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The
East Surrey Regiment
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crest and tie
by A. Melville-Brown |
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| 1881.07.01 | The
East Surrey Regiment organised as the county regiment of East Surrey , encompassing its Militia and Volunteer infantry [see below] and uniting two regular battalions: |
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| 1889 | parts of Essex absorbed into new County of London | |
| 1908.04.01 | 1st Vol Bn and 4th Vol Bn transferred to The London Regiment upon creation of T.F. | |
| 1916.07.07 | 21st Bn and 23rd Bn of The London Regiment re-affiliated | |
| 1959.10.14 | amalgamated
with The Queen's Royal Regiment (West
Surrey), to form The Queen's Royal Surrey Regiment |
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History of The East Surrey Regiment, by F.A. Mason. | |
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The East Surrey Regiment, by Chris Baker (The British Army in the Great War). | |
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The East Surrey Regiment, by Brad Chappell (The Regimental Warpath 1914-1918) | |
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| 68th Regimental District at Kingston [1881-1905] | ||
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| C Group, at Shorncliffe [1946-1948] | ||
| Home Counties Brigade, at Canterbury [1948-1959] | ||
| Regulars: | ||
| 1st Battalion [1881-1959] | ||
| 2nd Battalion [1881-1948] | ||
| Militia and Special Reserve: | ||
| 3rd Battalion (1st Royal Surrey
Regiment of Militia) [1881-1953] |
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| 4th Battalion (3rd Royal Surrey
Regiment of Militia) [1881-1953] |
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| Territorials and Volunteers: | ||
| [1st VB] 1st Surrey (South London) Volunteer Rifle Corps [1881-1908] | ||
| 2nd Volunteer Battalion [1881-1908]
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| 3rd Volunteer Battalion [1881-1908] | ||
| 4th Volunteer Battalion [1881-1908] | ||
| 5th Battalion [1908-1938]
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| 6th Battalion [1908-1961] | ||
| 21st London Regiment (First Surrey Rifles) [1916-1935] | ||
| 23rd London Regiment [1916-1938, 1956-1961] | ||
| Hostilities-Only Units (First and Second World War, including T.A. duplicates): | ||
| 2/5th Battalion [1914-1917]
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| 5th (Reserve) Battalion [1915-1919]
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| 2/6th Battalion [1914-1917]
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| 6th (Reserve) Battalion [1915-1916]
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| 2/6th Battalion [1939-1947]
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| 7th (Service) Battalion [1914-1918]
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| 8th (Service) Battalion [1914-1919]
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| 8th (Home Defence) Battalion [1940-1941]
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| 9th (Service) Battalion [1914-1920]
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| 9th Battalion [1940-1943]
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| 10th (Reserve) Battalion [1914-1916]
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| 10th Battalion [1940-1943]
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| 11th (Reserve) Battalion [1914-1916]
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| 11th Battalion [1940-1942]
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| 12th (Bermondsey (Service) Battalion
[1915-1919] |
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| 13th (Wandsworth) (Service) Battalion
[1915-1919] |
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| 14th (Reserve) Battalion [1915-1916]
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| 15th (Service) Battalion [1918-1918]
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| 2/21st (County of London) Battalion,
The London Regiment [1916-1919] |
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| 21st (Reserve) (County of London) Battalion,
The London Regiment [1916-1919] |
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| 2/23rd (County of London) Battalion,
The London Regiment [1916-1919] |
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| 23rd (Reserve) (County of London) Battalion,
The London Regiment [1916-1916] |
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| 50th (Holding) Battalion [1940-1940]
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| 70th (Young Soldier) Battalion [1940-1942]
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| Cadets:
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| 1st Cadet Battalion [1890-1896] | ||
| [combined
battle honours of 31st Regiment
and 70th Regiment, plus:]
