6th (City of London) Bn, The London Regiment (City of London Rifles)

This battalion had its origins in the 2nd London Volunteer Rifle Corps and had its headquarters in Farringdon Road in the City of London. The image above shows men from the 6th Londons at Watford in 1915

Here are some army service numbers and corresponding joining dates for men of the Cast Iron Sixth.

441 joined on 4th November 1908
1053 joined on 17th May 1909
1104 joined on 1st March 1910
1175 joined on 8th March 1911
1276 joined on 5th February 1912
1361 joined on 7th January 1913
1851 joined on 7th August 1914
2375 joined on 3rd September 1914

3164 joined on 6th October 1914

3195 joined on 4th January 1915

3247 joined on 25th February 1915
3289 joined on 9th March 1915

3330 joined on 21st April 1915
3419 joined on 3rd May 1915

4469 joined on 10th June 1915
4622 joined on 12th July 1915
4856 joined on 11th August 1915

4927 joined on 9th September 1915

4960 joined on 27th October 1915

4975 joined on 6th November 1915

5018 joined on 11th December 1915
5302 joined on 10th February 1916

5389 joined on 26th April 1916

5424 joined on 20th May 1916
5738 joined on 1st June 1916
6331 joined on 15th August 1916

6597 joined on 14th September 1916
6720 joined on 23rd October 1916
6941 joined on 3rd November 1916

When the Territorial Force was re-numbered in 1917, the 6th Londons re-numbered within the block 320001 to 350000. These six digit numbers start appearing in January 1917.

 

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Read my other posts on numbering in the London Regiment battalions:

City of London Battalions

1st (City of London) Battalion (Royal Fusiliers)
2nd (City of London) Battalion (Royal Fusiliers)
3rd (City of London) Battalion (Royal Fusiliers)
4th (City of London) Battalion (Royal Fusiliers)
5th (City of London) Battalion (Rifle Brigade)
7th (City of London) Battalion
8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

County of London Battalions

9th (County of London) Battalion (Queen Victoria's Rifles)
10th County of London) Battalion (Hackney) [Originally Paddington Rifles]
11th (County of London) Battalion (Finsbury Rifles)
12th (County of London) Battalion (The Rangers)
13th (County of London) Battalion (Kensington)
14th (County of London) Battalion (London Scottish)
15th (County of London) Battalion (Prince of Wales's Own Civil Service Rifles)
16th (County of London) Battalion (Queen's Westminster Rifles)
17th (County of London) Battalion (Poplar & Stepney Rifles)
18th (County of London) Battalion (London Irish Rifles)
19th (County of London) Battalion (St Pancras)
20th (County of London) Battalion (Blackheath & Woolwich)
21st (County of London) Battalion (First Surrey Rifles)
22nd (County of London) Battalion (The Queen's)
23rd (County of London) Battalion
24th (County of London) Battalion (The Queen's)
25th (County of London) Cyclist Battalion
28th (County of London) Battalion (Artists Rifles)