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Reorganisations of London Units 1950-1956
  1. In 1950 the London Rifle Brigade (5) was amalgamated with The Rangers (12).
  2. The disbandment of Anti-Aircraft Command in 1955 necessitated a reduction in the number of anti-aircraft units; and the fourteen successor anti-aircraft units that existed in 1947 were reduced by amalgamation to seven.
  3. In 1956, 42nd Royal Tank Regiment (23) reverted to infantry, and chose to be known by their old
  4. title – The 23rd London Regiment.
  5. In 1956 the successors of The London Regiment stood as follows:
    1908 London Regiment Battalion
    Royal Regiment of Artillery:
    4, 7, 8, 20
    265th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment
    14
    452nd Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment
    11, 17, 19
    512th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment
    6
    565th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment
    21, 24
    570th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment
    3
    571st Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment ( 9th Battalion, The Middlesex Regiment,
    (Duke of Cambridge's Own))
    2
    624th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Royal Fusiliers)
    Royal Corps of Signals:
    13
    Army Phantom Signal Regiment (Princess Louise's Kensington Regiment)
    25
    2nd (London) Signal Regiment
    The Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment):
    1
    8th ( 1st City of London) Battalion
    The East Surrey Regiment:
    23
    The 23rd London Regiment
    The King's Royal Rifle Corps:
    9
    Queen Victoria's Rifles
    15, 16
    The Queen's Westminsters
    The Gordon Highlanders:
    14
    The London Scottish
    The Royal Ulster Rifles:
    18
    London Irish Rifles
    The Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own):
    5, 12
    London Rifle Brigade/Rangers
    28
    21st Special Air Service Regiment (Artists Rifles)
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