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31st Regiment of Foot

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Also known as '''The Young Buffs'''.
 
== Chronology ==
*'''1702''' raised as Villiers’ Marines by Colonel George Villiers<br>
*'''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
*'''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 to become of Foot]] and became 1st Bn The the [[East Surrey Regiment ]] *'''1959''' merged amalgamated with The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey) to form the The Queen's Royal Surrey Regiment.*'''1966''' amalgamated with to become 1st Battalion The Queen's Own Buffs, Regiment ==Also see==*[[East Surrey Regiment]]  ==Regimental journal==The Royal Sussex Regimen t& [[British Library]] has the following catalogue references:<br>''Regimental News'' no. 5-vol. 2. no. 40. August 1920-May 1929.<br>''The Middlesex 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 (Duke Huntingdonshire) Regiment of CambridgeFoot] 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 Own) to form 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'1992', 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' amalgamated with s Regiment] Wikipedia<br />*[https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:244660/ Image: The Royal Hampshire Thirty-First Regiment , Sir Harry Smith's Division, advancing to become 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 Princess of WalesThirty-first Regiment, with M. Genl. Sir Harry Smith's Royal Regiment 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.== External Links =Historical books online===*[https://archive.org/details/dli.granth.92907/page/n3/mode/2up ''Narrative of the Late Victorious Campaign in Affghanistan, under General Pollock; with recollections of Seven Years Service in India''] by Lieutenant Greenwood, H M 31st Regiment 1844. With illustrations. Archive.org, Granth Sanjeevani Asiatic Society of Mumbai Collection. [http://wwwaccess.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_00000001ADAE British Library Digital version] with rotatable pages. 2005 reprint edition titled [https://archive.org/details/campaigninafghan0000gree/page/n3/mode/2up ''The campaign in Afghanistan''] Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library. The author embarked for India in October 1836 and left January 1844.queensroyalsurreys*[https://archive.org/details/histeastsurreyregtvol1/page/n11/mode/2up ''History of the 31st Foot Huntingdonshire Regt., 70th Foot Surrey Regt. Subsequently 1st & 2nd Battalions The East Surrey Regiment. Volume 1 1702-1914''] by Colonel Hugh W Pearse 1916 Archive.ukorg :[https://indexarchive.html Queenorg/details/histeastsurreyregimentvol2/page/n7/mode/2up ''s Royal History of the East Surrey regimentRegiment Volume 2 1914-1917''] queensroyalsurreysby Colonel H W Pearse and Brigadier-General H S Sloman 1923 Archive.org :[https://archive.org/details/histeastsurreyregimentvol3/page/n9/mode/2up ''History of the East Surrey Regiment Volume 3 1917-1919''] by Colonel H W Pearse and Brigadier-General H S Sloman 1924 Archive.ukorg  
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