7 The Rifle Brigade
7 Battalion The Rifle Brigade
Unit Histories
| 01-Jan-1753 |
01-Jan-1753 |
Active |
as 1 Royal Tower Hamlets Militia |
| 15-Nov-1831 ? |
15-Nov-1831 ? |
Renamed |
The King's Own Light Infantry Regiment of Militia |
| 01-Jul-1881 |
01-Jul-1881 |
Renamed |
7 Battalion The Rifle Brigade |
| 04-May-1900 |
04-May-1900 |
Embodied |
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| 18-Oct-1900 |
18-Oct-1900 |
Disembodied |
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| 26-Jun-1908 |
26-Jun-1908 |
Converted to |
6 The Rifle Brigade at Dalston |
| 22-Aug-1914 |
22-Aug-1914 |
Reformed |
at Aldershot |
| 18-Jun-1918 |
18-Jun-1918 |
Reduced to Cadre |
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| 18-Jun-1918 |
18-Jun-1918 |
Absorbed By |
33 The London Regiment |
| 02-Nov-1939 |
02-Nov-1939 |
Reformed |
from 23B Group National Defence Corps at Woolwich |
| 15-Jan-1941 |
15-Jan-1941 |
Converted to |
11 The Rifle Brigade at Chiswick |
| 15-Jan-1941 |
15-Jan-1941 |
Converted from |
1 The London Rifle Brigade |
| 31-Aug-1945 |
31-Aug-1945 |
Active |
in Austria |
| 04-May-1946 |
04-May-1946 |
Suspended Animation |
in Egypt |
| Number of Records Returned: 14 |
| Number of Pages Returned : 1 |
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