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24th (County of London) Battalion (The Queen's) was a battalion of the
24th (County of London) Battalion (The Queen's) was a battalion of the London Regiment (1908-1938) London Regiment may refer to two infantry regiments in the British Army:
* London Regiment (1908–1938)
The London Regiment was an infantry regiment in the British Army, part of the Territorial Force (renamed the Territorial Army in 1921). The ...
. Between 1908 and 1938 it was based at the Braganza Street drill hall
The Braganza Street drill hall is a military installation in Braganza Street, Walworth.
History
The building originates from a pair of houses built in what was then known as New Street in 1833 and which were acquired by the 19th Surrey Rifle Volu ...
, though in 1914 it mobilised for war at 71 New Street, Kennington Park Road
Kennington Park Road is a main road in south-east London, England, and is part of the A3 trunk road. It runs from Newington Butts at its Y-junction with Kennington Lane, south-west to the Oval, where the A3 continues as Clapham Road, towards ...
.
Its origins lay in the 19th Surrey Rifle Volunteers, founded in 1859. That unit became the 8th Surrey Rifle Volunteer Corps in 1880, which three years later was assigned to the Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey)
The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey) was a line infantry regiment of the English and later the British Army from 1661 to 1959. It was the senior English line infantry regiment of the British Army, behind only the Royal Scots in the British Arm ...
as the latter's 4th (Volunteer) Battalion. When the Territorial Force was formed in 1908, the battalion was reassigned to the new London Regiment, with whom it remained until 1938, when it returned to the Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey), now as that regiment's 7th (Southwark) Battalion. Its World War One memorial was unveiled at the entrance to Kennington Park
Kennington Park is a public park in Kennington, south London and lies between Kennington Park Road and St. Agnes Place. It was opened in 1854 on the site of what had been Kennington Common, where the Chartists gathered for their biggest "mons ...
in 1924, with its World War Two dead later added.
After the Second World War the battalion converted to artillery and, in 1947, became the 622nd Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery.
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