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*'''1758''' second battalion of the 31st Regiment of Foot became 70th (Glasgow Lowland) Regiment of Foot | *'''1758''' second battalion of the 31st Regiment of Foot became 70th (Glasgow Lowland) Regiment of Foot | ||
*'''1825''' became 70th (The Surrey) Regiment | *'''1825''' became 70th (The Surrey) Regiment | ||
*'''1881''' amalgamated with [[31st Regiment of Foot]] and became 2nd Bn the [[East Surrey Regiment]] | *'''1881''' amalgamated with [[31st Regiment of Foot]] and became 2nd Bn the [[East Surrey Regiment]] | ||
*'''1959''' amalgamated with Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey) to form the The Queen's Royal Surrey Regiment. | |||
*'''1966''' amalgamated to become 1st Battalion The Queen's Regiment | |||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
===Historical Books Online=== | [http://www.queensroyalsurreys.org.uk/time_line/time_line.html Regimental Timeline] www.queensroyalsurreys.org.uk<br /> | ||
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/70th_(Surrey)_Regiment_of_Foot 70th Regiment of Foot] Wikipedia | |||
[http://www.queensroyalsurreys.org.uk/index.html The Queen's Royal Surrey Regiment] from queensroyalsurreys.org.uk including [http://www.queensroyalsurreys.org.uk/reg_in_india/india.html Regimental India 1825-1947] (2nd, 31st, 70th Regiments of Foot) | |||
====Historical Books Online==== | |||
''Historical Record of the Seventieth, or the Surrey Regiment of Foot: containing an account of the formation of the regiment in 1758, and of its subsequent services to 1848'' by Richard Cannon 1849 [http://books.google.com/books?id=UjkX5H98svMC Google Books] . In 1848, at the [http://books.google.com/books?id=UjkX5H98svMC&pg=PA14 end] of the book, the Regiment had been ordered to proceed to Bengal | ''Historical Record of the Seventieth, or the Surrey Regiment of Foot: containing an account of the formation of the regiment in 1758, and of its subsequent services to 1848'' by Richard Cannon 1849 [http://books.google.com/books?id=UjkX5H98svMC Google Books] . In 1848, at the [http://books.google.com/books?id=UjkX5H98svMC&pg=PA14 end] of the book, the Regiment had been ordered to proceed to Bengal | ||
[[Category:British Army Infantry Regiments]] | [[Category:British Army Infantry Regiments]] | ||
Revision as of 13:45, 22 April 2011
Chronology
- 1758 second battalion of the 31st Regiment of Foot became 70th (Glasgow Lowland) Regiment of Foot
- 1825 became 70th (The Surrey) Regiment
- 1881 amalgamated with 31st Regiment of Foot and became 2nd Bn the East Surrey Regiment
- 1959 amalgamated with Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey) to form the The Queen's Royal Surrey Regiment.
- 1966 amalgamated to become 1st Battalion The Queen's Regiment
External links
Regimental Timeline www.queensroyalsurreys.org.uk
70th Regiment of Foot Wikipedia
The Queen's Royal Surrey Regiment from queensroyalsurreys.org.uk including Regimental India 1825-1947 (2nd, 31st, 70th Regiments of Foot)
Historical Books Online
Historical Record of the Seventieth, or the Surrey Regiment of Foot: containing an account of the formation of the regiment in 1758, and of its subsequent services to 1848 by Richard Cannon 1849 Google Books . In 1848, at the end of the book, the Regiment had been ordered to proceed to Bengal