Fulham is an area of south-west London in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, located south west of Charing Cross. It is situated in between Putney and Chelsea, London....
26th (County of London) Battalion	Title allotted to Infantry Battalion, Honourable Artillery Company Honourable Artillery Company The Honourable Artillery Company is the oldest surviving regiment in the British Army, and the second most senior in the Territorial Army.... but never used
27th (County of London) Battalion	Title allotted to The Inns of Court Regiment but never used
28th (County of London) Battalion, LR (Artists' Rifles Artists' Rifles The Artists Rifles is a volunteer regiment of the British Army. The full title of the Regiment is currently 21 Special Air Service Regiment .... ),	20th Middlesex (Artists) VRC [6th Vol Bn, The Rifle Brigade]	St Pancras

Battle honours

Battle honours were awarded to the individual battalions.

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