31st Regiment of Foot

History

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
1782 became 31st (Huntingdonshire) Regiment of Foot
1881 amalgamated with 70th Regiment to become 1st Bn The East Surrey Regiment
1959 merged with The Queen's Royal Regiment to form The Queen's Royal Surrey Regiment
1966 amalgamated with The Queen's Own Buffs, The Royal Sussex Regimen t& The Middlesex Regiment (Duke of Cambridge's Own) to form The Queen's Regiment
1992 amalgamated with The Royal Hampshire Regiment to become The Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment