Dates: 1908 - 1938
The London Regiment is a Territorial Army regiment in the British Army. It was first formed in 1908 in order to regiment the various Volunteer Force battalions in the newly formed County of London, each battalion having a distinctive uniform. The Volunteer Force was merged with the Yeomanry in 1908 to form the Territorial Force. This resulted from the impending insolvency of the Volunteer Force's voluntary civilian administration. The administration was taken over by the War Office, and most volunteer units lost their unique identities, becoming territorial battalions of their regular army county regiment. The London corps were a notable exception, being grouped to form their own regiment, each retaining a measure of its original identity, and independent of any regular army regiment. Following the First World War, the Territorial Force was reorganised and renamed the Territorial Army. The London Regiment ceased to exist in 1938 with the battalions transferring to regular infantry regiments, the Royal Artillery and the Royal Engineers.
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" I was sad to learn that two young Fusiliers died in Iraq this week. My late father was a young Fusilier officer (4th Batt.City of London Regiment) in the 1st World War and was wounded twice. He was picking minute pieces of shrapnel out of his arms and legs until his death in 1954. Julia and I ..."
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" hi im back after a long lay off,any of you white hackel fusiliers out there, you know, the city of london regiment boys,we were called the fighting fusiliers and a lot more, times have changed now, but when i joined up, there was blanco, brasso,the old 303, the mills grenade, rough b/d,s ,gators ..."
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" the royal fusiliers {city of london regiment}had many a trip on navy ships, all due to beach landing training, ships like REGIO,GAMBIA,STRICKER,, then there was the troop ship, DUNERA, and many a ride on the beach landing craft,i can remember those rope scrambling nets,3am in the morning ,climbing ..."
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" looking for any 1st battalion royal fusiliers{city of london regiment} who served wiith the battalion between the years of 1957 to 1963,if you were in the regiment then, its possible you were posted to one or more of these posts,bahrain, sharjah,dubuy,malta,osnabrook,colchester,but to name a few, ..."
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" DECEMBER 5th, 2007 Sgt Spearing is organizing a drink in, or near to the pub in which the Regt was founded on 5th December 1859 to celebrate this very special occasion. This is the beginning of the build up to our 150 year anniversary celebrations in 2009! If you’re around that night ..."
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"A hot day June 9th 1952 London.
Marched through the city. Then Dinner at the Guildhall. Marched back to the Tower. Hard to unfix bayonets after all that wine. A great day."
