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31st Regiment of Foot

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*'''1702''' raised as Villiers’ Marines by Colonel George Villiers
*'''1703''' became Luttrell’s Marines after Lt-Col Alexander Luttrell
*'''1706''' became Churchill’s Marinesunder Joshua Churchill*'''1711''' became Goring's Regimentunder Sir Henry Goring
*'''1716''' became Kerr's Regiment
*'''1727''' became Cathcart's Regiment
*'''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
 
==Also see==
*[[East Surrey Regiment]]
 
==Regimental journal==
The [[British Library]] has the following catalogue references:<br>
''Regimental News'' no. 5-vol. 2. no. 40. August 1920-May 1929.<br>
''The Journal of the East Surrey Regiment''. vol. 2. no. 41-vol. 3. no. 68. August 1929-May 1936. and [New series.] vol. 1. no. 1-vol. 8. no. 5. November 1936-October 1959. Not published between May 1939 and November 1946.
 
Also available at the Surrey History Centre, refer below.
 
== External links ==
*[http://www.queensroyalsurreys.org.uk/time_line/time_line.html Regimental Timeline] www.queensroyalsurreys.org.uk<br />
*[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 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 Regiment of Foot|2nd]], 31st, [[70th Regiment of Foot|70th]] Regiments of Foot)
**[http://www.queensroyalsurreys.org.uk/new_museum/new_museum.shtml Surrey Infantry Museum at Clandon Park]
*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=ESR System ID: ESR] East Surrey Regiment, formerly The 31st (Huntingdonshire) Regiment and 70th (Surrey) Regiment: Records
***For the ''Journal of the East Surrey Regiment'', 1920-1959, see J/553 in Surrey History Centre's library holdings
***The bibliography (scroll down) mentions the main regimental history
:[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/A2A/records.aspx?cat=176-esrreg&cid=-1#-1 Access to Archives] catalogue entry for the records at the Surrey History Centre.
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20080109004206/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/031-702.htm 31st (Huntingdonshire) Regiment of Foot] including [http://web.archive.org/web/20071221053826/http://www.regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/031-1.htm deployments] Regiments.org, an archived website
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20071219070924/http://regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/031ESurr.htmThe East Surrey Regiment] including deployments: [http://web.archive.org/web/20071221053826/http://www.regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/031-1.htm 1st Battalion], [http://web.archive.org/web/20071214220352/http://www.regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/070-1.htm 2nd Battalion] Regiments.org, an archived website
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Queen%27s_Regiment Queen's Regiment] Wikipedia<br />
*[https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:244660/ Image: The Thirty-First Regiment, Sir Harry Smith's Division, advancing to the charge at the Battle of Moodke, on the 18th of December 1845] Henry Martens, artist 1848.
:[https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:244676/ Image: The Thirty-first Regiment, with M. Genl. Sir Harry Smith's Division, engaged at the Battle of Sobraon, February 10th 1846] Henry Martens, artist 1848. Brown University Library Digital Repository.
:Engravings of battles during the [[1st Sikh War]]. Brown University Library Digital Repository.
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== External Links ==
*[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]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/31st_(Huntingdonshire)_Regiment_of_Foot 31st Regiment of Foot] Wikipedia
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