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[[Category:British Army]]
Also known as '''Queen's Own Regiment''' and '''Queen's (Royal West Surrey) Regiment'''
[[Category:Regiments]]
== Chronology ==
*'''1661''' raised as Tangier Regiment of Foot by Earl of Peterborough<br>
*'''1685''' became Queen Dowager's Regiment of Foot known as Kirke's Lambs
*'''1703''' renamed the Queen's Royal Regiment of Foot
*'''1715''' became Princess of Wales's Own Regiment of Foot
*'''1725''' became '''Queen's Own Regiment''' of Foot
*'''1747''' became Queen's Own Royal Regiment of Foot
*'''1751''' became 2nd (The Queen's Royal) Regiment of Foot
*'''1881''' became '''Queen's (Royal West Surrey) Regiment'''
*'''1921''' became Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey)
*'''1948''' became part of the Home Counties Brigade
*'''1959''' became 1st Battalion, Queen's Royal Surrey Regiment by amalgamation with the [[East Surrey Regiment]]  
*'''1966''' amalgamated to form 1st Battalion (Queen's Surreys), The Queen's Regiment
*'''1992''' became part of the Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment


== History ==
== Service in British India ==
*1661 raised as Tangier Regiment of Foot by Earl of Peterborough<br>
{| class="wikitable"
*1685 known as Kirke's Lambs
|-
| '''1st Battalion''' alternated with
|
| '''2nd Battalion'''
|-
| '''1801''' [[Egyptian Campaign 1801|Egypt]]
|
| '''1878''' India
|-
| '''1825''' India
|
| '''1881'''  [[Bengal]]
|-
| '''1838''' [[Baluchistan]]
|
| '''1883'''  [[Subathu]]
|-
| '''1839''' [[1st Afghan War]]
|
| '''1885'''  [[Cawnpore]]
|-
| '''1844''' Maratha
|
| '''1886''' [[Burma]]
|-
| '''1868''' India
|
| '''1888''' [[Umballa]]
|-
| '''1895''' [[Dagshai]]
|
| '''1892''' [[Dinapore]]
|-
| '''1897''' [[Tirah Campaign|Tirah]]
|
| '''1919''' [[Delhi]]
|-
| '''1902''' [[Peshawar]]
|
| '''1921''' [[Landi Kotal]]
|-
| '''1902''' [[Meerut]] 
|
| '''1923''' [[Allahabad]]
|-
| '''1906''' [[Sialkot]]
|
| '''1943''' India
|-
| '''1934''' [[Quetta]] 
|
| '''1944''' [[Burma]]
|-
| '''1936''' [[Allahabad]] 
|
|
|-
| '''1943''' [[Burma]]
|
|
|
|}


*1751 became 2nd (The Queen's Royal) Regiment of Foot
==History==
== External Links ==
The [[British Library]] has a nine volume history in its collection
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tangier_Regiment Tangier Regiment] Wikipedia<br>[http://www.kipar.org/military-history/kirkes_regiment.html Old Tangier Regiment (Kirke's Lambs)]<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=VNU2hpV9S6IC&pg=PA114&lpg=PA114&dq=Colonel+Percy+Kirke&source=bl&ots=wGbzodA9qr&sig=sbqf4lA6xuL8saYdWTIx7-dcW20&hl=en&ei=1Xi7Sf7nNdTIjAeEj5WTCA&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=4&ct=result#PPA114,M1 Kirke &  the Lambs in Somerset] Google Books<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percy_Kirke Col Percy Kirke] Wikipedia<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen%27s_Royal_Regiment_(West_Surrey) Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey)]
:''The History of the Second, Queen’s Royal Regiment, now the Queen’s Royal West Surrey Regiment'' by Lieut.-Colonel John Davis ... With maps and illustrations. (Volume 7. Compiled by Colonel H. C. Wylly.-Volumes 8, 9. Compiled by Major R. C. G. Foster. Published 1887-1961.  For details of these volumes, see the Bibliography section in this [http://www.surreyarchives.org.uk/CalmView/Record.aspx?src=CalmView.Catalog&id=QRWS link] (scroll down)
:Volumes 1-7 are available online, refer below.
 
==Regimental journal==
''The Journal of the Queen's Royal Regiment'' Volume no. 1.-Volume 12. no. 1. November 1925-October 1959. Not published between May 1939 and May 1948. Available at the [[British Library]] and the Surrey History Centre (refer below). The National Army Museum, according to its online catalogue holds Volumes 1-7.
==First World War==
1/4th Battalion: 29 October 1914 : to India, remaining there throughout the war.
 
