31st Regiment of Foot
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History
- 1702 raised as Villiers’ Marines by Colonel George Villiers
- 1703 became Luttrell’s Marines after Lt-Col Alexander Luttrell
- 1706 became Churchill’s Marines
- 1711 became Goring's Regiment
- 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
- 1782 became 31st (Huntingdonshire) Regiment of Foot
- 1881 amalgamated with 70th Regiment to become 1st Bn The East Surrey Regiment
- 1959 merged with The Queen's Royal Regiment to form The Queen's Royal Surrey Regiment
- 1966 amalgamated with The Queen's Own Buffs, The Royal Sussex Regimen t& The Middlesex Regiment (Duke of Cambridge's Own) to form The Queen's Regiment
- 1992 amalgamated with The Royal Hampshire Regiment to become The Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment
External Links
Queen's Royal Surrey regiment queensroyalsurreys.org.uk
