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== External Links == | == External Links == | ||
| − | [http://www.queensroyalsurreys.org.uk/time_line/time_line.html Regimental Timeline] www.queensroyalsurreys.org.uk<br /> | + | *[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://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://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://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/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/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/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://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)<br> | + | *[http://www.queensroyalsurreys.org.uk/index.html The Queen's Royal Surrey Regiment] from queensroyalsurreys.org. uk including |
| − | [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://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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen's_Regiment Queen's Regiment] Wikipedia<br /> | + | **[http://www.queensroyalsurreys.org.uk/new_museum/new_museum.shtml Surrey Infantry Museum at Clandon Park] <br> |
| − | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_of_Wales%27s_Royal_Regiment Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment] Wikipedia<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.allthequeensmen.co.uk/id6.html Regimental history] allthequeensmen.co.uk <br> | + | **[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 |
| − | Paul Reed’s [http://battlefields1418.50megs.com/regiment008.htm The Queen's Regiment 1914-18] lists Territorial troops in India<br> | + | ***For the ''Journal of the Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey), 1925-1959'', see J/442 in Surrey History Centre's library holdings. |
| − | [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://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://www.wsfhs.org West Surrey Family History Society]<br> | + | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen's_Regiment Queen's Regiment] Wikipedia<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] | + | *[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 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 | *''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 | ||
Revision as of 01:53, 12 August 2012
Also known as Queen's Own Regiment and Queen's (Royal West Surrey) Regiment
Contents
Chronology
- 1661 raised as Tangier Regiment of Foot by Earl of Peterborough
- 1685 became Queen Dowager's Regiment of Foot known as Kirke's Lambs
- 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 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
| 1st Battalion alternated with | 2nd Battalion | ||
| 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 | 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. Volume 7 covers the period of the early 1900s in India.
External Links
- Regimental Timeline www.queensroyalsurreys.org.uk
- Tangier Regiment Wikipedia
- Old Tangier Regiment (Kirke's Lambs) www.kipar.org
- Kirke & the Lambs in Somerset Google Books
- Col Percy Kirke Wikipedia
- Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey) Wikipedia
- Home Counties Brigade 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: 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.
- System ID: QRWS The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey), formerly The 2nd Foot: Records
- The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey) including deployments: 1st Battalion, 2nd Battalion Regiments.org, an archived site.
- Queen's Regiment Wikipedia
- Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment Wikipedia
- Regimental history allthequeensmen.co.uk
- Paul Reed’s The Queen's Regiment 1914-18 lists Territorial troops in India
- David Balcombe: A British Soldier in India 1915 East Carolina University. He was in the 1st Battalion, 4th Queen’s West Surrey Territorial Regiment
- West Surrey Family History Society
- Queen's (Royal West Surrey) Regiment Re-enactment Society including 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 Google Books 1838 Indian Service commences page 70 in Bombay in 1825
- 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.
- "Historical [Medical] 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
- 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
- "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
