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Fascinating
history
to
this
memorial.
By
the
end
of
1914,
following
the
outbreak
of
the
First
World
War,
58
battalions
had
been
raised.
By
May
1915
the
regiment
had
expanded
to
82
battalions,
of
which
56
were
involved
in
the
hostilities
across
every
theatre
of
the
war.
At
the
end
of
the
First
World
War
the
battalions
were
re-formed
in
the
Territorial
Army.
Following
various
amalgamations
and
reorganisation,
battalions
originally
in
the
London
Regiment
served
in
the
Second
World
War
although
the
regiment
itself
had
ceased
to
exist.
Continuing
reorganisation
in
the
latter
half
of
the
C20
led
to
the
formation
in
1993
of
the
present-day
regiment.
The
City
and
County
of
London
Troops
memorial
reflects
the
London
units
as
they
were
constituted
at
the
end
of
the
First
World
War.
This
includes
the
eight
City
of
London
battalions,
one
additional
City
battalion
(33rd,
Rifle
Brigade),
the
18
County
battalions
and
one
additional
County
battalion
(34th,
King’s
Royal
Rifle
Corps);
the
Royal
Fusiliers
and
the
Honourable
Artillery
Company;
four
Yeomanry
battalions;
eight
artillery
brigades
and
two
heavy
artillery
batteries;
and
the
London
units
of
the
Royal
Engineers,
the
Electrical
Engineers,
the
Royal
Army
Service
Corps,
the
Royal
Army
Medical
Corps,
the
Royal
Army
Veterinary
Corps,
the
Territorial
Force
Nursing
Service,
and
the
Voluntary
Aid
Detachments.
A
number
of
the
battalions
were
originally
raised
by
specific
localities
or
communities:
for
example,
the
11th
(County
of
London)
Battalion
was
known
as
the
Finsbury
Rifles,
the
14th
was
the
London
Scottish,
the
28th
was
the
Artists
Rifles.
Thus,
although
many
of
the
units
represented
also
instituted
their
own
war
memorials
for
fallen
comrades,
this
memorial
commemorates
all
those
men
and
women
who
served
in
the
City
and
County
of
London
Troops.
(Edward)
Alfred
Briscoe
Drury
(1856-1944)
studied
in
London
and
Paris.
He
was
elected
a
Royal
Academician
in
1913.
His
first
major
work
was
a
statue
of
Circe
(1894)
erected
in
Park
Square,
Leeds,
that
is
Grade
II-listed.
He
is
principally
known
for
his
architectural
sculpture,
which
included
the
prophetic
allegorical
pairs
of
figures
on
the
1905
War
Office
in
Whitehall
of
Sorrow
and
Joy,
Horror
and
Dignity
of
War,
Truth
and
Justice,
and
Victory
and
Fame.
His
best
known
work
was
his
collaboration
with
Sir
Aston
Webb
at
the
Victoria
and
Albert
Museum.
His
Boer
War
Memorial
at
Clifton
College,
Bristol
is
listed
Grade
II*.
His
Grade
II-listed
First
World
War
memorials
include
Hertford,
for
which
Sir
Aston
Webb
was
the
architect,
Kidderminster,
and
Malvern
College.
War
memorial
of
1920
by
Sir
Aston
Webb
with
sculpture
by
Alfred
Drury.
