23^rd (County of London) Battalion, The London Regiment

Three Battalions formed

1^st / 23^rd Battalion 2^nd / 23^rd Battalion

3^rd / 23^rd Battalion

Re-designated as a Territorial Battalion of The East Surrey Regiment without change of title

3^rd / 23^rd Battalion combined with 3^rd / 21^st Battalion to become 21^st (Reserve) Battalion

 

Location of operations

Battle Honours awarded to 23^rd (County of London) Battalion, The London Regiment:

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

Reformed as: 23^rd (County of London) Battalion, The London Regiment

Re-designated as: 23^rd London Regiment

Re-designated as: 23^rd London Regiment (The East Surrey Regiment)

Re-designated as: 7^th ( 23^rd London) Battalion, The East Surrey Regiment 1938 Change of arm and re-designated as: 42^nd Battalion, Royal Tank Corps

On duplication of Territorial Army re-designated as:

42^nd Battalion, Royal Tank Regiment

and

48^th Battalion, Royal Tank Regiment WW2

Location of operations

Reformed as: 42^nd Royal Tank Regiment

Change of arm and re-designated as:

 

23^rd London Regiment

 

 

Distinctions awarded to the 23^rd London Regiment, a Royal Tank Regiment badge with year

 

dates, 1941-1945, and three scrolls:

 

Amalgamated with:

 

6^th Battalion, The East Surrey Regiment

 

To become:

 

Amalgamated with:

 

3^rd Battalion, The Queen's Royal Surrey Regiment

 

[formerly: 6^th and 22^nd Battalions, The London Regiment

 

4^th and 5^th Battalions, The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)]

 

To become:

 

 

and

 

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 and 24^th Battalions,

 

The London Regiment

 

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

 

7^th , 8^th and 9^th Battalions, The Middlesex Regiment (Duke of Cambridge's Own)

 

5^th , 6^th and 7^th Battalions, The Essex Regiment

5^th Battalion, The East Surrey Regiment 6^th (Cyclist) Battalion, The Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment 1^st , 4^th , 6^th , 7^th and 8^th London Brigades, Royal Field Artillery 4^th Home Counties Brigades, Royal Field Artillery 2^nd London Divisional, Royal Engineers Kent (Fortress) Royal Engineers The Surrey Yeomanry (Queen 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 Battalion, 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 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.