Reorganisation of London Units 1961

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In 1961 there was a major reorganisation of the Territorial Army. In the paragraphs 65 to 70, 74 to 81 and 90, the numbers shown in brackets refer to the 1908 London Regiment Battalion.
565^th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment (6) had, in 1955, absorbed the 598^th which was descended from 4^th Queen's. This unit was now amalgamated with 5^th Queen's and 6^th Queen's (22) to form the 3^rd Queen's Surreys. (The Queen's Surreys had been formed in 1959 by the amalgamation of the regular Battalions of The Queen's and the East Surreys). In 1961, the 23^rd London joined the 6^th East Surreys to become 4^th Queen's Surreys.
Similarly, 571^st Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment (3) had absorbed the 595^th which was descended from the 9^th Middlesex. This unit was now amalgamated with the 7^th and 8^th Middlesex to form the 5^th Middlesex.
624^th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment (2), originally a Royal Fusilier unit, also left the Royal Artillery, and together with the 8^th Royal Fusiliers (1) formed The City of London Battalion, The Royal Fusiliers.
Of the remaining successors artillery units, the 265^th (4, 7, 8, 20) absorbed the 570^th (21, 24); and the other two – the 512^th (11, 17, 19) and the 452^nd (14) – were each amalgamated with other units and re-numbered.
In the Royal Corps of Signals, the 2^nd (London) Signal Regiment (25), which had been re-numbered 47^th in 1960, amalgamated with the 40^th (Middlesex Yeomanry) to become 47^th Signal Regiment (Middlesex Yeomanry) in 1961.
Finally, in The King's Royal Rifle Corps, Queen Victoria's Rifles (9) joined with The Queen's Westminsters (15, 16) to become the Queen's Royal Rifles.
In 1961 the successors of The London Regiment stood as follows:

1908 London Regiment Battalion

Royal Regiment of Artillery:

14

254^th (City of London) Field Regiment

4, 7, 8, 20, 21, 24

265^th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment

11, 17, 19

300^th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment

Royal Corps of Signals:

13

41^st Signal Regiment (Princess Louise's Kensington)

25

47^th Signal Regiment (Middlesex Yeomanry)

The Queen's Royal Surrey Regiment:

6, 22

3^rd Battalion

23

4^th Battalion

The Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment):

1, 2

The City of London Battalion

The Middlesex Regiment (Duke of Cambridge's Own):

3

5^th Battalion

The King's Royal Rifle Corps:

9, 15, 16

Queen's Royal Rifles

The Gordon Highlanders:

14

The London Scottish

The Royal Ulster Rifles:

18

London Irish Rifles

The Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own):

5, 12

London Rifle Brigade/Rangers

28

21st Special Air Service Regiment (The Artists Rifles)