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== External Links == | == External Links == | ||
===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 | |||
===Other=== | |||
[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)] Wikipedia<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Queen%27s_Royal_Surrey_Regiment Queen's Royal Surrey Regiment] Wikipedia | [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)] Wikipedia<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Queen%27s_Royal_Surrey_Regiment Queen's Royal Surrey Regiment] Wikipedia | ||
[[Category:British Army Infantry Regiments]] | [[Category:British Army Infantry Regiments]] | ||
Revision as of 04:33, 7 January 2010
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)
- 1959 became The Queen's Royal Surrey Regiment by amalgamation with the East Surrey Regiment
External Links
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 Google Books 1838 Indian Service commences page 70 in Bombay in 1825
Other
Tangier Regiment Wikipedia
Old Tangier Regiment (Kirke's Lambs)
Kirke & the Lambs in Somerset Google Books
Col Percy Kirke Wikipedia
Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey) Wikipedia
Queen's Royal Surrey Regiment Wikipedia