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*'''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==
*[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.html 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]
***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
*[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.org
:[https://archive.org/details/histeastsurreyregimentvol2/page/n7/mode/2up ''History of the East Surrey 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 the East Surrey Regiment Volume 3 1917-1919''] by Colonel H W Pearse and Brigadier-General H S Sloman 1924 Archive.org
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