Organised as:

A Battery and B Battery

[designated as: 1^st and 2^nd City of London Horse Artillery (Honourable Artillery Company), but these titles never used in practice]; each battery also had a mounted ammunition Brigade column

and:

[designated as: 26^th (City of London) Battalion, The London Regiment, but this title never used]

with 1, 2, 3 and 4 Company and a machine gun section

1, 2, 3 and 4 Company, Honourable Artillery Company Infantry Battalion

Re-designated as:

A, B, C and D Company, Honourable Artillery Company Infantry Battalion

Seven batteries of artillery (five operational and two reserve) and three Battalions of infantry (two operational and one reserve) formed:

A Battery and B Battery reformed in August 1914; went overseas in April 1915 and served separately and together with various mounted infantry Brigades in Egypt, Aden and Palestine

A Reserve Battery and B Reserve Battery formed in September 1914; renamed:

2/A Battery and 2/B Battery in February 1915; from June 1917 served with 126^th Army Field Artillery Brigade in France and Flanders

309^th (Honourable Artillery Company) Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery raised in November 1916; from April 1917 served in France and Flanders

3/A Battery and 3/B Battery, both reserve batteries, raised in 1914; in 1915 formed part of No. 8 Royal Horse Artillery (Territorial Force) Training Brigade; became:

Reserve Battery, Honourable Artillery Company in October 1916; in Leeds from February 1917 as independent reinforcement unit

Additional Anti-Aircraft Battery established at London HQ end of 1915 until 1917

and:

1^st Battalion, Honourable Artillery Company (also called 1^st / 1^st Battalion) served in France from September 1914; with Royal Naval Division in France and Flanders from 1915

2^nd Battalion, Honourable Artillery Company (also called 1^st / 2^nd Battalion) formed in September 1914; went overseas in October 1916 and served in France and Flanders; in Italy from 1917 and later Austria

3^rd Battalion, Honourable Artillery Company (also called 1^st / 3^rd Battalion) formed as reserve Battalion in December 1914

1^st Cadet Battalion, Honourable Artillery Company formed in 1916

Battle Honours awarded to Honourable Artillery Company:

Ypres 1915, '17, Somme 1916, '17, Ancre Heights, Ancre 1916, Arras 1917, '18, Scarpe 1917, '18, Arleux, Bullecourt, Pilckem, Polygon Wood, Broodseinde, Poelcappelle, Passchendaele, Amiens, Albert 1918, Bapaume 1918, Drocourt-Quéant, Hindenburg Line, Epéhy, St Quentin Canal, Cambrai 1918, Selle, Sambre, France and Flanders 1914-18, Piave, Vittorio Veneto, Italy 1917-18, Rafah, Egypt 1915-17, Gaza, El Mughar, Jerusalem, Jordan, Megiddo, Sharon, Damascus, Palestine 1917, '18, Aden

All artillery batteries and infantry Battalions disbanded

formed and re-designated in 1946 as:

Division); from 1958 administered as part of Regular [Police] Force; re-designated in 2003

as:

Honourable Artillery Company re-constituted and re-designated as:

Honourable Artillery Company (Territorial Army); organised as:

C Battery coming from City of London Yeomanry (Rough Riders)

and:

Honourable Artillery Company Infantry Battalion with 1, 2, 3 and 4 Company

and:

Honourable Artillery Company Cadet Battalion reformed for a period (later disbanded)

C Battery re-designated as:

No. 1 Battery (expanded and transferred by 1938)

Company of Pikemen & Musketeers formed for ceremonial duties (received a Royal

Warrant in 1955 and a Royal Standard in 1987)

Additional Honourable Artillery Company Unit of Royal Defence Corps raised

Honourable Artillery Company Unit of Royal Defence Corps replaced by:

Honourable Artillery Company reorganised as:

(drawn from: Headquarters, A Battery and B Battery )

(formed with: C Battery and D Battery)

and:

Honourable Artillery Company Infantry Battalion with 1, 2, 3 and 4 Company and

Additional Honourable Artillery Company Companies formed within 13^th (Home Defence)

Battalion, The Royal Fusiliers in November 1939

Honourable Artillery Company reorganised as:

11^th Royal Horse Artillery Regiment (Honourable Artillery Company) with A, B and E

Battery in November 1940; E Battery reduced to a troop in 1942 and combined for a timewith I Battery but resumed E Battery status in August 1942; 239 Battery joined from 76^th Anti-Tank Regiment between March and December 1942; Regiment served in North Africa from December 1941, later in Tunisia, Sicily and Italy

and: 12^th Royal Horse Artillery Regiment (Honourable Artillery Company) with C, D and F Battery in November 1940; served in North Africa from late 1942, later in Tunisia and Italy;

amalgamated with 11^th Royal Horse Artillery Regiment (Honourable Artillery Company) in September 1945 and: 13^th Royal Horse Artillery Regiment (Honourable Artillery Company) with G, H and

