Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: Ko te Militia o Rānana nga ope hoia wa-wā i te Taone nui o Rānana. Mai i to ratou whakahaere whaimana ko te London Trained Bands i te 1559, i whakauruhia ratau mo te tiaki i te kaainga, hei tauira i roto i te ope i whakauruhia ki Tilbury i te pakanga a Armada o 1588. I kite rātau i te nui o te mahi kaha i te Pakanga o Ingarangi Ingarangi, tae atu ki te
Ko te Pakanga Tuatahi me te Tuarua o Newbury me nga pakanga o Cheriton me Cropredy Bridge. I roto i o rātau hītori i whakamahia rātau ki te whakakore i te raruraru ā iwi me te tutu huri noa i te whakapaipai. I te tau 1794 ka whakahoutia nga London Trained Bands hei waahanga o te Militia a motu, ana i te tau 1881 ka noho te Royal London Militia hei patereihana o te Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment). Ahakoa i whakaarohia hei roopu rahui, i kaha te mahi a te ope taua i te Hauauru o te Ao i te Pakanga Tuatahi o te Ao. I muri i te 1921 he ahua pouri noa iho te militia tae noa ki tana whakakore whakamutunga i te 1953.