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==External links== | ==External links== | ||
| − | + | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/70th_(Surrey)_Regiment_of_Foot 70th Regiment of Foot] Wikipedia<br> | |
| − | + | [http://www.queensroyalsurreys.org.uk/index.html The Queen's Royal Surrey Regiment] from queensroyalsurreys.org.uk including | |
| − | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/70th_(Surrey)_Regiment_of_Foot 70th Regiment of Foot] Wikipedia | + | [http://www.queensroyalsurreys.org.uk/time_line/time_line.html Regimental Timeline] and [http://www.queensroyalsurreys.org.uk/reg_in_india/india.html Regimental India 1825-1947] (2nd, 31st, 70th Regiments of Foot) |
| − | [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 Books Online==== | ||
Revision as of 04:00, 11 October 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
70th Regiment of Foot Wikipedia
The Queen's Royal Surrey Regiment from queensroyalsurreys.org.uk including
Regimental Timeline and 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
