22^nd (County of London) Battalion, The London Regiment (The Queen's)

 

 

Three Battalions formed

 

1^st / 22^nd Battalion 2^nd / 22^nd Battalion

 

3^rd / 22^nd Battalion

 

Re-designated as a Territorial Battalion of The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)

without change of title 3^rd / 22^nd Battalion re-designated as 22^nd (Reserve) Battalion absorbing 3^rd / 24^th Battalion Location of operations

Battle Honours awarded to 22^nd (County of London) Battalion, The London Regiment (The Queen's):

Aubers, Festubert 1915, Loos, Somme 1916, '18, Flers-Courcelette, Le Transloy, Messines 1917, Ypres 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, Tell 'Asur, Megiddo, Sharon, Palestine 1917-18

 

Reformed as: 22^nd (County of London) Battalion, The London Regiment (The Queen's)

 

Re-desiganted as: 22^nd London Regiment (The Queen's)

 

Re-designated as: 6^th (Bermondsey) Battalion, The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey)

 

On duplication of the Territorial Army re-designated as:

 

 

 

 

and

 

 

 

 

 

 

Location of operations Battle Honours awarded to The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey) attributable to 1^st / 6^th

 

 

and 2^nd / 6^th (Bermondsey) Battalions:

 

 

1^st / 6^th Battalion: Defence of Escaut, Villers Bocage, Mont Pincon, Lower Maas, North West

 

 

Europe 1940, '44-45, Deir el Munassib, El Alamein, Advance to Tripoli, Medenine, Tunis,

 

 

North Africa 1940-43, Salerno , Monte Stella, Scafati Bridge, Volturno Crossin, Italy 1943-44

 

 

2^nd / 6^th Battalion: North West Europe 1940, Salerno, Monte Stella, Scafati Bridge, Volturno

 

 

Crossing, Monte Camino, Garigliano Crossing, Damiano, Anzio, Gothic Line, Gerinano

 

 

Ridge , Senio Pocket, Senio Floodbank, Casa Fabbri Ridge, Menate, Filo, Argenta Gap,

 

 

Italy 1943-45

 

Reformed as:

 

 

 

Amalgamated with:

 

 

565^th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery

 

 

[formerly: 6^th (City of London) Battalion, The London Regiment (City of London Rifles)

 

 

4^th Battalion, The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey)

 

 

5^th Battalion, The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey)]

 

 

To become:

 

 

 

Amalgamated with:

4^th Battalion, The Queen's Royal Surrey Regiment [formerly: 23^rd (County of London) Battalion, The London Regiment 6^th Battalion, The East Surrey Regiment]

To become:

A Company (Queen's Surreys), 5^th (Volunteer) Battalion, The Queen's Regiment

and

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

 

5^th (Volunteer) Battalion, The Queen's Regiment and 6^th (Territorial) Battalion, The Queen's Regiment (Queen's Surreys) amalgamated with: 10^th (Territorial) Battalion, The Queen's Regiment (Middlesex) The Surrey Yeomanry (Queen Mary's Regiment), Royal Artillery (Territorials) The Greater London Regiment, Royal Artillery (Territorials) The London and Kent Regiment, Royal Artillery (Territorials)

[formerly: 3^rd , 4^th , 7^th , 8^th , 11^th , 17^th , 19^th , 20^th , 21^st , 24^th Battalions, The London Regiment 3^rd Battalion, London Scottish ( 97^th Anti-Aircraft Regiment) 5^th Battalion, The East Surrey Regiment 5^th , 6^th and 7^th Battalions, The Essex Regiment 7^th , 8^th and 9^th Battalions, The Middlesex Regiment (Duke of Cambridge's Own) 6^th (Cyclist) Battalion, The Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment 1^st , 4^th , 6^th , 7^th and 8^th London Brigade, Royal Field Artillery 4^th (Home Counties) Brigade, Royal Field Artillery 2^nd London Divisional Royal Engineers Kent (Fortress) Royal Engineers The Surrey Yeomanry (Queen's Mary's Regiment) 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 1986 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 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.