1/8th Battalion, London Regiment, British Army

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1/8th 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:	8th (City of London) Battalion London Regiment (Post Office Rifles)
Name1 Start:	01/04/1908
Name1 End:	1915
Reason for change:	Renumbering of territorial battalions
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Name2:	1/8th (City of London) Battalion London Regiment (Post Office Rifles)
Name2 Start:	1915
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Command structure
Relationship type:	Administrative
Parent unit:	Post Office Rifles, London Regiment, UK
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Command structure
Relationship type:	Tactical
Parent unit:	140th Infantry Brigade, UK
Parent level:	Brigade
Start date:	01/05/1915
End date:	31/01/1918
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Command structure
Relationship type:	Tactical
Parent unit:	174th Infantry Brigade, UK
Parent level:	Brigade
Start date:	01/02/1918
End date:	31/03/1919
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Theatre of war
Theatre name:	France, Belgium and Germany
Date entered:	01/05/1915
Date left:	31/03/1919
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Personal narratives

Thomas May

Template:RefLives (service number 1468) kept a diary while serving with this battalion in France:

• the original diary is held at the British Postal Museum and Archive along with other papers and photos donated by Thomas's son.
• The Battle of Festubert: 100 Year Anniversary blog post by Christ Taft at the British Postal Museum and Archive blog gives a few extracts from the diary, along with background information and photos of the battalion.
• New Acquisitions blog post by Emma Harper at the British Postal Museum and Archive blog includes more details of Thomas May's life and the collection of his papers donated to the museum, and shows a photo of him.

The blog posts state that Thomas William Ernest May was a sergeant in the Post Office Rifles, also known as 8th London Regiment, was at the battle of Festubert, and survived the war.

Related media

• The Battle of Festubert: 100 Year Anniversary blog post by Christ Taft at the British Postal Museum and Archive blog includes photos and a brief history of the battalion.

Official sources

Unit war diaries

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References

This page contains data imported from the UK National Archives Discovery catalogue, licensed under Open Government Licence v2.0.