1908 To 1937

24th (County of London) Battalion, The London Regiment (The Queen's)

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London unit which served in WW1.

Their Wikipedia page gives details about the origins of the battalion, their battle honours and how in 1937 the battalion reverted to the Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey), as their 7th (Southwark) Battalion. The 1st/7th and 2nd/7th Battalions served through World War Two.

It is shown as the 24th Battalion (The Queen's) on the London Troops War Memorial in Threadneedle Street, London, EC2 and as the 1/24th and 2/24th (County of London) Battalions, the London Regiment (The Queen's) on the Queen's Regiment war memorial in Kennington Park, London, SE5.

Credit for this entry to: Andrew Behan.

This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
24th (County of London) Battalion, The London Regiment (The Queen's)

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London Troops War Memorial

Queen’s Regiment war memorial

A TfL document describes this as: "a Portland stone monument by Lucas, Lancas...

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Other Subjects

A. Allsop

Employed at the Holloway bus/tram garage - Pemberton Gardens. Served and was killed in WW1.

Person, Armed Forces

War dead, WW1

1 memorial

F. H. Watts

Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.

Person, Armed Forces

War served, WW1

1 memorial

J. S. Mann

Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.

Person, Armed Forces

War served, WW1

1 memorial

Battlefields Trust

Founded to preserve the battle sites of Britain. The founding motivation was the fact that the battlefield of Naseby, (a perfectly preserved site of the battle of the English Civil War), was to be ...

Group, Armed Forces, History

1 memorial

F. Glazebrook

Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.

Person, Armed Forces

War served, WW1

1 memorial