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The Queen's Westminsters were an infantry regiment of the Territorial Army, part of the British Army. Originally formed from Rifle Volunteer Corps, which were established after a French invasion scare
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Sir Charles Howard Vincent, Commanding Officer of the Queen's Westminster Rifle Volunteers, 1884–1904. Pictured in 1896
Group of the 13th Middlesex Rifle Volunteers (Queen's Westminsters), c1895
Memorial in St Cassian's Church in Chaddesley Corbett, Worcestershire, to C. F. D. Fitch of the Queen's Westminster Rifles, killed in the Battle of the Somme in 1916
The Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles was an infantry regiment of the Volunteer Force and Territorial Force of the British Army from 1860 to 1921; it saw active service in the Boer War and Wor
Queen's Westminsters
…London) Division. The 2/16th served as part of 179th (2/4th London) Brigade in the Middle East. On 31 December 1921 the battalion amalgamated with the 15th (County of London) Battalion, The London Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own, Civil Service Rifles) to form the 16th (County of London) Battalion, The London Regiment (Queen's Westminster and Civil Service Rifles). It evolved to become the 16th London…
Cap badge of the Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles
Men of the 15th Battalion, London Regiment (Civil Service Rifles), 47th Division, marching past the lord mayor of London, Colonel Sir Charles Wakefield, 11 June 1916.
The Memorial of the 15th London, Somerset House, London