Difference between revisions of "31st Regiment of Foot"

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Also known as The Young Buffs.

1702 raised as Villiers’ Marines by Colonel George Villiers
1703 became Luttrell’s Marines after Lt-Col Alexander Luttrell
1706 became Churchill’s Marines under Joshua Churchill
1711 became Goring's Regiment under Sir Henry Goring
1716 became Kerr's Regiment
1727 became Cathcart's Regiment
1730 became Hargrave's Regiment
1737 became Handasyde's Regiment
1745 became Beauclerk's Regiment
1749 became Holme's Regiment
1751 became 31st Regiment of Foot
1758 second battalion became 70th (Glasgow Lowland) Regiment of Foot
1782 became 31st (Huntingdonshire) Regiment of Foot
1881 amalgamated with 70th Regiment of Foot and became 1st Bn the East Surrey Regiment
1959 amalgamated with Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey) to form the The Queen's Royal Surrey Regiment.
1966 amalgamated to become 1st Battalion The Queen's Regiment

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 == External Links ==
+[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/britishinfantry/31stfoot.htm 31st Regiment of Foot] www.britishempire.co.uk<br />
 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/31st_(Huntingdonshire)_Regiment_of_Foot 31st (Huntingdonshire) Regiment of Foot] Wikipedia<br />
 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Surrey_Regiment East 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 Queen's Royal Surrey regiment] queensroyalsurreys.org.uk including [http://www.queensroyalsurreys.org.uk/reg_in_india/india.html Regimental India 1825-1947]<br />
-[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Queen%27s_Regiment Queen's Regiment] Wikipedia<br /
+[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Queen%27s_Regiment Queen's Regiment] Wikipedia<br />
 [[Category:British Army Infantry Regiments]]