11^th (County of London) Battalion, The London Regiment (Finsbury Rifles)

Three Battalions formed

1^st / 11^th Battalion 2^nd / 11^th Battalion

3^rd / 11^th Battalion

Re-designated as a Territorial Battalion of The King's Royal Rifle Corps without

change of title 3^rd / 11^th Battalion re-designated as 11^th (Reserve) Battalion 11^th (Reserve) Battalion absorbed into 9^th (Reserve) Battalion

 

Location of operations

Battle Honours awarded to 11^th (County of London) Battalion, The London Regiment (Finsbury Rifles):

Bullecourt, Ypres 1917, Menin Road, Polygon Wood, Passchendaele, France and Flanders 1917-18, Suvla, Landing at Suvla, Scimitar Hill, Gallipoli 1915, Egypt 1915-17, Gaza, El Mughar, Nebi Samwil, Jerusalem, Jaffa, Tell' Asur, Megiddo, Sharon, Palestine 1917-18

Reformed as: 11^th (County of London) Battalion, The London Regiment (Finsbury Rifles)

Re-designated as: 11^th London Regiment (Finsbury Rifles)

Change of arm and re-designated as: 61^st (Finsbury Rifles) Anti-Aircraft Brigade, Royal Artillery

On duplication of the Territorial Army re-designated as: 61^st (Finsbury Rifles) Anti-Aircraft Brigade, Royal Artillery and
12^th (Finsbury Rifles) Light Anti-Aircraft Brigade, Royal Artillery

Re-designated as:

61^st (Finsbury Rifles) Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery

and

12^th (Finsbury Rifles) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery

Re-designated as:

61^st Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery

and

12^th (Finsbury Rifles) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery

Location of operations

Reformed as:
461^st (Middlesex) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery
and
512^th (Finsbury Rifles) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery

461^st (Middlesex) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment disbanded.

 

512^th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery

 

amalgamated with:

 

568^th (St Pancras) (Mixed) Light Anti-Aircraft and Searchlight Regiment, Royal Artillery

 

656^th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (Rifle Brigade)

 

To become:

 

Amalgamated with:

 

459^th (The Essex Regiment) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery

 

[formerly: 6^th and 7^th Battalions, The Essex Regiment]

 

517^th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery

 

[formerly: 5^th Battalion, The Essex Regiment]

 

48^th Surveillance Radar Troop, Royal Artillery

 

To become:

 

Re-designated as:

 

Amalgamated with:

 

254^th (City of London) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery

 

[formerly: 1^st and 7^th London Brigades, Royal Field Artillery

 

3^rd Battalion, The London Scottish ( 97^th Anti-Aircraft Regiment)]

 

To become:

 

Amalgamated with:

6^th (Territorial) Battalion, The Queen's Regiment (Queen's Surreys)

10^th (Territorial) Battalion, The Queen's Regiment (Middlesex) The London and Kent Regiment, Royal Artillery (Territorials) The Surrey Yeomanry (Queen Mary's Regiment) Royal Artillery (Territorials)

[formerly: 3^rd , 4^th , 6^th , 7^th , 8^th , 20^th , 21^st , 22^nd , 23^rd , 24^th Battalions, The London Regiment 4^th and 5^th Battalions, The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey) 5^th and 6^th Battalions, The East Surrey Regiment 7^th , 8^th , 9^th Battalions, The Middlesex Regiment (Duke of Cambridge's Own) 6^th (Cyclist) Battalion, The Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment 4^th , 6^th , 8^th London Brigades, Royal Field Artillery 2^nd London Divisional Royal Engineers Kent (Fortress) Royal Engineers The Surrey Yeomanry (Queen Mary's Regiment) and part of The Kent and County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters)]

To become:

6^th (Volunteer) Battalion, The Queen's Regiment

Amalgamated with:

7^th (Volunteer) Battalion, The Queen's Regiment [formerly: 4^th and 5^th Battalions, The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment) 4^th and 5^th Battalions, The Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment 4^th and 5^th Battalions, The Royal Sussex Regiment part of the Kent and County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters)]

To become:

6^th / 7^th (Volunteer) Battalion, The Queen's Regiment

B and D Companies, 6^th / 7^th (Volunteer) Battalion, The Queen's Regiment formed:

A and B Companies, 8^th (Volunteer) Battalion, The Queen's Fusiliers (City of London)

with: C (City of London) Company, coming from 5^th (Volunteer) Battalion, The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers

A Company, 8^th (Volunteer) Battalion, The Queen's Fusiliers (City of London) reverted to: 6^th / 7^th Battalion, The Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment

(Queen's and Royal Hampshires) [formerly: 6^th / 7^th (Volunteer) Battalion, The Queen's Regiment]

B and C Companies, 8^th (Volunteer) Battalion, The Queen's Fusiliers (City of London) joined with: G (London Scottish) Company, 1^st Battalion, The 51^st Highland Volunteers D (London Irish Rifles) Company, 4^th (Volunteer) Battalion, The Royal Irish Rangers To form:

The London Regiment

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

Under the Strategic Defence Review of November 1998 The London Regiment absorbed two companies from the 4^th Battalion, The Royal Green Jackets to be re-organised as: HQ (Anzio) Company A (London Scottish) Company B (Queen's Regiment) Company C (City of London Fusiliers) Company D (London Irish Rifles) Company F (Royal Green Jackets) Company G (Royal Green Jackets) Company

F and G (Royal Green Jackets) Companies moved to join: 7^th Battalion, The Rifles leaving HQ and four companies with:

The London Regiment

B (Queen’s Regiment) Company transferred to the 4th Battalion the Princess of Wales’s Royal Regiment with loss of  title.           

C (City of London) Company transferred to the 5th Battalion The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers with loss of title.            

These two companies were replaced by F Company which returned to the London Regiment with the title of F (RIFLES) Company and by the raising of a new G (Guards) Company to form The London Regiment, restyled the 'Guards Reserve Battalion' within London District.

Organised as:             

HQ (Anzio) Company            

A (London Scottish) Company            

D (London Irish Rifles) Company 

F (RIFLES) Company  

G (Guards) Company 

On 1st May, The London Regiment was redesignated the 1st Battalion The London Guards.