25TH (COUNTY OF LONDON) (CYCLIST) BATTALION THE LONDON REGIMENT

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25^TH (COUNTY OF LONDON) (CYCLIST) BATTALION THE LONDON REGIMENT

1908

25^th (County of London) (Cyclist) Battalion, The London Regiment The Great War Three Battalions formed

1914

1^st / 25^th Cyclist Battalion 2^nd / 25^th Cyclist Battalion

1915

3^rd / 25^th Cyclist Battalion

1916

Re-designated as a Territorial Battalion of The Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own) without change of titile 3^rd / 25^th Cyclist Battalion combined with 3^rd / 10^th Battalion to become: 10^th (Reserve) Battalion

Location of operations

1^st / 25^th Cyclist Battalion

2^nd / 25^th Cyclist Battalion

1917

Waziristan

1919

Afghanistan

Battle Honours awarded to 25^th (County of London) (Cyclist) Battalion, The London Regiment:

North West Frontier India 1917, Afghanistan 1919

1920

Reformed and amalgamated with: 47^th Divisional Signals Company, Royal Engineers

To become: 47^th ( 2^nd London) Divisional Signals, Royal Corps of Signals 1936 Re-designated as: London Corps Signals, Royal Corps of Signals

1939

On duplication of the Territorial Army re-designated as: 2^nd Corps Signals, Royal Corps of Signals 5^th Corps Signals, Royal Corps of Signals

1940

2^nd Corps Signals, Royal Corps of Signals re-designated as:

6^th Corps Signals, Royal Corps of Signals 1941 6^th Corps Signals, Royal Corps of Signals re-designated as:

3^rd Corps Signals, Royal Corps of Signals

Location of operations

2^nd Corps Signals, Royal Corps of Signals

5^th Corps Signals, Royal Corps of Signals

1940

Dunkirk

1943

Tunisia

1944

Italy

1947

Reformed as:

23^rd (Southern) Corps Signals Regiment, Royal Corps of Signals

1955

Re-designated as:

2^nd Corps Signals Regiment (London), Royal Corps of Signals

1958

Re-designated as:

2^nd (London) Signal Regiment, Royal Corps of Signals

1960

Re-designated as:

47^th (London) Signal Regiment, Royal Corps of Signals

1961

Amalagamated with:

40^th Signal Regiment, Royal Corps of Signals (Middlesex Yeomanry)

[formerly: 1^st County of London Yeomanry (Middlesex Duke of Cambridge's Hussars)]

To become:

47^th Signal Regiment, Royal Corps of Signals (Middlesex Yeomanry)

1967

Amalgamated with:

41^st Signal Regiment, Royal Corps of Signals (Princess Louise's Kensington)

[formerly: 13^th (County of London) Battalion, The London Regiment (Kensington)]

To become:

47^th (Middlesex Yeomanry) Signal Squadron, 31^st (Greater London) Signal Regiment,

Royal Corps of Signals (Volunteers)

1987

Re-designated as:

47^th (Middlesex Yeomanry) Signal Squadron, 31^st Signal Regiment,

Royal Corps of Signals (Volunteers)

1994

Re-designated as:

47^th (Middlesex Yeomanry) Signal Squadron, 31^st (City of London) Signal Regiment,

Royal Corps of Signals (Volunteers)

1995

Squadron re-roled and transferred as:

47^th (Middlesex Yeomanry) Signal Squadron, Headquarters 2 (National

Communications) Signal Brigade Command and Control Squadron part of

39^th (Skinners) Signal Regiment (Volunteers), Royal Corps of Signals

2006

Squadron transferred as:

47^th (Middlesex Yeomanry) Signal Squadron, 71^st (Yeomanry) Signal Regiment,

Royal Corps of Signals

2017

Amalgamated with 41 (Princess Louise's Kensington) Signal Squadron, 31st (City of London) Signal Regiment to become 31st (Middlesex Yeomanry and Princess Louise's Kensington) Signal Squadron, 71st (City of London) Yeomanry Signal Regiment