Infantry Volunteers

Middlesex - London

1861: 3rd London
Rifle Volunteer Corps
1868:

49th Middlesex
Rifle Volunteer Corps
Consolidation and renumbering of the Volunteer Force
1880:

24th Middlesex
Rifle Volunteer Corps
The creation of the territorial regiments by the Childers reforms
1881:
volunteer battalion of
The King’s Royal Rifle Corps

volunteer battalion of
The Prince Consort’s Own
(The Rifle Brigade)
1891: 3rd London
Volunteer Rifle Corps
24th Middlesex
Volunteer Rifle Corps
London
Middx
1904: 3rd (City of) London
Volunteer Rifle Corps


Creation of the Territorial Force
1908: 7th (City of London) Battalion,
The London Regiment
(TF)
8th (City of London) Battalion,
The London Regiment
(Post Office Rifles) (TF)
7th London
8th London
1914/
1918:
1/7th (City of London) Battalion,
2/7th (City of London) Battalion,
3/7th (City of London) Battalion,
The London Regiment

1/8th (City of London) Battalion,
2/8th (City of London) Battalion,
3/8th (City of London) Battalion,
The London Regiment
(Post Office Rifles)
1916:
transferred to
The Duke of Cambridges’s Own
(Middlesex Regiment)
transferred to
The Prince Consort’s Own
(The Rifle Brigade)
1920: 7th (City of London) Battalion,
The London Regiment
(TF)
8th (City of London) Battalion,
The London Regiment
(Post Office Rifles) (TF)
Creation of the Territorial Army
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1921: 7th (City of London) Battalion,
The London Regiment
(Post Office Rifles) (TA)
1922: 7th City of London Regiment
(Post Office Rifles) (TA)
7th London
1935: 32nd (7th City of London)
Anti-Aircraft Battalion,
Royal Engineers (TA)
1940: 32nd (7th City of London)
Searchlight Regiment,
Royal Artillery
RA
1945: suspended animation
Resurrection of the Territorial Army
1947: 567th Searchlight Regiment,
Royal Artillery
(7th City of London) (TA)
1949: 567th (Mixed) Light-AntiAircraft/
Searchlight Regiment,
Royal Artillery
(7th City of London) (TA)
RA
1955: HQ Battery,
P (7th City of London) Battery,

265th Light-AntiAircraft Regiment,
Royal Artillery (TA)