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70th Regiment of Foot
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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
- 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
- 1903 Lucknow
- 1906 Mhow
- 1911 Thayetmyo
- 1912 Shwebo
- 1913 Chaubathia
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
- 70th Regiment of Foot Wikipedia
- The Queen's Royal Surrey Regiment from queensroyalsurreys.org.uk including
- Regimental Timeline
- Regimental India 1825-1947 (2nd, 31st, 70th Regiments of Foot)
- Surrey Infantry Museum at Clandon Park
- The regimental collection of historic documents, books and photograph albums may be found at the Surrey History Centre
- 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
- System ID: ESR East Surrey Regiment, formerly The 31st (Huntingdonshire) Regiment and 70th (Surrey) Regiment: Records
- Access to Archives catalogue entry for the records at the Surrey History Centre.
- 70th (Surrey) Regiment of Foot including deployments Regiments.org, an archived website
- The East Surrey Regiment including deployments: 1st Battalion, 2nd Battalion Regiments.org, an archived website
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
- 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
- History of the East Surrey Regiment Volume 2 1914-1917 by Colonel H W Pearse and Brigadier-General H S Sloman 1923 Archive.org
- History of the East Surrey Regiment Volume 3 1917-1919 by Colonel H W Pearse and Brigadier-General H S Sloman 1924 Archive.org