20th Battalion, London Regiment (Blackheath and Woolwich)
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The 20th Battalion, The London Regiment , was a unit of Britain's Territorial Force formed in 1908 from Volunteer corps dating back to 1859. It saw considerable service on the Western Front, at Salonika and in Palestine during the First World War. It served as a searchlight regiment and later as an infantry regiment during the Second World War.
British infantry advancing through gas at Loos, 25 September 1915.
Ze'ev Jabotinsky MBE served in platoon 16 of the 20th Battalion of the London Regiment between 1916 and 1917
Nebi Samwil mosque before the battle
The pontoon bridge across the Jordan
London Regiment (1908–1938)
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The London Regiment was an infantry regiment in the British Army, part of the Territorial Force. The regiment saw service in the First World War and was disbanded in 1938, shortly before the Second World War, when most of its battalions were converted to other roles or transferred elsewhere, and reformed in 1993. The London Guards date their formation to that of this regiment in 1908.
Battalions of the London Regiment early 1900s by Richard Caton Woodville (1856–1927)
A 1915 recruitment poster for 2nd City of London Battalion, Royal Fusiliers.
Recruitment poster for the London Regiment during the interwar years.
The London Regiment on the Western Front, c.1914–1918