Cap Badge - 1/13th (County of London) Battalion (Princess Louise Kensingtons) This badge was sold by Jim Purdy for $20.00 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. 1908 13th (County of London) Battalion, The London Regiment (Kensington) 1913 13th (Princess Louise's Kensington) (County of London) Battalion, The London Regiment: The Great War Three Battalions formed 1914 1st / 13th Battalion 2nd / 13th Battalion 3rd / 13th Battalion 1916 Re-designated as a Territorial Battalion of The Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) without change of title 3rd / 13th Battalion re-designated as 13th Reserve Battalion Battle Honours awarded to 13th (Princess Louise's Kensington) (County of London) Battalion, The London Regiment: Neuve Chapelle, Aubers, Somme 1916, '18, Albert 1916, '18, Guillemont, Ginchy, Flers-Courcelette, Morval, Le Transloy, Arras 1917, '18, Scarpe 1917, '18, Ypres 1917, Langemarck 1917, Cambrai 1917, '18, Hindenburg Line, Canal du Nord, Valenciennes, Sambre, France and Flanders 1914-18, Doiran 1917, Macedonia 1916-17, Gaza, El Mughar, Nebi Samwil, Jerusalem, Jericho, Jordan, Megiddo, Sharon, Palestine 1917-18 1920: Reformed as: 13th (Princess Louise's Kensington) (County of London) Battalion, The London Regiment 1922 Re-designated as: 13th London Regiment (Princess Louise's Kensington Regiment) 1937 Re-designated as: Princess Louise's Kensington Regiment, The Middlesex Regiment (Duke of Cambridge's Own) August 1914 : at Iverna Gardens. Under command of 4th London Brigade, 2nd London Division. Army Order 408 of 1914 defined the title of this unit as the 13th (County of London) Princess Louise's Kensington Battalion of the London Regiment. Moved on mobilisation to Abbotts Langley. 4 November 1914 : left the Division and landed at Le Havre. 13 November 1914 : came under command of 25th Brigade in 8th Division. 20 May 1915 : transferred to GHQ Troops and formed a composite unit with 1/5th and 1/12th Bns. Resumed identity 11 August. 11 February 1916 : transferred to 168th Brigade in 56th (London) Division. 2/13th (County of London) Battalion (Kensington) Formed in London in August 1914. By November 1914, in 2/4th London Brigade in 2/2nd London Division at White City. This formation was later retitled as 179th Brigade in 60th (2/2nd London) Division. October 1914 : battalion name changed to 2/13th (County of London) Princess Louise's Kensington Battalion. Moved to Maidstone in January 1915. Went on to Watford (April 1915), Saffron Walden (June 1915), Sutton Veny (January 1916). 28 April 1916 ; landed at Cork for security duties following Irish rebellion. Moved to Ballincollig and Macroom. 14 May 1916 : sailed from Rosslare to Fishguard and returned to Sutton Veny. 22 June 1916 : landed at Le Havre. November 1916 : moved to Salonika. 2 July 1917 : moved to Egypt, arriving Alexandria 5 July.