1/9th Battalion, London Regiment, British Army

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1/9th Battalion, London Regiment, British Army
Years active:	01/04/1908 –
Country:	United Kingdom
Service:	British Army
Branch:	Territorial Force
Type:	Infantry
Specific type:	Infantry battalion
Full size:	1000
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Created:	01/04/1908.
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Name1:	9th (County of London) Battalion London Regiment (Queen Victoria's Rifles)
Name1 Start:	01/04/1908
Name1 End:	1915
Reason for change:	Renumbering of territorial battalions
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Name2:	1/9th (County of London) Battalion London Regiment (Queen Victoria's Rifles)
Name2 Start:	1915
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For more information on what infobox fields mean, see documentation at military unit, command structure and theatre of war.

Command structure
Relationship type:	Administrative
Parent unit:	Queen Victoria's Rifles, London Regiment, UK
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Command structure
Relationship type:	Tactical
Parent unit:	13th Infantry Brigade, UK
Parent level:	Brigade
Start date:	01/10/1914
End date:	31/01/1916
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Command structure
Relationship type:	Tactical
Parent unit:	169th Infantry Brigade, UK
Parent level:	Brigade
Start date:	01/02/1916
End date:	31/01/1918
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Command structure
Relationship type:	Tactical
Parent unit:	175th Infantry Brigade, UK
Parent level:	Brigade
Start date:	01/02/1918
End date:	28/02/1919
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Command structure
Relationship type:	Tactical
Parent unit:	2nd Light Brigade, UK
Parent level:	Brigade
Start date:	01/03/1919
End date:	31/10/1919
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Theatre of war
Theatre name:	France, Belgium and Germany
Date entered:	01/10/1914
Date left:	31/10/1919
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Personal narratives

Leslie Andrew Hase, 2120

Template:RefLives (number 2120) interview at World War 1 Veterans blog (interviewed by Paul Nixon, 6 November 1988). Mentions joining Queen Victoria's Rifles in August 1914 and arriving at Ypres before Christmas 1914 with 13th Brigade, 5th Division, which is consistent with this battalion.

Official sources

Unit war diaries

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References

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