Three Battalions formed

1^st / 14^th Battalion 2^nd / 14^th Battalion 3^rd / 14^th Battalion

Re-designated as a Territorial Battalion of The Gordon Highlanders without change of title

3^rd / 14^th Battalion re-designated as 14^th (Reserve) Battalion

 

Location of operations

Battle Honours awarded to 14^th (County of London) Battalion, The London Regiment (London Scottish):

Messines 1914, Ypres 1914, '17, '18, Gheluvelt, Nonne Bosschen, Givenchy 1914, Aubers, Loos, Somme 1916, '18, Albert 1916, '18, Guillemont, Ginchy, Flers-Courcelette, Morval, Le Transloy, Arras 1917, '18, Scarpe 1917, '18, Langemarck 1917, Cambrai 1917, '18, Hindenburg Line, Canal du Nord, Courtrai, Valenciennes, Sambre, France and Flanders 1914-18, Doiran 1917, Macedonia 1916-17, Gaza, El Mughar, Nebi Samwil, Jerusalem, Jericho, Jordan, Tell' Asur, Palestine 1917-18

Reformed as:

14^th (County of London) Battalion, The London Regiment (London Scottish)

Re-designated as:

14^th London Regiment (London Scottish)

Re-designated as:
The London Scottish, The Gordon Highlanders

On duplication of the Territorial Army, formed three units designated as:

 

 

and

 

 

and

 

Location of operations Battle Honours awarded to The London Scottish, The Gordon Highlanders:

 

Primosole Bridge, Sicily 1943, Teano, Monte Camino, Calabritto, Garigliano Crossing,

 

Damiano, Anzio, Carroceto, Gothic Line, Coriano, Croce, Senio Pocket, Rimini Line,

 

Ceriano Ridge, Valli di Comacchio, Argenta Gap, Italy 1943-45

Infantry Battalions reformed as:

 

Became:

 

 

and

 

Redesignated as:

 

 

and

 

The London Scottish (Cadre only)

Joined with:

 

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

 

D (London Irish Rifles) Company, 4^th (Volunteer) Battalion, The Royal Irish Rangers

 

To form:

 

 

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: 4^th Battalion, The Royal Green Jackets 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.

Concurrently, The London Regiment has been restyled the 'Guards Reserve Battalion' within London District.

On 1st May, The London Regiment was redesignated the 1st Battalion The London Guards with the rifle companies redesignated with new titles, having become Army Reserve companies of the 4 senior Regiments of Foot Guards.   

The company titles, in order of precedence, are:

Ypres Company (Reserve Company Grenadier Guards), formerly G (Guards) Company

No. 17 Company (Reserve Company Coldsteam Guards), formerly F (Rifles) Company

G (Messines) Company (Reserve Company Scots Guards), formerly A (London Scottish) Coy

15 (Loos) Company (Reserve Company Irish Guards), formerly D (London Irish) Company