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The 17th (County of London) Battalion, The London Regiment (Poplar and Stepney Rifles), 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 World War I. It served as an infantry regiment during World War II before conversion to an artillery unit in 1947 and subsequent amalgamation in 1967.

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  • Poplar and Stepney Rifles (en)
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  • The 17th (County of London) Battalion, The London Regiment (Poplar and Stepney Rifles), 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 World War I. It served as an infantry regiment during World War II before conversion to an artillery unit in 1947 and subsequent amalgamation in 1967. (en)
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  • Tower Hamlets Rifles, The Rifle Brigade (en)
  • 17th (County of London) Battalion, London Regiment (Poplar and Stepney Rifles) (en)
  • 656th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (Tower Hamlets) TA (en)
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  • Cap badge of the Tower Hamlets Rifles, The Rifle Brigade, 1926-1947 (en)
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  • The 17th (County of London) Battalion, The London Regiment (Poplar and Stepney Rifles), 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 World War I. It served as an infantry regiment during World War II before conversion to an artillery unit in 1947 and subsequent amalgamation in 1967. (en)
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