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Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment
211th Military Police Battalion
(First Corps of Cadets)

  • Chartered 16 October 1741 in the Massachusetts Militia, as the Independent Company of Cadets, Lieutenant Colonel Benjamin Pollard, Commanding
  • Organized 19 October 1741 at Boston
  • Formally returned its British colors 15 August 1774 to the British Commanding Officer in Boston
  • Reorganized 1776- 1777 in the Massachusetts Militia at Boston
  • While remaining in Massachusetts service additionally formed the following units for Continental service:
  • Henry Jackson's Additional Continental Regiment, authorized 12 January 1777 and organized at Boston from elements of the Independent Company of Cadets and the Boston Regiment; consolidated 9 April 1779 with Lee’s Additional Continental Regiment [authorized 12 January 1777 and organized at Cambridge] and Henley's Additional Continental Regiment [authorized 12 January 1777 and organized at Boston] ; and consolidated unit designated as Henry Jackson's Additional Continental Regiment; redesignated 24 July 1780 as the 16th Massachusetts Regiment; disbanded 1 January 1781 at New Windsor, New York)
  • Reorganized 19 October 1786 in the Massachusetts Volunteer Militia at Boston as the Independent Company of Cadets (with special privileges)
  • Redesignated in 1799 as the Independent Corps of Cadets
  • Redesignated in 1803 as the Independent Cadets
  • Redesignated in 1840 as the Divisionary Corps of Independent Cadets
  • Redesignated in 1854 as the Independent Company of Cadets
  • Redesignated in 1861 as the Independent Corps of Cadets
  • While remaining in state service, additionally formed Company K, 2d Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment; organized and mustered into Federal service 25 May 1861 at Camp Andrews, Massachusetts; mustered out of Federal service 26 July 1865 at Boston
  • Mustered into Federal service 26 May 1862 at Boston as the Boston Cadet Company; mustered out of Federal service 2 July 1862 al Boston
  • Expanded, reorganized, and redesignated as the 45th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment (The Cadet Regiment) and mustered into Federal service 26 Seplember-28 October 1862 at Readville, Massachusetts; mustered out of Federal service 7 July 1863 at Boston and resumed state service as the Independent Company of Cadets, Massachusetts Volunteer Militia
  • Redesignated in 1866 as the First Company of Cadets
  • Reorganized in 1874 as a battalion and redesignated as the First Corps of Cadets
  • (Massachusetts Volunteer Militia redesignated 15 November 1907 as the Massachusetts National Guard)
  • Expanded, converted, reorganized, and redesignated 22 May 1917 as the 1st Regiment of Engineers, Massachusetts National Guard
  • Called into Federal service 25 July 1917; drafted into Federal service 5 August 1917
  • Reorganized and redesignated 18 August 1917 as the 101st Engineer Regiment, an element of the 26th Division (later redesignated as the 26th Infantry Division)
  • Demobilized 29 April 1919 at Camp Devens, Massachusetts
  • Converted, reorganized, and redesignated 27 July 1921 in the Massachusetts National Guard as the 1st Separate Battalion of Infantry (First Corps of Cadets)
  • Converted, reorganized, and redesignated 14 March 1922 as the Machine Gun Battalion, 211th Coast Artillery (First Corps of Cadets)
  • Redesignated 31 May 1923 as the 2d Battalion, 211th Artillery, Coast Artillery Corps
  • Federally recognized 30 April 1924 at Boston
  • Reorganized and redesignated 1 June 1926 as the 211th Coast Artillery
  • Inducted into Federal service 16 September 1940 at Boston
  • (3d Battalion activated 15 June 1942 while in Federal service at Vallejo, California)
  • Regiment broken up 16 August 1943 and its elements reorganized and redesignated as follows:
  • Headquarters and Headquarters Battery as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 211th Antiaircraft Artillery Group
  • 1st Battalion as the 772d Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion
  • 2d Battalion as the 747th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion
  • (3d Battalion as the 324th Antiaircraft Artillery Searchlight Battalion – hereafter separate lineage)
  • After 16 August 1943 the above units underwent changes as follows:
  • Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 211th Antiaircraft Artillery Group, inactivated 24 August 1944 at Camp Bowie, Texas
  • 772d Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion inactivated 30 May 1944 at Camp Howze, Texas
  • 747th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion inactivated 5 September 1945 at Fort Bliss, Texas
  • Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 211th Antiaircraft Artillery Group, the 772d Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion, and the 747th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion consolidated 8 July 1946 and consolidated unit converted and redesignated as the 211th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron, Mechanized
  • Federally recognized 7 November 1946 at Boston
  • Reorganized and redesignated 1 February 1949 as the 126th Heavy Tank Battalion, and assigned to the 26th Infantry Division
  • Reorganized and redesignated 1 September 1950 as the 126th Tank Battalion
  • Converted, reorganized, and redesignated 1 May 1959 as the 220th Infantry, a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System, to consist of the 1st Battle Group, an element of the 26th Infantry Division
  • Reorganized 1 March 1963 to consist of the 1st Battalion
  • Consolidated 1 April 1975 with the 126th Signal Battalion (see ANNEX 1) and consolidated unit designated as the 126th Signal Battalion, an element of the 26th Infantry Division
  • Relieved 1 September 1993 from assignment to the 26th Infantry Division
  • Headquarters and Headquarters Company and Company B, 126th Signal Battalion (see ANNEX 2), consolidated 1 September 1996 and consolidated unit converted and redesignated as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 211th Military Police Battalion; location concurrently changed to West Newton (Companies A and C, 126th Signal Battalion—hereafter separate lineages)
  • Location changed 1 June 1997 to Lexington
  • Ordered into active Federal service 7 July 2002 at Lexington; released from active Federal service 12 November 2003 and reverted to state control
  • Ordered into active Federal service 24 July 2009 at Lexington; released from active Federal service 27 August 2010 and reverted to state control
  • ANNEX 1
  • Organized and Federally recognized 23 October 1940 in the Massachusetts National Guard at Boston as Headquarters Battery, 3d Battalion, 180th Field Artillery, an element of the 26th Division (later redesignated as the 26th Infantry Division)
  • Reorganized and redesignated 14 January 1941 as the Service Battery, 2d Battalion, 180th Field Artillery
  • Inducted into Federal service 16 January 1941 at Boston
  • Reorganized and redesignated 12 February 1942 as the Service Battery, 180th Field Artillery Battalion, an element of the 26th Infantry Division
  • Inactivated 1 January 1946 at Camp Patrick Henry, Virginia
  • Consolidated 11 December 1946 with the Service Battery, 221st Field Artillery Battalion (organized and Federally recognized 14 January 1941 at Boston) and consolidated unit designated as the Service Battery, 180th Field Artillery Battalion
  • Organized and Federally recognized 19 February 1947 at Boston
  • Converted, reorganized, and redesignated 1 May 1959 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 126th Signal Battalion, an element of the 26th Infantry Division (organic elements concurrently organized from existing units)
  • Location of Headquarters changed 1 March 1963 to Chelsea; on 1 April 1975 to Quincy
  • ANNEX 2
  • Organized 6 July 1835 in the Massachusetts Militia as the Woburn Mechanic's Phalanx, Regiment of Light Infantry
  • Redesignated 24 March 1840 as Company G, 4th Regiment of Light Infantry
  • Redesignated 26 February 1855 as Company G, 5th Regiment
  • Redesignated 16 August 1860 as Company G, 2d Battalion of Rifles
  • Disbanded 6 July 1861
  • Reorganized 27 August 1862 as Company G, 5th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment
  • Mustered into Federal service 16 September 1862 at Wenham; mustered out of Federal service 2 July 1863 at Readville
  • Mustered into Federal service 27 July 1864 at Readville; mustered out of Federal service 16 November 1864 at Readville
  • Mustered into Federal service 1 July 1898 at South Framingham as Company G, 5th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment; mustered out of Federal service 31 March 1899 at Greenville, South Carolina
  • Mustered into Federal service 18 June 1916 at South Framingham; mustered out of Federal service 13 November 1916 at Boston
  • Ordered into Federal service 25 July 1917 at Woburn; drafted into Federal service 5 August 1917
  • Reorganized and redesignated 21 August 1917 as Company G, 101st Infantry Regiment, and assigned to the 26th Division
  • Demobilized 29 April 1919 at Camp Devens, Massachusetts
  • Converted and redesignated 15 March 1920 as Company E, 101st Supply Train
  • Reorganized and Federally recognized 25 October 1920 as Company E, 1st Supply Train
  • Reorganized and redesignated 1 November 1920 as Company G, 101st Supply Train
  • Reorganized and redesignated 1 May 1921 as Company 2, 1st Supply Train
  • Reorganized and redesignated 30 September 1921 as the 102d Motor Transport Company, 26th Division Quartermaster Train
  • Reorganized and redesignated 30 April 1924 as the 101st Motor Transport Company, 26th Division Quartermaster Train
  • Reorganized and redesignated 1 July 1925 as the 102d Motor Transport Company, 26th Division Quartermaster Train
  • Reorganized and redesignated 15 June 1936 as Company B, 101st Quartermaster Regiment
  • Inducted into Federal service 16 January 1941 at Woburn
  • Consolidated 1 May 1943 into 125th Quartermaster Company, and assigned to the Americal Division
  • Inactivated 10 December 1945 at Seattle, Washington
  • Company G, 182d Infantry Regiment and Former Company B, 101st Quartermaster Regiment consolidated, reorganized and Federally recognized 11 March 1947
  • Converted and redesignated 1 May 1959 as Company A, 226th Transportation Battalion
  • Converted and redesignated 1 March 1963 as Company C, 101st Engineer Battalion
  • Reorganized and redesignated 19 December 1967 as Company D, 101st Engineer Battalion
  • Converted and redesignated 1 November 1978 as Company B, 126th Signal Battalion and consolidated with Company B, 126th Signal Battalion (organized and Federally recognized 10 June 1946)
  • Location changed 1 March 1988 to Quincy
  • HOME STATION: Lexington

