24^th (County of London) Battalion, The London Regiment (The Queen's)

Three Battalions formed

1^st / 24^th Battalion 2^nd / 24^th Battalion

3^rd / 24^th Battalion

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

without change of title 3^rd / 24^th Battalion combined with 3^rd / 22^nd Battalion to become 22^nd (Reserve) Battalion Location of operations

Battle Honours awarded to 24^th (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, Hindenburg Line, Epéhy , 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: 24^th (County of London) Battalion, The London Regiment (The Queen's)

Re-designated as: 24^th London Regiment, (The Queen's)

Re-designated as: 7^th (Southwark) 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 Regiment (West Surrey) attributable to 1^st / 7^th and

 

2^nd / 7^th (Southwark) Battalions:

 

1^st / 7^th Battalion: 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 Crossing, Italy 1943-44

 

2^nd / 7^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:

 

570^th Light Anti-Aircraft and Searchlight Regiment, Royal Artillery (First Surrey Rifles)

 

[formerly: 21^st (County of London) Battalion, The London Regiment (First Surrey Rifles)]

 

To become:

 

Amalgamated with:

 

265^th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery

 

[formerly: 4^th (City of London) Battalion, The London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers)

 

7^th (City of London) Battalion, The London Regiment

 

8^th (City of London) Battalion, The London Regiment (The Post Office Rifles)

 

20^th (County of London) Battalion, The London Regiment

(Blackheath and Woolwich) 8^th London Brigade, Royal Field Artillery]

458^th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (less one battery) [formerly: 4^th Home Counties Brigade, Royal Field Artillery Kent Fortress Royal Engineers 6^th (Cyclist) Battalion, The Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment]

To become:

265^th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery

Re-designated as: 265^th Light Air Defence Regiment, Royal Artillery 1967 Amalgamated with:

part of The Kent and County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters) [formerly: Royal East Kent Mounted Rifles (Duke of Connaught's Own) The West Kent Yeomanry (Queen's Own) 3^rd County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters)]

To become:

The London and Kent Regiment Royal Artillery (Territorials)

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

[formerly: 3^rd , 6^th , 11^th , 17^th , 19^th , 22^nd and 23^rd Battalions, The London Regiment 3^rd Battalion, The London Scottish ( 97^th Anti-Aircraft Regiment) 4^th and 5^th Battalions, The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey) 5^th and 6^th Battalions, 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) 1^st , 4^th , 6^th and 7^th London Brigades, Royal Field Artillery 2^nd London Divisional Royal Engineers The Surrey Yeomanry (Queen Mary's Regiment)]

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

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 tobe 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.