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*[http://www.kipar.org/military-history/kirkes_regiment.html Old Tangier Regiment (Kirke's Lambs)] www.kipar.org<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]
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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==
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.net/queens.htm -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>Khyber Pass Old Cove [httphttps://1914-1918www.invisionzonegreatwarforum.comorg/forumstopic/index.php?showtopic=225793&p=2301225 -15th-royal-west-surrey-murree-aug-1916/ 1/5th Royal West Surrey, Murree, Aug 1916] ''Great War Forum'' 27 August 18 March 2015. Retrieved 28 August 201524 April 2019.</ref>
== External Links 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/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 shtml The Queen's Royal Surrey Regiment] from queensroyalsurreys.org. uk including**[http://www.queensroyalsurreys.org.uk/reg_in_india/india.html 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://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 Onlinebooks 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
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