Regimental Timeline

1^st Battalion

January - April

In trenches in Flanders around Armentières and Ypres.

19^th - 23^rd April

Defence of Hill 60.

April - June

First Battle of Ypres continues; battalion in trenches.

July - August

Transfers to Maricourt and the Somme sector.

September - December

In trenches.

2^nd Battalion

January

Arrives in France and joins 28^th Division.

Ypres salient.

Battle of St Eloi.

May

First Battle of Ypres.

July - September

In trenches, St Eloi and Wulverghem.

September

Battle of Loos; defence of the Hohenzollern Redoubt.

October

Alexandria, Egypt. Defence of the Canal Zone.

December

Moves to Macedonia. Defensive operations in Salonika.

Operations in the Struma Valley.

Lake Butkovo.

3^rd Battalion (1^st Royal Surrey Militia)

Home service.

4^th Battalion (3^rd Royal Surrey Militia)

Home service.

5^th Battalion

March

Renumbered as 1^st/5^th Battalion.

1^st/5^th Battalion

Embarks for India. Nowshera.

2^nd/5^th Battalion

Home service.

3^rd/5^th Battalion

July

Battalion formed at Kingston.

6^th Battalion

March

Renumbered 1^st/6^th Battalion.

1^st/6^th Battalion

Embarks for India.

Rawalpindi.

2^nd/6^th Battalion

Home service.

3^rd/6^th Battalion

Home service.

21^st July

Formed at Kingston for Home Service.

21^st (County of London) Battalion,
The London Regiment (1^st Surrey Rifles)

March

Redesignated as 1^st/21^st

1^st/21^st (County of London) Battalion,
The London Regiment (1^st Surrey Rifles)

Moves to France.

September - October

Battle of Loos.

2^nd/21^st (County of London) Battalion,
The London Regiment (1^st Surrey Rifles)

Home service.

3^rd/21^st (County of London) Battalion,
The London Regiment (1^st Surrey Rifles)

25^th March

Formed for Home service.

23^rd (County of London) Battalion,
The London Regiment

4^th August

Battalion embodied.

2^nd/23^rd (County of London) Battalion,
The London Regiment

March

Renumbered as 1^st/23^rd London.

1^st/23^rd (County of London) Battalion,
The London Regiment

Moves to France.

May

Battle of Festubert; attack at Givenchy.

September - October

Battle of Loos.

2^nd/23^rd (County of London) Battalion,
The London Regiment

Home service.

3^rd/23^rd (County of London) Battalion,
The London Regiment

25^th March

Battalion formed at Clapham for Home Service.

7^th Battalion

Moves to France.

June

In trenches near Armentières.

September

Battle of Loos.

In trenches near La Bassée.

8^th Battalion

Moves to France.

July - September

In trenches near Albert.

Moves to Vaux (Somme).

December

In reserve, Carnoy.

9^th Battalion

September

Moves to France.

Battle of Loos.

Moves to Flanders.

In trenches near St Eloi.

10^th Battalion

10^th April

Redesignated as 10^th (Reserve) Battalion, holding and drafting unit.

11^th Battalion

11^th April

Redesignated as 11^th (reserve) Battalion, holding and drafting unit.

12^th (Bermondsey) Battalion

14^th May

Battalion raised.

13^th (Wandsworth) Battalion

10^th July

Battalion raised.

14^th (Reserve) Battalion

November

Battalion formed at Wimbledon as reserve for 12^th and 13^th Battalions.