London unit which served in WW1 where it lost 1,022 soldiers. More information at Stepping Forward London.
It's Wikipedia page shows how it was formed in 1908, gives details of its service during WW1 and how in 1922 it became the 17th London Regiment (Poplar and Stepney Rifles).
Credit for this entry to: Andrew Behan.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
17th (County of London) Battalion, The London Regiment (Poplar and Stepney Rifles)
Designed by Aston Webb with figures by Alfred Drury. The Duke of York who un...
Poplar & Stepney Rifles Site of the Drill Hall (1860 - 1907) of 26th Midd...
Army commander. Born Staffordshire. A commander in the 1st Cornish Rebellion. Captured at the battle on Blackheath on 17 June 1497 and beheaded on Tower Hill.
Born Shropshire. Served in the Napoleonic Wars. 1830 - 42 Colonel of the Royal Regiment of Horse Guards (The Blues). The Horse Guards were part of the Household Cavalry and were based at Knightsbri...
Born in London as John Peniston Milbanke, the son of the 9th baronet and so later became the 10th baronet. Awarded the VC for his bravery in the Second Boer War when just 27. Killed in action in Tu...
Royal Engineer killed by an exploding bomb while assisting in the attempt to disarm it. Andrew Behan has kindly carried out some research on this man: Sapper Stanley Victor White was born on 20 Ju...