1/5th Battalion: 29 October 1914 : to India, remaining there until December 1915 when moved to Mesopotamia, where they remained throughout the war.<ref>[http://www.longlongtrail.co.uk/army/regiments-and-corps/the-british-infantry-regiments-of-1914-1918/queens-royal-west-surrey-regiment/ The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)] The Long, Long Trail.</ref> Note that there was at least one death in India,  at [[Murree]], of a soldier who died there in 1916 from pneumonia.<ref> Old Cove [https://www.greatwarforum.org/topic/225793-15th-royal-west-surrey-murree-aug-1916/ 1/5th Royal West Surrey, Murree, Aug 1916] ''Great War Forum'' 18 March 2015. Retrieved 24 April 2019.</ref>
 
== External links ==
*[http://www.queensroyalsurreys.org.uk/time_line/time_line.html Regimental Timeline] www.queensroyalsurreys.org.uk<br />
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tangier_Regiment Tangier Regiment] Wikipedia<br>
*[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=VNU2hpV9S6IC&pg=PA114 Kirke &  the Lambs in Somerset] Google Books<br>
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percy_Kirke Col Percy Kirke] Wikipedia<br>
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen%27s_Royal_Regiment_(West_Surrey) Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey)] Wikipedia<br>
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_Counties_Brigade Home Counties Brigade] Wikipedia<br />
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Queen%27s_Royal_Surrey_Regiment Queen's Royal Surrey Regiment] Wikipedia<br>
*[http://www.queensroyalsurreys.org.uk/index.shtml The Queen's Royal Surrey Regiment]  from queensroyalsurreys.org. uk including
**[http://www.queensroyalsurreys.org.uk/reg_in_india/india.shtml Regimental India 1825-1947] (2nd, [[31st Regiment of Foot|31st]], [[70th Regiment of Foot|70th]] Regiments of Foot)
**[http://www.queensroyalsurreys.org.uk/1661to1966/hongkong_china/hkc_list.shtml The Regiments in China and Hong Kong 1860 - 1935]
**[http://www.queensroyalsurreys.org.uk/new_museum/new_museum.shtml Surrey Infantry Museum at Clandon Park] <br>
*The regimental collection of historic documents, books and photograph albums may be found at the [http://www.surreycc.gov.uk/recreation-heritage-and-culture/archives-and-history/surrey-history-centre Surrey History Centre].
**[http://www.surreyarchives.org.uk/CalmView/Record.aspx?src=CalmView.Catalog&id=QRWS  System ID: QRWS] The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey), formerly The 2nd Foot: Records
***For the ''Journal of the Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey), 1925-1959'', see J/442 in Surrey History Centre's library holdings.
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20080201140638/www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/002WSurr.htm The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey)] including deployments: [http://web.archive.org/web/20080201140616/www.regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/002-1.htm 1st Battalion], [http://web.archive.org/web/20080102134846/www.regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/002-2.htm 2nd Battalion] Regiments.org, an archived site.<br>
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen's_Regiment Queen's Regiment] Wikipedia<br />
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_of_Wales%27s_Royal_Regiment Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment] Wikipedia<br />
 
 
====Historical books online====
*''Historical record of the Second, or Queen’s Royal Regiment of Foot: containing an account of the formation of the regiment in 1661, and of its subsequent services to 1837'' [http://books.google.com/books?id=szS-_M2i2_AC Google Books]  1838 Indian Service commences [http://books.google.com/books?id=szS-_M2i2_AC&pg=PA70 page 70] in Bombay in 1825
*[https://archive.org/details/hist2ndqueensrreg/Hist2ndQueensRRegV1/page/n9/mode/2up ''The History of the Second, Queen's Royal Regiment, now the Queen’s (Royal West Surrey) Regiment, Volumes 1-3'' [1661-1799<nowiki>]</nowiki>] by Lieut.- Colonel John Davis, published 1887 and 1895.  Archive.org
:[https://archive.org/details/the-history-of-the-second-queen-s-royal-vol-4-1800-1837/page/n7/mode/2up ''The History Of The Second Queen's Regiment Vol 4 1800-1837''] by Colonel John Davis Archive.org.
:[https://archive.org/details/hist2ndqueensrregv5/Hist2ndQueensRRegV5/page/n9/mode/2up ''The History of the Second, Queen's Royal Regiment, now the Queen’s (Royal West Surrey) Regiment, Volume 5 1837- 1905. Also Volume 6 Officers’ Services 1661-1904''] by Colonel John Davis 1906. Archive.org
:[https://archive.org/details/hist2ndqueensrregv7/page/n9/mode/2up ''History of the Queen’s Royal Regiment Volume 7''] [1905- 1923]  by Colonel H C Wylly c 1925 Archive.org.
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=U3YIAAAAQAAJ&pg=PR3 ''Campaign of the Indus, a series of letters from an officer of the Bombay division''] by  T.W.E. Holdsworth 1840 Google Books. The author was an officer with the 2nd Regiment, or Queen's Royals.
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=Yh6gAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA226 "Historical [Medical<nowiki>]</nowiki> Report of H. M. 2nd or Queen's Royal Regiment,for the year 1836"] by R. H. Hunter, page 226 ''Transactions of the Medical and Physical Society of Bombay Volume I 1838'' Google Books
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=Yh6gAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA239 Cases of Cardiac Disease and of Tubercular Phthisis occurring in H.M. 2nd or Queen's Royal Regiment] by R. H. Hunter,  page 239 ''Transactions of the Medical and Physical Society of Bombay Volume I 1838''
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=Yh6gAAAAMAAJ&pg=RA1-PA22 "Annual Report of the Diseases of H. M.'s 2nd, or Queen's Royal Regiment, from the 1st of April, 1837, to the 31st of March, 1838"] by R. H. Hunter, Assistant Surgeon, H.M.'s 2nd Regiment, page 22 ''Transactions of the Medical and Physical Society of Bombay Volume II 1839'' Google Books
*[http://wellcomelibrary.org/item/b18510097#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=9&z=-0.2057%2C-0.0352%2C1.4116%2C0.8867 Typescript diary formed of extracts from letters by Surgeon Captain Alfred E. Master, Army Medical Service], re campaigning with the Queens Regiment against the Afridi tribes on the North-West Frontier of India (The [[Tirah Campaign]]). Wellcome Library Digital Collection,  catalogue reference RAMC/185.
 
