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*'''1725''' became '''Queen's Own Regiment ''' of Foot

*'''1881''' became '''Queen's (Royal West Surrey) Regiment'''

*'''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 =={| class="wikitable"|-| '''1st Battalion''' alternated with| | '''2nd Battalion'''|-| '''1801''' [[Egyptian Campaign 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 Campaign|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. 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):Volumes 1-7 are available online, refer below. ==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://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.shtml The Queen's Royal Surrey Regiment] from queensroyalsurreys.org. uk including**[http://www.queensroyalsurreys.org.uk/reg_in_india/india.shtml Regimental India 1825-1947] (2nd, [[31st Regiment of Foot|31st]], [[70th Regiment of Foot|70th]] Regiments of Foot)**[http://www.queensroyalsurreys.org.uk/1661to1966/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 />  ====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*[https://archive.org/details/hist2ndqueensrreg/Hist2ndQueensRRegV1/page/n9/mode/2up ''The History of the Second, Queen's Royal Regiment, now the Queen’s (Royal West Surrey) Regiment, Volumes 1-3'' [1661-1799<nowiki>]</nowiki>] by Lieut.- Colonel John Davis, published 1887 and 1895. Archive.org:[https://archive.org/details/the-history-of-the-second-queen-s-royal-vol-4-1800-1837/page/n7/mode/2up ''The History Of The Second Queen's Regiment Vol 4 1800-1837''] by Colonel John Davis Archive.org.:[https://archive.org/details/hist2ndqueensrregv5/Hist2ndQueensRRegV5/page/n9/mode/2up ''The History of the Second, Queen's Royal Regiment, now the Queen’s (Royal West Surrey) Regiment, Volume 5 1837- 1905. Also Volume 6 Officers’ Services 1661-1904''] by Colonel John Davis 1906. Archive.org:[https://archive.org/details/hist2ndqueensrregv7/page/n9/mode/2up ''History of the Queen’s Royal Regiment Volume 7''] [1905- 1923] by Colonel H C Wylly c 1925 Archive.org.*[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 />