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

Also see

• East Surrey 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

Access to Archives catalogue entry for the records at the Surrey History Centre.

• 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
  
• Image: The Thirty-First Regiment, Sir Harry Smith's Division, advancing to the charge at the Battle of Moodke, on the 18th of December 1845 Henry Martens, artist 1848.

Image: The Thirty-first Regiment, with M. Genl. Sir Harry Smith's Division, engaged at the Battle of Sobraon, February 10th 1846 Henry Martens, artist 1848. Brown University Library Digital Repository.

Engravings of battles during the 1st Sikh War. Brown University Library Digital Repository.

Historical books online

• Narrative of the Late Victorious Campaign in Affghanistan, under General Pollock; with recollections of Seven Years Service in India by Lieutenant Greenwood, H M 31st Regiment 1844. With illustrations. Archive.org, Granth Sanjeevani Asiatic Society of Mumbai Collection. British Library Digital version with rotatable pages. 2005 reprint edition titled The campaign in Afghanistan Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library. The author embarked for India in October 1836 and left January 1844.
• History of the 31st Foot Huntingdonshire Regt., 70th Foot Surrey Regt. Subsequently 1st & 2nd Battalions The East Surrey Regiment. Volume 1 1702-1914 by Colonel Hugh W Pearse 1916 Archive.org

History of the East Surrey Regiment Volume 2 1914-1917 by Colonel H W Pearse and Brigadier-General H S Sloman 1923 Archive.org

History of the East Surrey Regiment Volume 3 1917-1919 by Colonel H W Pearse and Brigadier-General H S Sloman 1924 Archive.org