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70th (Surrey)
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| 1758.04.28 | 70th (Glasgow
Lowland) Regiment of Foot formed by redesignation of 2nd Battalion, 31st Regiment of Foot |
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| 1782.08.31 | 70th (Surry)
Regiment of Foot (possible typo in original orders, later changed to "Surrey") |
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| 1812.10.22 | 70th (Glasgow Lowland) Regiment of Foot | |
| 1825.12.21 | 70th (the Surrey) Regiment of Foot | |
| 1881.07.01 | united with 31st (Huntingdonshire) Regiment of Foot , to form The East Surrey Regiment | |
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| Regulars: | ||
| [1st Battalion] [1758-1881] | ||
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| 47th Brigade Depot at Kingston [1873-1881] | ||
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1810, New Zealand1,
Afghanistan 1878-79
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| 1758.04.28 | Gen. John Parslow [also 30th Foot, 54th Foot] | |
| 1760.07.10 | Gen. Cyrus Trapaud | |
| 1778.05.14 | Lt-Gen. William Tryon | |
| 1783.08.16 | Gen.. John (Howard), 15th Earl of Suffolk [also 44th Foot, 97th Foot] | |
| 1814.01.12 | Gen. Hon. Sir Galbraith Lowry Cole, GCB [also 103rd Foot] | |
| 1816.05.21 | Lt-Gen. Forbes Champagné [also 95th Foot, 8th Garrison Bn] | |
| 1816.10.24 | Gen. Kenneth Alexander (Howard), 1st Earl of Effingham, GCB | |
| 1832.01.30 | Gen. Gage John Hall | |
| 1854.05.08 | Gen. Sir George William Paty, KCB, KH | |
| 1868.05.09 | Gen. Sir Charles Hastings Doyle, KCMG | |
| 1870.10.10 | Lt-Gen. Sir Henry Knight Storks, GCB, GCMG | |
| 1874.09.07 | Gen. Thomas James Galloway | |
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The Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment Museum, Dover (Army Museums Ogilby Trust) | |
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The Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment Museum, Dover (Simonides listing) | |
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The Queen's Royal Surrey Regiment Museum, Guildford | |
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The Queen's Royal Surrey Regiment Museum, Guildford (Army Museums Ogilby Trust) | |
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The Queen's Royal Surrey Regiment Museum, Guildford (Simonides listing) | |
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Langley, Michael. The East Surrey Regiment (The 31st and 70th Regiments of Foot). London, Cooper, 1972. (Famous regiments) ISBN: 0850521149 | |
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Pearse, Hugh Wodehouse. History of the 31st foot Huntingdonshire regt., 70th foot Surrey Regt., subsequently 1st & 2nd Battalions the East Surrey Regiment. Vol. 1, 1702-1914. London : Spottiswoode, Ballantyne & Co., 1916. | |
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Cannon, Richard. Historical record of the Seventieth, or the Surrey Regiment of Fort, containing an account of the formation of the Regiment in 1758, and of its subsequent services to 1848. London : Parker, Furnivall, & Parker, 1849. (Historical records of the British Army) | |
