The London Regiment

London Regiment
Regimental crest of the London Regiment
Active	20 April 1993–
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Branch	British Army
Type	Infantry
Role	Army Reserve
Size	Battalion
Part of	Guards Division
Garrison/HQ	27 St John’s Hill, London
March	Londons return
Commanders
Royal Honorary Colonel	HRH The Earl of Wessex
Insignia
Tactical Recognition Flash
Tartan	Hodden Grey (A Company) Saffron (D Company pipers kilts)

The London Regiment is an infantry regiment in the British Army, part of the Army Reserve. The regiment saw distinguished service in World War I and was disbanded after the war in 1938, shortly before World War II, when most of its battalions were converted to other roles or transferred elsewhere. However, the regiment was raised again in 1993 and continues an existence in the present day.

It was first formed in 1908 in order to regiment the 26 Volunteer Force battalions in the newly formed County of London, each battalion having a distinctive uniform.

Now part of the Territorial Force, the London Regiment expanded to 88 battalions in the First World War. Of these, 49 battalions saw action in the trenches of the Western Front in France and Flanders, six saw action in the Gallipoli Campaign, 12 saw action at Salonika, 14 saw action against the Turks in Palestine, and one saw action in Waziristan and Afghanistan.

The London Regiment was reformed in the Territorial Army in the 1920s but ceased to exist in 1938 and the battalions were all transferred to regular infantry regiments, the Royal Artillery and the Royal Engineers. For example, the 10th London Regiment (Hackney) was transferred to the corps of the Royal Berkshire Regiment (Princess Charlotte of Wales's), becoming the 5th (Hackney) Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment.