2nd Regiment of Foot

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