Cap Badge - 1/11th (County of London) Battalion (Finsbury Rifles) This badge was sold by Jim Purdy for $30.00 on e-Bay in the Spring/Summer of 2017. This badge was deemed irrelevant to the museum. The money was used to purchase relevant badges for the collection. In 1908 reserve forces were completely reorganised. The volunteer force and yeomanry were combined to form a new Territorial Force, administered by county associations. All infantry battalions in the City and County of London became numbered battalions of the London Regiment. The unit became the 11th (County of London) Battalion, The London Regiment (Finsbury Rifles), with headquarters at Pentonville. With the outbreak of war in August 1914 the Territorial Force was mobilised. With the expansion of the army the various units formed duplicate "second line" or "third line" units. The existing 11th Battalion was redesignated as the 1/11th (County of London) Battalion, The London Regiment (Finsbury Rifles) on the formation of a second line duplicate. The battalion remained in the United Kingdom until July 1915, when it sailed to the Dardenelles. They landed at Suvla Bay on 11 August 1915 as part of the unsuccessful Gallipoli campaign. They were evacuated in December 1915 subsequently serving in Egypt and Palestine. The 2/11th Battalion was formed in September 1914. In February 1917 they moved to France, serving on the Western Front for the rest of the war. The 3/11th Battalion was formed in 1915. They did not see any foreign service and were absorbed by the 9th Reserve Battalion in April 1916. The regiment was awarded the following battle honours for the war: Bullecourt Ypres 1917 Menin Road Polygon Wood Passchendaele France and Flanders 1917-18 Suvla Landing at Suvla Scimitar Hill Gallipoli 1915 Egypt 1915-17 Gaza El Mughar Jaffa Tell 'Asur Megiddo Sharon Palestine 1917-18 Following the war the Territorial Force was demobilised. It was reformed as the Territorial Army (TA) in 1920, and the Finsbury Rifles were reformed as 11th (County of London) Battalion, The London Regiment (Finsbury Rifles). In 1922 the various battalions of the London Regiment were reconstituted as separate regiments and so the unit was renamed to the 11th London Regiment (Finsbury Rifles).