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== External Links ==
 
== External Links ==
*[http://www.queensroyalsurreys.org.uk/index.html Queen's Royal Surrey regiment] queensroyalsurreys.org.uk
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*[http://www.queensroyalsurreys.org.uk/index.html Queen's Royal Surrey regiment] queensroyalsurreys.org.uk including [http://www.queensroyalsurreys.org.uk/reg_in_india/india.html Regimental India 1825-1947]
 
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/31st_(Huntingdonshire)_Regiment_of_Foot 31st Regiment of Foot] Wikipedia
 
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/31st_(Huntingdonshire)_Regiment_of_Foot 31st Regiment of Foot] Wikipedia
  
 
[[Category:British Army Infantry Regiments]]
 
[[Category:British Army Infantry Regiments]]

Revision as of 12:18, 4 June 2010

Also known as The Young Buffs.

Chronology

  • 1702 raised as Villiers’ Marines by Colonel George Villiers
  • 1703 became Luttrell’s Marines after Lt-Col Alexander Luttrell
  • 1706 became Churchill’s Marines
  • 1711 became Goring's Regiment
  • 1716 became Kerr's Regiment
  • 1727 became Cathcart's Regiment
  • 1730 became Hargrave's Regiment
  • 1737 became Handasyde's Regiment
  • 1745 became Beauclerk's Regiment
  • 1749 became Holme's Regiment
  • 1751 became 31st Regiment of Foot
  • 1758 second battalion became 70th (Glasgow Lowland) Regiment of Foot
  • 1782 became 31st (Huntingdonshire) Regiment of Foot
  • 1881 amalgamated with 70th Regiment of Foot and became 1st Bn the East Surrey Regiment

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