The London Regiment is a Territorial Armyregiment in the British Army. It was first formed in 1908, each battalion having a distinctive uniform. It ceased to exist in 1938 with the battalions amalgamating with regular regiments.
The regiment was reformed in 1992. It is the only resident infantry battalion in London and consists of 7 companies. They are:
Within the regiment there are 12 rifle platoons, 2 reconnaissance platoons, 2 machine gun platoons, a mortar platoon and various support elements attached to the HQ company including a Signals platoon.
In October 2003 120 members of regiment were called up for active service in Operation Telic. They were deployed in areas around Basra in southern Iraq in January 2004. This group made up a company known as CAMBRAI comppany as part of the Multi-National Division (South East), a UK commanded division. In May 2004 they were replaced by MESSINES company, this was made up from a HQ and two platoons from across the London Regiment.
The Royal Fusiliers (City of LondonRegiment) was a regiment in the British Army.
It became the 7th Regiment of Foot (Royal Fusiliers) in 1751 and in 1881 under the Cardwell Reforms when numbers were abolished it became The Royal Fusiliers (City of LondonRegiment).
On 23 April 1968 the regiment was amalgamated with the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers (5th Ft.), The Royal Warwickshire Fusiliers (6th.Ft) and the Lancashire Fusiliers (20th Ft) to form 3rd.Bn.
It was first formed in 1908 in order to regiment the various territorial battalions in the newly formed County of London, each battalion having a distinctive uniform.
The LondonRegiment ceased to exist in 1938 with the battalions transferring to regular infantry regiments, the Royal Artillery and the Royal Engineers.
The LondonRegiment was reformed in 1992 through the regimentation of most of the remaining successors of the original regiment (except the Rifles and the Artists' Rifles).
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