1939 |
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The
Queen’s Royal Regiment (West Surrey) |
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1st
Battalion (2nd Foot) |
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Allahabad,
India. |
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2nd
Battalion (2nd Foot) |
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Internal
Security Operations in Palestine. |
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The
Bren Gun, issued to the British Army in 1938. This
a Mark II. Also shown are the large
holdall for the spare barrel and cleaning rod. The
pockets hold various items, such as the oil bottle,
graphite grease, mop, wire brush and anti-fouling
tool. On the right is the spare parts wallet, which
also contains the pull-through and oil can. The
magazine box above holds twelve magazines.
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Territorial
Army |
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4th
Battalion (63rd Searchlight Regt) |
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Battalion
embodied. |
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5th
Battalion |
| 31st
March |
Divides
into 1st/5th and 2nd/5th. |
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1st/5th
Battalion |
| 1st
September |
Battalion
embodied. Joins 131 (Queen’s) Infantry Brigade (44th
(Home Counties) Division). |
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2nd/5th
Battalion |
| 21st
April |
Battalion
formed at Guildford. |
| 1st
September |
Battalion
embodied. Joins 35 Infantry Brigade (12th Division). |
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6th
(Bermondsey) Battalion |
| 31st
March |
Divides
into 1st/6th and 2nd/6th. |
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1st/6th
Battalion |
| 1st
September |
Battalion
embodied. Joins 131 (Queen’s) Infantry Brigade (44th
(Home Counties) Division). |
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2nd/6th
Battalion |
| 1st
May |
Battalion
formed at New Cross. |
| 1st
September |
Battalion
embodied. |
| October |
Joins
2/5 and 2/7 in 35 Inf Bde (12th Division). |
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7th
(Soutwark) Battalion |
| 31st
March |
Divides
into 1st/7th and 2nd/7th. |
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1st/7th
Battalion |
| 1st
September |
Battalion
embodied. Joins 131 (Queen’s) Infantry Brigade (44th
(Home Counties) Division). |
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2nd/7th
Battalion |
| 17th
May |
Battalion
formed at Southwark. |
| 1st
September |
Battalion
embodied. |
| October |
Joins
2/5 and 2/6 in 35 Inf Bde (12th Division). |
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Home
Defence Battalions |
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11th
Battalion |
| 2nd
November |
Transferred
to the Corps of The Queen’s. |
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12th
Battalion |
| 1st
November |
Transferred
to the Corps of The Queen’s. |
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Depot |
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Becomes
Regimental ITC. |