Campaign Participation Credit

  • Revolutionary War
  • Monmouth
  • Rhode Island 1777
  • Rhode Island 1778
  • Rhode Island 1779
  • New Jersey 1780
  • Civil War
  • Valley
  • Manassas
  • Antietam
  • Fredericksburg
  • Chancellorsville
  • Gettysburg
  • Atlanta
  • Maryland 1863
  • North Carolina 1862
  • North Carolina 1863
  • North Carolina 1865
  • South Carolina 1865
  • World War I
  • Champagne-Marne
  • Aisne-Marne
  • St. Mihiel
  • Meuse-Argonne
  • Ile de France 1918
  • Lorraine 1918
  • World War II
  • Guadalcanal
  • Northern Solomons
  • Northern France
  • Leyte
  • Rhineland
  • Ardennes-Alsace
  • Southern Philippines (with arrowhead)
  • Central Europe
  • War on Terrorism
  • Campaigns to be determined

Decorations

  • Presidential Unit Citation (Navy), Streamer embroidered GUADALCANAL
  • Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered IRAQ APR-MAY 2003
  • Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered AL ANBAR PROVINCE MAY-SEP 2003
  • Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in the Ardennes
  • Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 1944 TO 4 JULY 1945

By Order of the Secretary of the Army:

CHARLES R. BOWERY, JR.
Chief of Military History


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