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''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.1914-1918.net/queens.htmThe 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, possibly due to wounds suffered in Mesopotamia.<ref>Khyber Pass [http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=225793&p=2301225 1/5th Royal West Surrey, Murree, Aug 1916] ''Great War Forum'' 27 August 2015. Retrieved 28 August 2015</ref>
== External Links ==
*[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
 
== References ==
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