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*'''1758''' second battalion of the 31st Regiment of Foot became 70th (Glasgow Lowland) Regiment of Foot
 
*'''1758''' second battalion of the 31st Regiment of Foot became 70th (Glasgow Lowland) Regiment of Foot
 
*'''1825''' became 70th (The Surrey) Regiment
 
*'''1825''' became 70th (The Surrey) Regiment
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*'''1881''' amalgamated with [[31st Regiment of Foot]] and became 2nd Bn the [[East Surrey Regiment]]  
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*'''1881''' amalgamated with [[31st Regiment of Foot]] and became 2nd Bn the [[East Surrey Regiment]]
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*'''1959''' amalgamated with Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey) to form the The Queen's Royal Surrey Regiment.
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*'''1966''' amalgamated to become 1st Battalion The Queen's Regiment
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== Service in British India ==
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*'''1839''' [[1st Afghan War]]
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*'''1845''' [[1st Sikh War]]
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*'''1849''' India
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*'''1857''' [[Indian Mutiny]]
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*'''1860''' [[1st China War]]
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*'''1871''' India
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*'''1878''' [[2nd Afghan War]]
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*'''1881''' Bengal
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*'''1884''' [[Sudan Campaign]]
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*'''1885''' [[3rd Burma War]]
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*'''1885''' [[North West Frontier Province|North West Frontier]]
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*'''1903''' [[Lucknow]]
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*'''1906''' [[Mhow]]
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*'''1911''' [[Thayetmyo]]
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*'''1912''' [[Shwebo]]
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*'''1913''' [[Ranikhet|Chaubathia]]
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==Also see==
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*[[East Surrey Regiment]] 
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==Regimental journal==
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The [[British Library]] has the following catalogue references:<br>
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''Regimental News'' no. 5-vol. 2. no. 40. August 1920-May 1929.<br>
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''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.
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Also available at the Surrey History Centre, refer below.
  
 
==External links==
 
==External links==
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===Historical Books Online===
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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/70th_(Surrey)_Regiment_of_Foot 70th Regiment of Foot] Wikipedia<br>
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''Historical Record of the Seventieth, or the Surrey Regiment of Foot: containing an account of the formation of the regiment in 1758, and of its subsequent services to 1848''  by Richard Cannon 1849 [http://books.google.com/books?id=UjkX5H98svMC Google Books] . In 1848, at the [http://books.google.com/books?id=UjkX5H98svMC&pg=PA14 end] of the book, the Regiment had been ordered to proceed to Bengal
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*[http://www.queensroyalsurreys.org.uk/index.html The Queen's Royal Surrey Regiment]  from queensroyalsurreys.org.uk including
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===Other===
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**[http://www.queensroyalsurreys.org.uk/time_line/time_line.shtml Regimental Timeline]
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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/70th_(Surrey)_Regiment_of_Foot 70th Regiment of Foot] Wikipedia
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**[http://www.queensroyalsurreys.org.uk/reg_in_india/india.html Regimental India 1825-1947] ([[2nd Regiment of Foot|2nd]], [[31st Regiment of Foot|31st]],  70th Regiments of Foot)
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**[http://www.queensroyalsurreys.org.uk/new_museum/new_museum.shtml Surrey Infantry Museum at Clandon Park]
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*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]
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**[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
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***For the ''Journal of the East Surrey Regiment'', 1920-1959, see J/553 in Surrey History Centre's library holdings
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***The bibliography (scroll down) mentions the main regimental history
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:[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.
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*[http://web.archive.org/web/20080113060427/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/070-758.htm 70th (Surrey) Regiment of Foot] including [http://web.archive.org/web/20071214220352/http://www.regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/070-1.htm deployments] Regiments.org, an archived website
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*[http://web.archive.org/web/20071219070924/http://regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/031ESurr.htm The 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
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====Historical books online====
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*''Historical Record of the Seventieth, or the Surrey Regiment of Foot: containing an account of the formation of the regiment in 1758, and of its subsequent services to 1848''  by Richard Cannon 1849 [http://books.google.com/books?id=UjkX5H98svMC Google Books] . In 1848, at the [http://books.google.com/books?id=UjkX5H98svMC&pg=PA14 end] of the book, the Regiment had been ordered to proceed to Bengal
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Revision as of 03:08, 3 May 2018

Chronology

  • 1758 second battalion of the 31st Regiment of Foot became 70th (Glasgow Lowland) Regiment of Foot
  • 1825 became 70th (The Surrey) Regiment
  • 1881 amalgamated with 31st Regiment of Foot and became 2nd 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

Service in British India

Also see

Regimental journal

The British Library has the following catalogue references:
Regimental News no. 5-vol. 2. no. 40. August 1920-May 1929.
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

Access to Archives catalogue entry for the records at the Surrey History Centre.

Historical books online

  • Historical Record of the Seventieth, or the Surrey Regiment of Foot: containing an account of the formation of the regiment in 1758, and of its subsequent services to 1848 by Richard Cannon 1849 Google Books . In 1848, at the end of the book, the Regiment had been ordered to proceed to Bengal

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