18^th (County of London) Battalion, The London Regiment (London Irish Rifles)

Three Battalions formed

1^st / 18^th Battalion 2^nd / 18^th Battalion

3^rd / 18^th Battalion

Re-designated as a Territorial Battalion of The Royal Irish Rifles without change of title

3^rd / 18^th Battalion re-designated as 18^th (Reserve) Battalion

 

Location of operations

Battle Honours awarded to 18^th (County of London) Battalion, The London Regiment (London Irish Rifles):

Festubert 1915, Loos, Somme 1916, '18, Flers-Courcelette, Morval, Le Transloy, Messines 1917, Ypres 1917, Langemarck 1917, Cambrai 1917, St Quentin, Bapaume 1918, Ancre 1918, Albert 1918, Pursuit to Mons, France and Flanders 1915-18, Doiran 1917, Macedonia 1916-17, Gaza, El Mughar, Nebi Samwil, Jerusalem, Jericho, Jordan, Palestine 1917-18

Reformed as: 18^th (County of London) Battalion, The London Regiment (London Irish Rifles)

Re-designated as: 18^th London Regiment (London Irish Rifles)

Re-designated as: London Irish Rifles, The Royal Ulster Rifles

Upon duplication of the Territorial Army re-designated as: 1^st Battalion, London Irish Rifles, The Royal Ulster Rifles
and 2^nd Battalion, London Irish Rifles, The Royal Ulster Rifles

 

 

Location of operations Battle Honours awarded to London Irish Rifles, The Royal Ulster Rifles:

 

Bou Arada, El Hadjeba, Stuka Farm, Heidous, North Africa 1942-43, Lentini, Simeto

 

Bridgehead, Adrano, Centuripe, Salso Crossing, Simeto Crossing, Malleto, Pursuit

 

to Messina, Sicily 1943, Termoli, Trigno, Sangro, Fossacesia, Teano, Monte Camino,

 

Calabritto, Garigliano Crossing, Damiano, Anzio, Carroceto, Cassino II, Casa Sinagogga,

 

Liri Valley, Trasimene Line, Sanfatucchio, Coriano, Croce, Senio Floodbank, Rimini Line,

 

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

Reformed as:

 

Re-designated as:

 

Re-designated as:

 

Joined with:

 

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

 

G (London Scottish) Company, 1^st Battalion, The 51^st Highland Volunteers

 

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

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), fomerly 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