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The Inns of
Court Regiment
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Note:
This
is a battalion history of the part-time reserves, which are normally
liable for full-time active service only in an emergency. See the
main regimental page(s) as linked below for more information.
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| How to find information about individuals who served in this corps |
| Titles and Lineage |
English County Index Alphabetic Index of Titles |
| 1584.11 | Inns of Court trained bands | |
| 1797 | Bloomsbury and Inns of Court Volunteers | |
| 1816? | disbanded? | |
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| 1859.11 | Inns of Court
Volunteers constituted as an officer-producing unit |
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| 1860.02.15 | 23rd Middlesex (Inns of Court) Rifle Volunteer Corps | |
| 1880.09.03 | 14th Middlesex (Inns of Court) Rifle Volunteer Corps | |
| 1881.07.01 | volunteer battalion of The Rifle Brigade | |
| 1889 | 26th Middlesex Rifle Volunteer Corps attached | |
| 1893 | attached to 4th Middlesex Rifle Volunteer Corps (to 1899) | |
| 1902.05 | St. Peter's College Cadet Corps formed and affiliated (from 1904 The Westminster School) | |
| 1908.04.01 | 27th (County
of London) Battalion, The
London Regiment (Inns of Court) transferred to T.F. with HQ and coys at Lincoln's Inn, London; title ignored by the regiment |
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| 1909 | Inns of Court Officer Training Corps | |
| 1932.04 | The Inns of
Court Regiment reorganised as a squadron of cavalry in T.A. (but not yeomanry) and two companies of infantry at Lincoln's Inn, London |
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| 1940.11 | transferred to Royal Armoured Corps (uniformed as hussars) | |
| 1947.04.01 | reconstituted in T.A. with HQ at Lincoln's Inn(?) | |
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| 1956.10.31 | absorbed The Northamptonshire Yeomanry as its D (Northamptonshire Yeomanry) Squadron | |
| 1961.05.01 | amalgamated (less Northamptonshire Yeomanry sqn) with The City of London Yeomanry (Rough Riders), to form The Inns of Court and City Yeomanry | |
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| The Life Guards | 1947-1961 | ||
| Royal Horse Guards (The Blues) | 1947-1961 | ||
| History (Links) & War Service | Introduction to Volunteers | |
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| Museums, Monuments, Memorials and Chapels: | ||
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Inns of Court and City Yeomanry Museum, London (Army Museums Ogilby Trust) | |
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Inns of Court and City Yeomanry Museum, London (Simonides listing) | |
| Battle Honours |
Index
of Battle Honours Index of Wars |
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The Great War: [none] The Second World War: Normandy Landing, Caen, Bourguébus Ridge, Cagny, Catheolles, Amiens 1944, Antwerp, Hechtel, Rhine, Leese, Aller, North-West Europe 1944-45 |
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| Colours, Standards and Guidons | Introduction to Colours |
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| Uniforms and Badges |
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| Uniform: | 1953-1961: blue; facings: Lincoln green |
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| Honorary Colonels | Index of Royal Colonels |
| [Royal] Honorary Colonel: | ||
| 1957.03.12 | HM Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother | |
| Honorary Colonel: | ||
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| 1899.11.15 | F.M. Sir Henry Evelyn Wood, VC, GCB, GCMG [also Col. RHG] | |
| 1919.12 | vacant | |
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| 1928.11.24 | F.M. The Rt Hon Herbert Charles Onslow (Plumer), 1st Viscount Plumer of Messines, GCB, GCMG, GCVO, GBE, KJStJ | |
| 1932.11.02 | Hon. Capt. Douglas McGarel (Hogg), 1st Viscount Hailsham, PC, DCL, LLD | |
| 1947.11.02 | Brig. Gerald Rufus (Isaacs), 2nd Marquess of Reading, GCMG, CBE, MC, TD, KC, QC, DL | |
| 1959.05.31 | Lt-Col. (Hon. Col.) Edward John Sutton Ward, MVO, MC [continued 1961 in Inns of Court & City Yeo] | |
| Traditions |
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| Nicknames: | The Devil's Own | |
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| Bibliography | How To Find Books |
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Norton, F.C. A short history of the military and naval services of The Inns of Court and the members of the Bench and Bar from the time of the battle of Hastings. London : Clowes, 1886. | |
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Errington, F.H.L. (ed.) The Inns of Court Officers Training Corps during the Great War. London : Printing-Craft Ltd., 1922. | |
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Taggert, A.F. Needs must-- : the history of the Inns of Court Regiment, 1940-1945. London : F. Mildner & Sons, 1949. | |
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Hatton, D. M. "The devil's own" : a history of the Inns of Court Regiment. London : J. A. Allen,1992. ISBN: 085131550X | |
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An outline of the history of The Inns of Court Regiment. [s.l. : s.n.], 1951. | |
