Regimental Timeline

1^st Battalion

January - June

In trenches, Arras sector.

July

Battle of the Somme.

August

Delville Wood.

Battle of Guillemont; Leuze Wood.

Battle of Morval.

2^nd Battalion

Operations in the Struma Valley, Macedonia, between Lake Butkovo and Lake Tahinos.

3^rd Battalion

Home service.

4^th Battalion

Home service.

1^st/5^th Battalion

Nowshera, India.

2^nd/5^th Battalion

Home service.

3^rd/5^th Battalion

8^th April

Redesignated as 5^th (Reserve) Battalion.

5^th (Reserve) Battalion

Home Service.

September

Absorbs 6^th (Reserve) Battalion.

1^st/6^th Battalion

Rawalpindi, India.

2^nd/6^th Battalion

Home service.

3^rd/6^th Battalion

Home service.

8^th April

Redesignated as 6^th (Reserve) Battalion.

6^th (Reserve) Battalion

September

Absorbed into 5^th (Reserve) Battalion and disbanded.

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

7^th July

Transferred to the Corps of the East Surrey Regiment.

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

March - May

Vimy Ridge.

7^th July

Transferred to the Corps of The East Surrey Regiment.

15^th September

Battle of High Wood.

14^th October

Battle of Butte de Warlencourt.

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

4^th April

Redesignated 21^st (Reserve) (County of London) Battalion, The London Regiment.

21^st (Reserve) (County of London) Battalion,
The London Regiment.

7^th July

Transferred to the Corps of The East Surrey Regiment. Home Service.

1^st September

Absorbs 23^rd (Reserve) Battalion.

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

4^th August

Battalion embodied.

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

Vimy Ridge.

Transferred to the Corps of The East Surrey Regiment.

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

To France.

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

Vimy Ridge.

Transferred to the Corps of The East Surrey Regiment.

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

To France.

7^th July

Transferred to the Corps of The East Surrey Regiment.

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

8^th April

Home Service. Redesignated as 23^rd (Reserve) (County of London) Battalion The London Regiment.

7^th July

Transferred to the Corps of The East Surrey Regiment.

1^st September

Absorbed into 21^st Reserve Battalion and disbanded.

7^th Battalion

Defence of the Hohenzollern redoubt.

April

In reserve.

June

Moves to Albert.

July

Battle of the Somme.

Battle of Albert – Ovillers.

Pozières Ridge.

August

In trenches at Arras.

September

Battle of Le Transloy Ridges.

Gueudecourt.

8^th Battalion

In trenches, Carnoy.

1^st July

Battle of the Somme. B Company (Captain WP Neville) attacks at Albert kicking footballs. (Montauban).

Schwaben redoubt, battle of Thiepval Ridge.

September

Battle of the Ancre.

Winter operations on the Ancre.

9^th Battalion

In trenches in Flanders.

July

Battle of the Somme.

Attack on Guillemont.

September

Delville Wood.

December

Vimy Ridge.

10^th (Reserve) Battalion

1^st September

Transferred out of the Regiment as 30^th Battalion TF Reserve.

11^th (Reserve) Battalion

1^st September

Transferred out of the Regiment as 21^st Battalion TF Reserve.

12^th (Bermondsey) Battalion

Moves to France.

May

In trenches, Ploegsteert Wood.

July

Battle of the Somme.

Capture of Flers.

October

In trenches, St Eloi.

13^th (Wandsworth) Battalion

June

Moves to France. In trenches, Lens and Albert.

14^th (Reserve) Battalion

26^th June

Transferred out of the Regiment as 26^th Battalion TF Reserve.

15^th (Reserve) Battalion

Home service.