== References ==
<references />
 
 
 
 
[[Category:British Army Infantry Regiments]]

Latest revision as of 17:44, 2 December 2023

Also known as Queen's Own Regiment and Queen's (Royal West Surrey) Regiment

Chronology

  • 1661 raised as Tangier Regiment of Foot by Earl of Peterborough
  • 1685 became Queen Dowager's Regiment of Foot known as Kirke's Lambs
  • 1703 renamed the Queen's Royal Regiment of Foot
  • 1715 became Princess of Wales's Own Regiment of Foot
  • 1725 became Queen's Own Regiment of Foot
  • 1747 became Queen's Own Royal Regiment of Foot
  • 1751 became 2nd (The Queen's Royal) Regiment of Foot
  • 1881 became Queen's (Royal West Surrey) Regiment
  • 1921 became Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey)
  • 1948 became part of the Home Counties Brigade
  • 1959 became 1st Battalion, Queen's Royal Surrey Regiment by amalgamation with the East Surrey Regiment
  • 1966 amalgamated to form 1st Battalion (Queen's Surreys), The Queen's Regiment
  • 1992 became part of the Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment

Service in British India

1st Battalion alternated with 2nd Battalion
1801 Egypt 1878 India
1825 India 1881 Bengal
1838 Baluchistan 1883 Subathu
1839 1st Afghan War 1885 Cawnpore
1844 Maratha 1886 Burma
1868 India 1888 Umballa
1895 Dagshai 1892 Dinapore
1897 Tirah 1919 Delhi
1902 Peshawar 1921 Landi Kotal
1902 Meerut 1923 Allahabad
1906 Sialkot 1943 India
1934 Quetta 1944 Burma
1936 Allahabad
1943 Burma

History

The British Library has a nine volume history in its collection

The History of the Second, Queen’s Royal Regiment, now the Queen’s Royal West Surrey Regiment by Lieut.-Colonel John Davis ... With maps and illustrations. (Volume 7. Compiled by Colonel H. C. Wylly.-Volumes 8, 9. Compiled by Major R. C. G. Foster. Published 1887-1961. For details of these volumes, see the Bibliography section in this link (scroll down)
Volumes 1-7 are available online, refer below.

Regimental journal

The Journal of the Queen's Royal Regiment Volume no. 1.-Volume 12. no. 1. November 1925-October 1959. Not published between May 1939 and May 1948. Available at the British Library and the Surrey History Centre (refer below). The National Army Museum, according to its online catalogue holds Volumes 1-7.

First World War

1/4th Battalion: 29 October 1914 : to India, remaining there throughout the war.

1/5th Battalion: 29 October 1914 : to India, remaining there until December 1915 when moved to Mesopotamia, where they remained throughout the war.[1] Note that there was at least one death in India, at Murree, of a soldier who died there in 1916 from pneumonia.[2]

External links


Historical books online

The History Of The Second Queen's Regiment Vol 4 1800-1837 by Colonel John Davis Archive.org.
The History of the Second, Queen's Royal Regiment, now the Queen’s (Royal West Surrey) Regiment, Volume 5 1837- 1905. Also Volume 6 Officers’ Services 1661-1904 by Colonel John Davis 1906. Archive.org
History of the Queen’s Royal Regiment Volume 7 [1905- 1923] by Colonel H C Wylly c 1925 Archive.org.

References

  1. ↑ The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) The Long, Long Trail.
  2. ↑ Old Cove 1/5th Royal West Surrey, Murree, Aug 1916 Great War Forum 18 March 2015. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
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