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Authors
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T.F. Mills |
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Page
created 15 July 2000. Corrected and updated
31.03.2003
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The Queen's Westminsters
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United
Kingdom
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Note:
This
is a battalion history of the part-time reserves, which are normally
liable for full-time active service only in an emergency. See the
main regimental page(s) as linked below for more information.
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1921.12.31 |
16th (County
of London) Battalion, The London Regiment
(Queen's Westminster and Civil Service Rifles)
formed with HQ at Buckingham Gate, Westminster, by amalgamation
of 15th (County of London) Battalion, The
London Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own, Civil Service Rifles),
and 16th (County of London) Battalion, The
London Regiment (Queen's Westminster Rifles) |
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16th
London Regiment (Queen's Westminster and Civil Service Rifles) |
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1938 |
The Queen's
Westminsters, The King's Royal
Rifle Corps |
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1941 |
11th and 12th
(Queen's Westminsters) Battalions, The
King's Royal Rifle Corps |
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1947 |
11th Battalion,
The King's Royal Rifle Corps
(Queen's Westminsters) |
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1961 |
amalgamated
with 7th Battalion, The King's Royal Rifle
Corps (Queen Victoria's Rifles), to form
Queen's Royal Rifles |
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History
(Links) & War Service |
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History: |
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Deployment and War Service: |
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Associations,
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Museums,
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[combined battle honours of 15th London
Regiment, and 16th London Regiment,
plus:]
The Second World War:
Mont Pincon, Roer, Rhineland,
Cleve, Goch, Rhine, North-West Europe 1944-45, El
Alamein, North Africa 1942, Italy
1943-44, Athens, Greece
1944-45
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Colours,
Standards and Guidons |
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