Group    From 1/4/1908  To 1920

11th Battalion (Finsbury Rifles)

Categories: Armed Forces

The 11th (County of London) Battalion, The London Regiment (Finsbury Rifles), was formed on 1 April 1908 by the amalgamation of regiments under the Territorial and Reserve Forces Act 1907. Their Wikipedia page gives details about the origins of the battalion and where it saw action.

The London Regiment ceased to exist in 1920 and the 11th (County of London) Battalion, The London Regiment (Finsbury Rifles) was constituted as a regiment in its own right, becoming the 11th London Regiment (Finsbury Rifles).

Credit for this entry to: Andrew Behan.

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11th Battalion (Finsbury Rifles)

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Major-General Sir George Joseph Hamilton Evatt, KCB

Major-General Sir George Joseph Hamilton Evatt, KCB

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Sir Victor Horsley

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Richard Braley

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Edward Ironside

Edward Ironside

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Edward Alfred Webb

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