I Battery in December 1940; I Battery joined E Battery for a time in 1942; served in Normandy from June 1944, later Belgium and Germany; disbanded 1947

and: 121^st (Honourable Artillery Company) Officer Cadet Training Unit formed in September 1939 within 11^th Royal Horse Artillery Regiment (Honourable Artillery Company)

and: 86^th (Honourable Artillery Company) Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery formed in August 1939, initially as an officer training unit and re-designated in June 1940 as:

86^th (Honourable Artillery Company) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery with 273, 274 and 275 Battery ; 383 Battery added in February 1941; 341 Battery joined in December 1940 for a few weeks; 446 Battery added in September 1941 to replace 275 Battery ; served in Normandy from June 1944 and later at Antwerp

and: Honourable Artillery Company Infantry Battalion became: 162^nd (Honourable Artillery Company) Officer Cadet Training Unit in September

1939; most men trained, commissioned and transferred to other units; core became:

Reconnaissance Wing of Royal Armoured Corps, Officer Cadet Training Unit (Honourable Artillery Company Squadron) in October 1942 and:

Honourable Artillery Company Companies in 13^th (Home Defence) Battalion, The Royal Fusiliers re-designated as: A Company and B Company

Battle Honours awarded to Honourable Artillery Company:

Bourguebus Ridge, Antwerp, Le Havre, Rhine, North West Europe 1944-45, Knightsbridge, El Alamein, El Hamma, Sbiba, Thala, Tunis, North Africa 1941-43, Sicily 1943, Cassino II, Coriano, Senio, Italy 1944-45

Honourable Artillery Company reorganised as:

235^th Royal Horse Artillery Regiment (Honourable Artillery Company)

[formed from: 11^th Royal Horse Artillery Regiment (Honourable Artillery Company)]

Re-designated as:

1^st Regiment Honourable Artillery Company (Royal Horse Artillery) with A, B and C

Battery

and:

238^th Royal Horse Artillery Regiment (Honourable Artillery Company)

[formed from: Regional Headquarters, 273, 274 and 383 Battery of 86^th Heavy

Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Honourable Artillery Company)]

Re-designated as:

2^nd Regiment Honourable Artillery Company (Heavy Anti-Aircraft) with D, E and F Battery) and:
G Locating Battery, Honourable Artillery Company formed by 1949 and:
Honourable Artillery Company Infantry Battalion formed with 1, 2, 3 and 4 Company Support Company and Headquarters Company soon added and: Honourable Artillery Company Cadet Battalion formed

2^nd Regiment Honourable Artillery Company (Heavy Anti-Aircraft) disbanded

Honourable Artillery Company Cadet Battalion disbanded

Honourable Artillery Company reorganised as:

Regimental Headquarters with Officer Training Wing

and:

1^st Regiment Honourable Artillery Company (Royal Horse Artillery) with A, B and

C Battery and G Locating Battery

and:

Honourable Artillery Company Infantry Battalion with 1, 2, 3 and 4 Company

1^st Regiment Honourable Artillery Company (Royal Horse Artillery)

Re-designated as:

Honourable Artillery Company re-designated as:

and reorganised as:

Territorial and Army Volunteer Reserve II (NATO units):

Territorial and Army Volunteer Reserve III (Home Defence units) formed from:

Light Company and C Battery

Territorial and Army Volunteer Reserve IV:

Territorial and Army Volunteer Reserve III establishment disbanded and Light Company and

C Battery integrated into Territorial and Army Volunteer Reserve II

Honourable Artillery Company (Territorial and Army Volunteer Reserve) reorganised as:

Territorial and Army Volunteer Reserve II (NATO units):

Band and Corps of Drums

Reorganised as:

Regimental Headquarters with

1 and 2 Squadron for operational role

3 and 4 Squadron to provide home defence, with 3 Squadron as gun support unit and

4 Squadron as training wing

Band and Corps of Drums

Gun Troop added; formed under No. 4 Squadron

Light Cavalry troop formed for ceremonial duties (received a Royal Warrant in 2004)

Honourable Artillery Company re-designated as:

Honourable Artillery Company (Territorial Army )

Reorganised as:

1, 2 and 3 Squadron

Headquarters Squadron (added in 1983)

Gun Troop

A Company and B Company Home Service Force formed; re-designated in 1987 as:

1 and 2 Company Home Service Force; combined and re-designated in 1992 as:

Infantry Company Home Service Force and disbanded in 1994

Honourable Artillery Company reorganised as:

1, 2 and 3 Squadron, providing Surveillance and Target Acquisition patrols

Signal Squadron (formed in 1994 from one troop each of 1, 2 and 3 Squadron)

Headquarters Squadron

Gun Troop (disbanded 2004)

Liaison Officer Troop (the re-roled Gun Troop from 2005)

Band and Corps of Drums