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*'''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 ==*'''1839''' [[1st Afghan War]]*'''1845''' [[1st Sikh War]]*'''1849''' India*'''1857''' [[Indian Mutiny]]*'''1860''' [[1st China War]]*'''1871''' India*'''1878''' [[2nd Afghan War]]*'''1881''' Bengal*'''1884''' [[Sudan Campaign]]*'''1885''' [[3rd Burma War]]*'''1885''' [[North West Frontier Province|North West Frontier]]*'''1903''' [[Lucknow]]*'''1906''' [[Mhow]]*'''1911''' [[Thayetmyo]]*'''1912''' [[Shwebo]]*'''1913''' [[Ranikhet|Chaubathia]] ==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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/70th_(Surrey)_Regiment_of_Foot 70th Regiment of Foot] 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/time_line/time_line.shtml Regimental Timeline]**[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)**[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/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*[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 ====Historical Books Onlinebooks 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 [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===Other===*[httphttps://enarchive.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.wikipediaorg :[https://archive.org/wikidetails/histeastsurreyregimentvol2/page/n7/mode/70th_(2up ''History of the East Surrey)_Regiment_of_Foot 70th Regiment Volume 2 1914-1917''] by Colonel H W Pearse and Brigadier-General H S Sloman 1923 Archive.org :[https://archive.org/details/histeastsurreyregimentvol3/page/n9/mode/2up ''History of Footthe East Surrey Regiment Volume 3 1917-1919''] Wikipediaby Colonel H W Pearse and Brigadier-General H S Sloman 1924 Archive.org  
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