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 under Joshua Churchill
- 1711 became Goring's Regiment under Sir Henry Goring
- 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
- 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
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
- Regimental Timeline www.queensroyalsurreys.org.uk
- 31st Regiment of Foot www.britishempire.co.uk
- 31st (Huntingdonshire) Regiment of Foot Wikipedia
- East Surrey Regiment 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)
- 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
- 31st (Huntingdonshire) Regiment of Foot including deployments Regiments.org, an archived website
- East Surrey Regiment including deployments: 1st Battalion, 2nd Battalion Regiments.org, an archived website
- Queen's Regiment Wikipedia