1939

1^st Battalion (2^nd Foot)

Allahabad, India.

2^nd Battalion (2^nd Foot)

Internal Security Operations in Palestine.

Territorial Army

4^th Battalion (63^rd Searchlight Regt)

Battalion embodied.

5^th Battalion

31^st March

Divides into 1^st/5^th and 2^nd/5^th.

1^st/5^th Battalion

1^st September

Battalion embodied. Joins 131 (Queen’s) Infantry Brigade (44^th (Home Counties) Division).

2^nd/5^th Battalion

21^st April

Battalion formed at Guildford.

1^st September

Battalion embodied. Joins 35 Infantry Brigade (12^th Division).

6^th (Bermondsey) Battalion

31^st March

Divides into 1^st/6^th and 2^nd/6^th.

1^st/6^th Battalion

1^st September

Battalion embodied. Joins 131 (Queen’s) Infantry Brigade (44^th (Home Counties) Division).

2^nd/6^th Battalion

1^st May

Battalion formed at New Cross.

1^st September

Battalion embodied.

October

Joins 2/5 and 2/7 in 35 Inf Bde (12^th Division).

7^th (Soutwark) Battalion

31^st March

Divides into 1^st/7^th and 2^nd/7^th.

1^st/7^th Battalion

1^st September

Battalion embodied. Joins 131 (Queen’s) Infantry Brigade (44^th (Home Counties) Division).

2^nd/7^th Battalion

17^th May

Battalion formed at Southwark.

1^st September

Battalion embodied.

October

Joins 2/5 and 2/6 in 35 Inf Bde (12^th Division).

Home Defence Battalions

11^th Battalion

2^nd November

12^th Battalion

1^st November

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