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created 15 July 2000. Corrected and updated
14.04.2006
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24th
London Regiment
(The Queen's)
[8th Surrey Rifle Volunteers] |
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United
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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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1860.03.13 |
19th Surrey
Rifle Volunteer Corps
raised at Lambeth and soon numbered eight coys |
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1863 |
10th
Surrey RVC and 23rd
Surrey RVC attached for administrative purposes, but Admin
Bn not formed |
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1869 |
HQ
moved to Kennington Park |
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1880.09.03 |
7th Surrey
Rifle Volunteer Corps
consolidated with HQ at Kennington Park |
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1880.09.07 |
8th Surrey
Rifle Volunteer Corps |
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1881.07.01 |
volunteer battalion
of The Queen's (Royal West Surrey
Regiment) |
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1883.03.01 |
4th Volunteer
Battalion, The Queen's (Royal West
Surrey Regiment) |
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1888.12.29 |
cadet
corps formed at Mayall College, Hern Hill; transferred 1891 to 22nd
Middlesex RVC |
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1889 |
battalion
came within boundaries of new County of London, formed from parts
of Middlesex, Kent and Surrey |
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1889.06 |
cadet
corps (four coys) formed at Red Cross Hall, Southwark; separated Nov.
1890 as 1st Cadet Battalion, The
Queen's (the first independent cadet bn in London) |
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1890 |
ninth
and tenth coys raised (reduced by 1904) |
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1901 |
cyclist
coy raised |
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1908.04.01 |
24th (County
of London) Battalion, The
London Regiment (The Queen's)
transferred to T.F. with HQ and coys at New
Street, Southwark |
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- A Company
- B Company
- C Company
- D Company
- E Company
- F Company
- G Company
- H Company
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1915.03 |
1/24th (County
of London) Battalion, The
London Regiment (The Queen's)
renumbered on formation of 2/24th Battalion |
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1916.07.07 |
transferred
to the corps of The Queen's (Royal
West Surrey Regiment) without change of title |
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1920.02.07 |
24th (County
of London) Battalion, The
London Regiment (The Queen's)
reconstituted in T.A. with HQ at 71 New Street,
Kennington Park (Southwark) |
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- A Company at ?
- B Company at ?
- C Company at ?
- D Company at ?
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1922 |
24th London
Regiment (The Queen's) |
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1937.08.10 |
7th (Southwark)
Battalion, The Queen's Royal Regiment
(West Surrey) |
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1939.03.31 |
1/7th (Southwark)
Battalion, The Queen's Royal Regiment
(West Surrey)
renumbered on formation of duplicate 2/7th Battalion |
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1947.04.01 |
622nd Heavy
Anti-Aircraft Regiment, RA
(7th Battalion The Queen's Royal Regiment)
reconstituted in T.A. with HQ at 71 New Street,
Walworth, concurrently amalgamated with 2/7th Battalion and converted
to artillery |
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1955.03.10 |
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(611
HAA Regt amalgamated with 570
LAA/SL Regt (First Surrey Rifles)) |
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1961.05.01 |
amalgamated
with P and Q
(First Surrey Rifles)
Batteries, 570th LAA
Regiment,
RA to form R (Surrey) Battery,
265 Light Anti-Aircraft
Regiment, RA, and 24th Londons lineage discontinued |
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South Africa
1900-02
The Great War (3 battalions): Aubers,
Festubert 1915,
Loos, Somme 1916 '18, Flers-Courcelette, Messines 1917,
Ypres 1917, Cambrai 1917, St. Quentin, Bapaume 1918,
Ancre 1918, Albert 1918, Hindenburg Line, Épéhy, Pursuit
to Mons, France and Flanders 1915-18, Doiran
1917, Macedonia 1916-17, Gaza,
El Mughar, Nebi Samwil, Jerusalem, Jericho, Jordan,
Palestine 1917-18
The Second World War: [honours awarded as part of The
Queen's Royal Regiment]
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Badges: |
The Paschal Lamb |
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Uniform: |
green (1860-1908),
scarlet (1908- ); facings: scarlet (1860-1908), blue (1908-
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1897.07.21 |
J. Charlton-Humphreys |
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1908.04.01 |
A. Faunce-De Laune |
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1920.07.31 |
Col. W.G. Simpson, CMG, DSO |
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