The London Regiment was formed on 1st April 1908 when the old Volunteer battalions became part of the new Territorial Force. In the majority of cases the new Territorial battalions were linked to a regiment of the regular army but the London Regiment was unique in that it contained no regular battalions.
It was the largest infantry regiment in the army with 26 battalions in peacetime, eventually increasing to 88 battalions over the course of the First World War.
It was also the only regiment in the army that did not have a regimental badge - each battalion having its own individual cap badge. Its battalions were frequently made up of men recruited from the same part of London, such as the 11th battalion (the Finsbury Rifles) or who followed the same occupation - the 8th battalion (Post Office Rifles ), or who were expatriates living in London - the 14th battalion (London Scottish).
The London Regiment ceased to exist in 1938 and the battalions transferred to regular infantry regiments, the Royal Artillery and the Royal Engineers.
Among those men with Lewisham connections who served with the London Regiment and who are remembered on its First World War Memorials are:
- Adams, Charles Frederick George
- Adamson, Duncan Francis Charles
- Adamson, Francis Richard Duncan
- Addicott, William Henry
- Adkin, Arthur Wellesley
- Agutter, William Dudley
- Aldridge, Albert M
- Andrews, Richard Clufcott
- Ascott, George Thomas Frederick
- Atkins, Bernard Walter
- Ayling, Cecil Wallace
- Ayling, Leslie Wallace
- Backhauser, Herbert Frederick
- Bagwell, Albert Rowland
- Bailey, Ernest Edgar
- Bailey, Frederick John
- Baker, Charles George
- Baker, Norman
- Baldwin, Norman Edward
- Balkwill, Charles Vince
- Ball, Albert John
- Ballard, Frederick William
- Banham, Clement Charles
- Bannister, Henry Walter
- Barnes, Albert John
- Barnes, Clements David
- Barnett, Harold
- Barnett, Percy Stanley Godwin
- Barrell, Harry W
- Bartlett, Frank Basil
- Batch, Richard George
- Baxendale, Herbert
- Bearman, James
- Beeny, William Ernest
- Bennett, Robertio Charles Rudolph Busby, MC
- Benns, Arthur Lionel
- Benwell, George Alan
- Berridge, Reginald
- Bickle, William George
- Bigg, Richard Maskell
- Blackburn, Arthur
- Bloyce, Albert Edward Victor
- Boddington, William
- Boecker, Walter Edward Bernard
- Borsberry,Thomas Frederick
- Bowler, Harry E
- Bradshaw, Charles
- Brewster, Frederick Walter
- Bright, Alfred John
- Broad, Charles Frederick
Remembered on the St Dunstan's WW1 War Memorial
20th London Regiment:
ALDRIDGE, B G
BENWELL, G A]
BOOTH, C L
BUTLER, S W
CROUCH, N S
DOUGHTY, C E
FARLEY, S J
FINCH, W A E
GLADWIN, W G
HYATT, W V
KNIGHT, R A
MOYCE, S F
ROLFE, C G
SILVESTER, P
SILVESTER, R
SMITH, J C
STEVENSON, E A
WALLIS, A W
London Regiment:
AGUTTER, W D
ALLEN, P
ANDERSON, J H
BELCHER, G
BLACKBURN, A
BOWN, H A
BROOKES, H E V
BROWN, A J
COOPER, H T
COVELL, B
CRAFTER, T
DEAN, F T
DRAKE, W
ELLIOTT, C C
GALPIN, R G E
GIBSON, A H S
GILRUTH, A T
GROVES, R H MC
HARRISON, G A
HEATH, A J
HELYER, T G
HOPF, R A
IVES, V G
KENNETT, P
MATTHEWS, N A
MYERS, E B
NOBLE, G
NOBLE, O
NORTHAM, G P R
NORTHAM, J Mc C
PALMER, C S B
PARKER, C W N
PATON, M D R
PREBBLE, J W
ROBINSON, W S
SACH, H L
SANDERSON, G
SHERBORNE, T K
SPARKES, W
STARLING, F L
THOMPSON, W J
TICKLE, G P
TOWSE, W N
WHICKER, F P
WYLES, R W E
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