Group    From 1908  To 1922

17th (County of London) Battalion, The London Regiment (Poplar and Stepney Rifles)

Categories: Armed Forces

London unit which served in WW1 where it lost 1,022 soldiers. More information at Stepping Forward London.

It's Wikipedia page shows how it was formed in 1908, gives details of its service during WW1 and how in 1922 it became the 17th London Regiment (Poplar and Stepney Rifles).

Credit for this entry to: Andrew Behan.

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This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
17th (County of London) Battalion, The London Regiment (Poplar and Stepney Rifles)

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London Troops War Memorial

Designed by Aston Webb with figures by Alfred Drury. The Duke of York who un...

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Poplar & Stepney Rifles

Poplar & Stepney Rifles Site of the Drill Hall (1860 - 1907) of 26th Midd...

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Other Subjects

Chas. T. Abbott

Chas. T. Abbott

Resident of the West Ward, Hendon who served and died in WW1.

Person, Armed Forces

War dead, WW1
1 memorial
John Norwood, VC

John Norwood, VC

He was a second  patrol lieutenant in the 5th Dragoon Guards during the Second Boer War. On the 30th October 1899 he took out from Ladysmith a small patrol of the 5th Dragoon Guards. They came unde...

Person, Armed Forces, France, South Africa

War dead, WW1
1 memorial
El Alamein

El Alamein

Town in Egypt. The name means 'two worlds'. It was the scene of two battles in 1942, fought by Britain and its allies against the axis of Germany and Italy.

Place, Armed Forces, Egypt

1 memorial
Wilfred Owen

Wilfred Owen

Poet and soldier. Born Wilfred Edward Salter Owen, near Oswestry, Shropshire. In 1915 he enlisted in the Artists Rifles Officers' Training Corps, eventually being commissioned as a second lieutenan...

Person, Armed Forces, Poetry, Seriously Famous, France, Scotland

1 memorial
Greenwich Hospital

Greenwich Hospital

From Greenwich Hospital: "The Royal Charter of William and Mary dated 25 October 1694 established the Royal Hospital for Seamen (latterly known as Greenwich Hospital) as a home for retired seamen o...

Place, Armed Forces, Social Welfare

2 memorials