20th Battalion, London Regiment (Blackheath & Woolwich) 34th (Queen's Own) Searchlight Regiment, RA 569 (Queen's Own) Light AA/Searchlight Regiment, RA | |
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Active | 1908–1961 |
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Type | Infantry Battalion Searchlight Regiment Anti-Aircraft Regiment |
Role | Infantry, Air Defence |
Garrison/HQ | Holly Hedge House, Blackheath |
Engagements | Western Front Salonika Palestine Dunkirk The Blitz |
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Notable commanders | Lt-Col Edmund Henry Lenon, VC |
The 20th (County of London) Battalion, The London Regiment (Blackheath and Woolwich), was a unit of Britain's Territorial Force formed in 1908 from Volunteer corps dating back to 1859. It saw considerable service on the Western Front, at Salonika and in Palestine during the First World War. It served as a searchlight regiment and later as an infantry regiment during the Second World War.