Regimental Timeline

1917

1^st Battalion

In trenches, La Basseé sector.

July

Battle of Arras.

Vimy ridge – in reserve.

Attack on La Coulotte (Lens).

Fresnoy.

August

3^rd battle of Ypres.

September

Battle of Broodeseinde – action at Polygon Wood.

October

Attack on Polderhoek spur, Passchendaele.

December

Moves to Italy.

On the Piave Line.

2^nd Battalion

January

Opertions in the Struma Valley, Macedonia.

February
- December

Operations around Lake Doiran, Macedonia.

December

Returns to the Struma.

3^rd Battalion

Home service.

4^th Battalion

Home service.

1^st/5^th Battalion

Peshawar, North-west Frontier, India.

Joins Expeditionary Force in Mesopotamia for operations on the Tigris.

2^nd/5^th Battalion

Home service.

5^th (Reserve) Battalion

Home Service.

1^st/6^th Battalion

Embarks for service with Aden Field Force.

2^nd/6^th Battalion

Home service.

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

7^th June

Ypres.

30^th November

Messines Ridge.

Bourlon Wood.

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

8^th December

Moves to Salonika.

Beersheba.

Battle of Jerusalem.

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

Home Service.

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.

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

Ypres.

Messines.

Bourlon Wood.

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

Salonika.

October

Palestine. Beersheba and Sheria.

8^th December

Battle of Jerusalem.

7^th Battalion

In trenches, Arras.

May

Battle of Arras.

Attack on the Scarpe (First and Third Battles).

Battle of Cambrai.

Attack on the Hindenburg Support Line near Bonvais; German counter-attack.

Pozières Ridge.

December

Withdrawn to the Lys.

8^th Battalion

Battle of Miraumont.

Moves to Hazebrouck.

April

Battle of Arras.

May

Third battle of the Scarpe – Cherisey.

Third Battle of Ypres – Sanctuary Wood.

October

Poelcapelle (Passchendaele).

November

Withdrawn to St Quentin.

9^th Battalion

In trenches at Vimy ridge, Hulluch and Liévin.

April

Lens.

June

Battle of Messines.

August

Third Battle of Ypres.

October

Moves to the Somme area, at Hargicourt.

12^th (Bermondsey) Battalion

In trenches, St Eloi.

June

Battle of Messines.

August

Third Battle of Ypres.

September

In reserve, near Dunkirk.

October

Moves to the Italian front for operations on the Piave line.

13^th (Wandsworth) Battalion

Somme Valley.

In trenches, Bouchavesnes; German withdrawal to the Hindenburg Line.

April

Capture of Villers – Plouich; remains in trenches in that area.

September

Battle of Cambrai.

Bourlon Wood and village.

December

In trenches, Arras and Bapaume.