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)
- 1948 became part of the Home Counties Brigade
- 1959 became 1st Battalion, Queen's Royal Surrey Regiment by amalgamation with the East Surrey Regiment
- 1966 amalgamated to form 1st Battalion (Queen's Surreys), The Queen's Regiment
- 1992 became part of the Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment
Service in British India
| 1st Battalion alternated with | 2nd Battalion | ||
| 1801 Egypt | 1878 India | ||
| 1825 India | 1881 Bengal | ||
| 1838 Baluchistan | 1883 Subathu | ||
| 1839 1st Afghan War | 1885 Cawnpore | ||
| 1844 Maratha | 1886 Burma | ||
| 1868 India | 1888 Umballa | ||
| 1895 Dagshai | 1892 Dinapore | ||
| 1897 Tirah | 1919 Delhi | ||
| 1902 Peshawar | 1921 Landi Kotal | ||
| 1902 Meerut | 1923 Allahabad | ||
| 1906 Sialkot | 1943 India | ||
| 1934 Quetta | 1944 Burma | ||
| 1936 Allahabad | |||
| 1943 Burma |
History
The British Library has a nine volume history in its collection
- The History of the Second, Queen’s Royal Regiment, now the Queen’s Royal West Surrey Regiment by Lieut.-Colonel John Davis ... With maps and illustrations. (Volume 7. Compiled by Colonel H. C. Wylly.-Volumes 8, 9. Compiled by Major R. C. G. Foster. Published 1887-1961. Volume 7 covers the period of the early 1900s in India.
External Links
Regimental Timeline www.queensroyalsurreys.org.uk
Tangier Regiment Wikipedia
Old Tangier Regiment (Kirke's Lambs) www.kipar.org
Kirke & the Lambs in Somerset Google Books
Col Percy Kirke Wikipedia
Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey) Wikipedia
Home Counties Brigade Wikipedia
Queen's Royal Surrey Regiment Wikipedia
The Queen's Royal Surrey Regiment from queensroyalsurreys.org. uk including Regimental India 1825-1947 (2nd, 31st, 70th Regiments of Foot)
The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey) including deployments: 1st Battalion, 2nd Battalion Regiments.org, an archived site.
Queen's Regiment Wikipedia
Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment Wikipedia
Paul Reed’s The Queen's Regiment 1914-18 lists Territorial troops in India
David Balcombe: A British Soldier in India 1915 East Carolina University. He was in the 1st Battalion, 4th Queen’s West Surrey Territorial Regiment
West Surrey Family History Society
Historical Books Online
- Historical record of the Second, or Queen’s Royal Regiment of Foot: containing an account of the formation of the regiment in 1661, and of its subsequent services to 1837 Google Books 1838 Indian Service commences page 70 in Bombay in 1825
- Campaign of the Indus, a series of letters from an officer of the Bombay division by T.W.E. Holdsworth 1840 Google Books. The author was an officer with the 2nd Regiment, or Queen's Royals.