31st Regiment of Foot

Also known as The Young Buffs.

Chronology

1702 raised as Villiers’ Marines by Colonel George Villiers
1703 became Luttrell’s Marines after Lt-Col Alexander Luttrell
1706 became Churchill’s Marines
1711 became Goring's Regiment
1716 became Kerr's Regiment
1727 became Cathcart's Regiment
1730 became Hargrave's Regiment
1737 became Handasyde's Regiment
1745 became Beauclerk's Regiment
1749 became Holme's Regiment
1751 became 31st Regiment of Foot
1758 second battalion became 70th (Glasgow Lowland) Regiment of Foot
1782 became 31st (Huntingdonshire) Regiment of Foot
1881 amalgamated with 70th Regiment of Foot and became 1st Bn the East Surrey Regiment