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300th (Tower Hamlets) Light Air Defence Regiment, Royal Artillery [formerly: 11th , 17th , 19th (County of London) Battalions, The London Regiment 5th , 6th , 7th Battalions, The Essex Regiment]
To become:
The Greater London Regiment, Royal Artillery (Territorials)
[formerly: 3rd , 4th , 6th , 7th , 8th , 20th , 21st , 22nd , 23rd , 24th Battalions, The London Regiment 4th and 5th Battalions, The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey) 5th and 6th Battalions, The East Surrey Regiment 7th , 8th , 9th Battalions, The Middlesex Regiment (Duke of Cambridge's Own) 6th (Cyclist) Battalion, The Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment 4th , 6th , 8th London Brigades, Royal Field Artillery 4th Home Counties Brigade, Royal Field Artillery 2nd 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:
6th (Volunteer) Battalion, The Queen's Regiment
7th (Volunteer) Battalion, The Queen's Regiment [formerly: 4th and 5th Battalions, The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment) 4th and 5th Battalions, The Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment 4th and 5th Battalions, The Royal Sussex Regiment part of The Kent and County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters)]
To become:
6th / 7th (Volunteer) Battalion, The Queen's Regiment
A and B Companies, 8th (Volunteer) Battalion, The Queen's Fusiliers (City of London)
with: C (City of London) Company, coming from 5th (Volunteer) Battalion, The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers
A Company, 8th (Volunteer) Battalion, The Queen's Fusiliers (City of London)
reverted to: 6th / 7th Battalion, The Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment (Queen's and Royal Hampshires)
[formerly: 6th / 7th (Volunteer) Battalion, The Queen's Regiment] B and C Companies, 8th (Volunteer) Battalion, The Queen's Fusiliers (City of London) joined with: G (London Scottish) Company, 1st Battalion, The 51st Highland Volunteers D (London Irish Rifles) Company, 4th (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
absorbed two companies: 4th 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
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.
Organised as:
HQ (Anzio) Company
A (London Scottish) Company
D (London Irish Rifles) Company
F (RIFLES) Company
G (Guards) Company.
Concurrently, The London Regiment has been restyled the 'Guards Reserve Battalion' within London District.