Three Battalions formed

1^st / 16^th Battalion 2^st / 16^th Battalion 3^rd / 16^th Battalion

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

change of title 3^rd / 16^th Battalion re-designated as 16^th (Reserve) Battalion

Location of operations

Battle Honours awarded to 16^th (County of London) Battalion, The London Regiment (Queen's Westminster Rifles):

Hooge 1915, Somme 1916, '18, Albert 1916, '18, Guillemont, Ginchy, Flers-Courcelette, Morval, Le Transloy, Arras 1917, '18, Scarpe 1917, '18, Ypres 1917, '18, Langemarck 1917, Cambrai 1917, Hindenberg 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: 16^th (County of London) Battalion, The London Regiment (Queen's Westminster Rifles) 1921 Amalgamated with: 15^th (County of London) Battalion, The London Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own Civil Service Rifles)

To become:

16^th (County of London) Battalion, The London Regiment (Queen's Westminster and Civil Service Rifles)

Re-designated as:
16^th London Regiment (Queen's Westminster and Civil Service Rifles)

Re-designated as:

On duplication of the Territorial Army, re-designated as:

and

Re-designated as:

and

Location of operations Battle Honours awarded 11^th and 12^th Battalions, The King's Royal Rifle Corps (Queen's Westminsters):

 

Reformed as:

Amalgamated with:

7^th Battalion, The King's Royal Rifle Corps (Queen Victoria's Rifles),

[formerly: 9^th (County of London) Battalion, The London Regiment (Queen Victoria's)]

To become:

Amalgamated with:

London Rifle Brigade/Rangers, The Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own)

[formerly: 5^th (City of London) Battalion, The London Regiment (London Rifle Brigade)

12^th (County of London) Battalion, The London Regiment (The Rangers)]

4^th Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

To become:

and (with London Rifle Brigade/Rangers only):

Became:

and

Royal Green Jackets London (Cadre only)

Under the Strategic Defence Review of November 1998

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 Companies, The London Regiment

transferred for training only to:

The Royal Rifles Volunteers

re-designated as: