2nd Regiment of Foot

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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

External Links

Tangier Regiment Wikipedia
Old Tangier Regiment (Kirke's Lambs)
Kirke & the Lambs in Somerset Google Books
Col Percy Kirke Wikipedia
Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey) Wikipedia
Queen's Royal Surrey Regiment Wikipedia

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