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*'''1959''' amalgamated with Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey) to form the The Queen's Royal 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 | *'''1966''' amalgamated to become 1st Battalion The Queen's Regiment | ||
== Service in British India == | |||
*'''1839''' [[1st Afghan War]] | |||
*'''1845''' [[1st Sikh War]] | |||
*'''1849''' India | |||
*'''1857''' [[Indian Mutiny]] | |||
*'''1860''' [[1st China War]] | |||
*'''1871''' India | |||
*'''1878''' [[2nd Afghan War]] | |||
*'''1881''' Bengal | |||
*'''1884''' [[Sudan Campaign]] | |||
*'''1885''' [[3rd Burma War]] | |||
*'''1885''' [[North West Frontier Province|North West Frontier]] | |||
*'''1903''' [[Lucknow]] | |||
*'''1906''' [[Mhow]] | |||
*'''1911''' [[Thayetmyo]] | |||
*'''1912''' [[Shwebo]] | |||
*'''1903''' [[Chaubathia]] | |||
==Regimental journal== | ==Regimental journal== | ||
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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/70th_(Surrey)_Regiment_of_Foot 70th Regiment of Foot] Wikipedia<br> | *[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://www.queensroyalsurreys.org.uk/index.html The Queen's Royal Surrey Regiment] from queensroyalsurreys.org.uk including | ||
**[http://www.queensroyalsurreys.org.uk/time_line/time_line. | **[http://www.queensroyalsurreys.org.uk/time_line/time_line.shtml Regimental Timeline] | ||
**[http://www.queensroyalsurreys.org.uk/reg_in_india/india.html Regimental India 1825-1947] ([[2nd Regiment of Foot|2nd]], [[31st Regiment of Foot|31st]], 70th Regiments of Foot) | **[http://www.queensroyalsurreys.org.uk/reg_in_india/india.html Regimental India 1825-1947] ([[2nd Regiment of Foot|2nd]], [[31st Regiment of Foot|31st]], 70th Regiments of Foot) | ||
**[http://www.queensroyalsurreys.org.uk/new_museum/new_museum.shtml Surrey Infantry Museum at Clandon Park] | **[http://www.queensroyalsurreys.org.uk/new_museum/new_museum.shtml Surrey Infantry Museum at Clandon Park] | ||
Revision as of 17:32, 12 August 2012
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
Service in British India
- 1839 1st Afghan War
- 1845 1st Sikh War
- 1849 India
- 1857 Indian Mutiny
- 1860 1st China War
- 1871 India
- 1878 2nd Afghan War
- 1881 Bengal
- 1884 Sudan Campaign
- 1885 3rd Burma War
- 1885 North West Frontier
- 1903 Lucknow
- 1906 Mhow
- 1911 Thayetmyo
- 1912 Shwebo
- 1903 Chaubathia
Regimental journal
The British Library has the following catalogue references:
Regimental News no. 5-vol. 2. no. 40. August 1920-May 1929.
The Journal of the East Surrey Regiment. vol. 2. no. 41-vol. 3. no. 68. August 1929-May 1936. and [New series.] vol. 1. no. 1-vol. 8. no. 5. November 1936-October 1959. Not published between May 1939 and November 1946.
Also available at the Surrey History Centre, refer below.
External links
- 70th Regiment of Foot Wikipedia
- The Queen's Royal Surrey Regiment from queensroyalsurreys.org.uk including
- Regimental Timeline
- Regimental India 1825-1947 (2nd, 31st, 70th Regiments of Foot)
- Surrey Infantry Museum at Clandon Park
- The regimental collection of historic documents, books and photograph albums may be found at the Surrey History Centre
- System ID: ESR East Surrey Regiment, formerly The 31st (Huntingdonshire) Regiment and 70th (Surrey) Regiment: Records
- For the Journal of the East Surrey Regiment, 1920-1959, see J/553 in Surrey History Centre's library holdings
- The bibliography (scroll down) mentions the main regimental history
- System ID: ESR East Surrey Regiment, formerly The 31st (Huntingdonshire) Regiment and 70th (Surrey) Regiment: Records
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