1 Queen Victoria's Rifles
1 Battalion Queen Victoria's Rifles
Unit Histories
| 10-Aug-1937 |
10-Aug-1937 |
Converted from |
9 The London Regiment as Queen Victoria's Rifles, The King's Royal Rifle Corps |
| 11-Aug-1937 ? |
11-Aug-1937 ? |
Reorganised |
Converted to a Motor-Cycle Battalion (qv) |
| 31-Mar-1939 |
31-Mar-1939 |
Renamed |
1 Battalion Queen Victoria's Rifles, The King's Royal Rifle Corps |
| 01-Sep-1939 |
01-Sep-1939 |
Embodied |
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| 26-May-1940 |
26-May-1940 |
Destroyed |
by the Germans in the defence of Calais |
| 18-Jul-1940 |
18-Jul-1940 |
Reformed |
Reformed as an Infantry Battalion. |
| 23-Oct-1940 |
23-Oct-1940 |
Reorganised |
Converted to a Motor Battalion. |
| 22-Mar-1941 |
22-Mar-1941 |
Converted to |
7 The King's Royal Rifle Corps |
| Number of Records Returned: 8 |
| Number of Pages Returned : 1 |
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