29,512
edits
Changes
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
→First World War
*'''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 The 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 ==
|
|}
==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. For details of these volumes, see the Bibliography section in this [http://www.surreyarchives.org.uk/CalmView/Record.aspx?src=CalmView.Catalog&id=QRWS link] (scroll down)
==Regimental journal==
''The Journal of the Queen's Royal Regiment'' Volume no. 1.-Volume 12. no. 1. November 1925-October 1959. Not published between May 1939 and May 1948. Available at the [[British Library]] and the Surrey History Centre (refer below). The National Army Museum, according to its online catalogue holds Volumes 1-7.
==First World War==
1/4th Battalion: 29 October 1914 : to India, remaining there throughout the war.
1/5th Battalion: 29 October 1914 : to India, remaining there until December 1915 when moved to Mesopotamia, where they remained throughout the war.<ref>[http://www.longlongtrail.co.uk/army/regiments-and-corps/the-british-infantry-regiments-of-1914-1918/queens-royal-west-surrey-regiment/ The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)] The Long, Long Trail.</ref> Note that there was at least one death in India, at [[Murree]], of a soldier who died there in 1916 from pneumonia.<ref> Old Cove [https://www.greatwarforum.org/topic/225793-15th-royal-west-surrey-murree-aug-1916/ 1/5th Royal West Surrey, Murree, Aug 1916] ''Great War Forum'' 18 March 2015. Retrieved 24 April 2019.</ref>
== External Links ==
*[http://www.queensroyalsurreys.org.uk/time_line/time_line.html Regimental Timeline] www.queensroyalsurreys.org.uk<br />*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tangier_Regiment Tangier Regiment] Wikipedia<br>*[http://www.kipar.org/military-history/kirkes_regiment.html Old Tangier Regiment (Kirke's Lambs)] www.kipar.org<br>*[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=VNU2hpV9S6IC&pg=PA114 Kirke & the Lambs in Somerset] Google Books<br>*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percy_Kirke Col Percy Kirke] Wikipedia<br>*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen%27s_Royal_Regiment_(West_Surrey) Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey)] Wikipedia<br>*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_Counties_Brigade Home Counties Brigade] Wikipedia<br />*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Queen%27s_Royal_Surrey_Regiment Queen's Royal Surrey Regiment] Wikipedia<br>*[http://www.queensroyalsurreys.org.uk/index.html The Queen's Royal Surrey Regiment] from queensroyalsurreys.org. uk including **[http://www.queensroyalsurreys.org.uk/reg_in_india/india.html Regimental India 1825-1947] (2nd, [[31st Regiment of Foot|31st]], [[70th Regiment of Foot|70th]] Regiments of Foot)**[http://www.queensroyalsurreys.org.uk/hongkong_china/hkc_list.shtml The Regiments in China and Hong Kong 1860 - 1935]**[http://www.queensroyalsurreys.org.uk/new_museum/new_museum.shtml Surrey Infantry Museum at Clandon Park] <br>*The regimental collection of historic documents, books and photograph albums may be found at the [http://www.surreycc.gov.uk/recreation-heritage-and-culture/archives-and-history/surrey-history-centre Surrey History Centre].**[http://www.surreyarchives.org.uk/CalmView/Record.aspx?src=CalmView.Catalog&id=QRWS System ID: QRWS] The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey), formerly The 2nd Foot: Records***For the ''Journal of the Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey), 1925-1959'', see J/442 in Surrey History Centre's library holdings.*[http://web.archive.org/web/20080201140638/www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/002WSurr.htm The Queen's Royal Regiment(West Surrey)] including deployments: [http://web.archive.org/web/20080201140616/www.regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/002-1.htm 1st Battalion], [http://web.archive.org/web/20080102134846/www.regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/002-2.htm 2nd Battalion] Regiments.org, an archived site.<br>*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen's_Regiment Queen's Regiment] Wikipedia<br />*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_of_Wales%27s_Royal_Regiment Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment] Wikipedia<br />*[http://www.allthequeensmen.co.uk/id6.html Regimental history] allthequeensmen.co.uk <br>*Paul Reed’s [http://battlefields1418.50megs.com/regiment008.htm The Queen's Regiment 1914-18] lists Territorial troops in India<br> *[http://digital.lib.ecu.edu/staffpick/?p=547 David Balcombe: A British Soldier in India 1915] East Carolina University. He was in the 1st Battalion, 4th Queen’s West Surrey Territorial Regiment <br />*[http://www.wsfhs.org West Surrey Family History Society]<br>*[http://www.q2vb.co.uk/index.html Queen's (Royal West Surrey) Regiment Re-enactment Society] including [http://www.q2vb.co.uk/history_11.html History]
====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 '' [http://books.google.com/books?id=szS-_M2i2_AC Google Books] 1838 Indian Service commences [http://books.google.com/books?id=szS-_M2i2_AC&pg=PA70 page 70] in Bombay in 1825*[http://books.google.com/books?id=U3YIAAAAQAAJ&pg=PR3 ''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.*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=Yh6gAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA226 "Historical [Medical<nowiki>]</nowiki> Report of H. M. 2nd or Queen's Royal Regiment,for the year 1836"] by R. H. Hunter, page 226 ''Transactions of the Medical and Physical Society of Bombay Volume I 1838'' Google Books*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=Yh6gAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA239 Cases of Cardiac Disease and of Tubercular Phthisis occurring in H.M. 2nd or Queen's Royal Regiment] by R. H. Hunter, page 239 ''Transactions of the Medical and Physical Society of Bombay Volume I 1838''*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=Yh6gAAAAMAAJ&pg=RA1-PA22 "Annual Report of the Diseases of H. M.'s 2nd, or Queen's Royal Regiment, from the 1st of April, 1837, to the 31st of March, 1838"] by R. H. Hunter, Assistant Surgeon, H.M.'s 2nd Regiment, page 22 ''Transactions of the Medical and Physical Society of Bombay Volume II 1839'' Google Books*[http://wellcomelibrary.org/item/b18510097#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=9&z=-0.2057%2C-0.0352%2C1.4116%2C0.8867 Typescript diary formed of extracts from letters by Surgeon Captain Alfred E. Master, Army Medical Service], re campaigning with the Queens Regiment against the Afridi tribes on the North-West Frontier of India (The [[Tirah Campaign]]). Wellcome Library Digital Collection, catalogue reference RAMC/185. == References ==<references /> {{#widget:Google PlusOne|size=small|count=true}}
[[Category:British Army Infantry Regiments]]
