20th Battalion, London Regiment (Blackheath and Woolwich)

20th Battalion, London Regiment (Blackheath & Woolwich)
34th (Queen's Own) Searchlight Regiment, RA
569 (Queen's Own) Light AA/Searchlight Regiment, RA
Active1908–1961
Country United Kingdom
Branch Territorial Army
TypeInfantry Battalion
Searchlight Regiment
Anti-Aircraft Regiment
RoleInfantry, Air Defence
Garrison/HQHolly Hedge House, Blackheath
EngagementsWestern Front
Salonika
Palestine
Dunkirk
The Blitz
Commanders
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.


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