lanyard originally worn by 567 LAA/SL Rgt, while Q (Queen's Own) Bty retained the supplementary shoulder title 'THE QUEEN'S OWN' originally worn by 569 LAA/SL Rgt. The RA does not possess Regimental Colours, but Q (Queen's Own) Bty also retained the colours of its parent unit, 20th Battalion, London Regiment (Blackheath and Woolwich). Honorary Colonels The following served as Honorary Colonel of the 8th Londons: Col F. Griffith, appointed 12 July 1911 Col E.H. Eley, CMG, DSO, TD, former CO, appointed 5 February 1924 Lt-Col A.C.L. Theobald, DSO, former CO, appointed 5 February 1929 Capt W.H. Bevan 1 January 1936 Brig H.E.C. Weldon, CBE, continued with London & Kent Rgt 1 April 1967 Memorials The First World War memorial to 8th London Howitzer Brigade, RFA, is a stone obelisk on Plumstead Common. The brigade is listed on the City and County of London Troops Memorial in front of the Royal Exchange, with architectural design by Sir Aston Webb and sculpture by Alfred Drury. The left-hand (northern) figure flanking this memorial depicts a Royal Artilleryman representative of the various London Artillery units. Each unit listed on the memorial also had a bronze plaque; that for 8th London Brigade is at Napier House Army Reserve Centre at Grove Park. Two wooden memorial crosses erected at High Wood and Eaucourt l'Abbaye by 47th (2nd London) Division in 1916 were replaced in stone in 1925. The restored wooden crosses were preserved at the Duke of York's Headquarters in Chelsea (the former divisional HQ), and are now at Connaught House, the HQ of the London Irish Rifles in Camberwell. A bronze plaque bearing the Roll of Honour of the men of 65th (8th London) and 118th Field Rgts who died during the Second World War, previously at the Eltham drill hall, is now at Napier House. First-hand accounts Captain A. Douglas Thorburn wrote an account of his experiences with 2/22nd County of London Howitzer Battery on the Western Front, at Salonika and Palestine. See also 106th (Yeomanry) Regiment Royal Artillery 71 (City of London) Yeomanry Signal Regiment Footones Notes References Army Council Instructions Issued During April 1916, London: HM Stationery Office, 1916. Anon, Lewisham Gunners: A Centenary History of 291st (4th London) Field Regiment R.A. (T.A.) formerly 2nd Kent R.G.A. (Volunteers), Chatham: W & J Mackay, 1962 Maj R. Money Barnes, The Soldiers of London, London: Seeley Service, 1963. Maj A.F. Becke,History of the Great