Gibraltar 1704-051, Dettingen2, Martinique 17943, Suakin 1885, Relief of Ladysmith, South Africa 1899-1902 The Great War [18 battalions]: Mons, Le Cateau, Retreat from Mons, Marne 1914, Aisne 1914, La Bassée 1914, Armentières 1914, Hill 60, Ypres 1915 '17 '18, Gravenstafel, St. Julien, Frezenberg, Bellewaarde, Loos, Somme 1916 '18, Albert 1916 '18, Bazentin, Delville Wood, Pozières, Guillemont, Flers-Courcelette, Morval, Thiepval, Le Transloy, Ancre Heights, Ancre 1916, Arras 1917 '18, Vimy 1917, Scarpe 1917, Messines 1917, Pilckem, Langemarck 1917, Menin Road, Polygon Wood, Broodseinde, Poelcappelle, Passchendaele, Cambrai 1917 '18, St. Quentin, Bapaume 1918, Rosières, Avre, Lys, Estaires, Hazebrouck, Amiens, Hindenburg Line, Épéhy, Canal du Nord, St. Quentin Canal, Courtrai, Selle, Sambre, France and Flanders 1914-18, Italy 1917-18, Struma, Doiran 1918, Macedonia 1915-18, Egypt 1915, Aden, Mesopotamia 1917-18, Murman 1919 The Second World War: Defence of Escaut, Dunkirk 1940, North-West Europe 1940, Tebourba, Fort McGregor, Oued Zarga, Djebel Ang, Djebel Djaffa Pass, Medjez Plain, Longstop Hill 1943, Tunis, Montarnaud, North Africa 1942-43, Adrano, Centuripe, Sicily 1943, Trigno, Sangro, Cassino4, Capture of Forli, Argenta Gap, Italy 1943-45, Greece 1944-45, Kampar, Malaya 1941-42 5th, 6th Battalions: South
Africa 1900-02 1. awarded
1909 for service of 31st Regiment. |
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| Uniform: | 1881-1953:
scarlet; facings: white 1953-1959: blue; facings: white; piping: white headdress: |
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| 1881 | [1st Bn:] Gen. Sir Edward Lugard, GCB [to 1898] | |
| 1881 | [2nd Bn:] Gen. Thomas James Galloway [also 49th Foot] | |
| 188u | [2nd Bn:] Gen. Sir Richard Chambre Hayes Taylor, GCB [also QOCH; AG 1882] | |
| 1898.11.01 | Gen. Sir George Richards Greaves, GCB, KCMG [also AG India 1879-84, C-in-C Bombay 1890-93] | |
| 1920.09.27 | Maj-Gen. Sir John Raynsford Longley, KCMG, CB | |
| 1939.03.07 | Gen. Sir Richard Foster Carter Foster, KCB, CMG, DSO [also Adj-Gen. RM; Hon. Col. Cmdt. Chatham Gp RM] | |
| 1946.07.01 | Lt-Gen. Sir Arthur Arnhold Bullick Dowler, KCB, KBE | |
| 1954.07.01 | Brig. George Rowland Patrick Roupell, VC, CB [to 1959] | |
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Victoria Crosses, by Mike Chapman (VC Reference). | |
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VCs in the Queen's Royal Surrey Regimental Museum, by Iain Stewart. | |
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Private Abraham Cannell, 1st Bn, 1914-18l, by Donna King. | |
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| Anniversaries: | Sobraon (10 Feb.), Ypres (23 Apr.) | ||
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The South Alberta Regiment |
1934-1954 |
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The South Alberta Light Horse | 1954-1959 | |
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17th Battalion (The North Sydney Regiment) | 1930-1948 | |
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17th/18th Infantry Battalion (The North Shore Regiment) | 1951-1959 | |
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The Otago Regiment | ||
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The Queen's Royal Surrey Regiment Association | |
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The Queen's Royal Surrey Regiment Museum, Guildford (Regimental Association site) | |
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The Queen's Royal Surrey Regiment Museum, Guildford (Surrey Online) | |
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The Queen's Royal Surrey Regiment Museum, Guildford (Army Museums Ogilby Trust) | |
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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 (Simonides listing) | |
| Regimental Journal: | ||
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Regimental news. | |
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The journal of The East Surrey Regiment. | |
| Full Histories: | ||
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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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Daniell, David Scott. History of the East Surrey Regiment. Vol. 4, 1920-1952. London : Ernest Benn, 1957. | |
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Garrish, A.G. The records of "I" Company. A brief history of the East Surrey Volunteers' service in the South African War. London : Wolbrook, 1901. | |
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A short history of The East Surrey Regiment. Aldershot : Gale & Polden, 1950. | |
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Militia: |
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Flower, Lamorock. Historical record of the 3rd Royal Surrey regiment of militia, no. 118. Raised in 1798 revived in 1853 ... with ... a short sketch of the history of the militia. London : Mitchell, 1869. | |
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Territorials/Volunteers: |
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Aston, John ; Duggan, L. M. The history of the 12th (Bermondsey) Battalion, East Surrey regiment ... London : Union Press, 1936. | |
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First World War: |
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Pearse, Hugh Wodehouse; Sloman, H.S. History of the 31st Foot Huntingdonshire Regt., 70th foot Surrey Regt., subsequently 1st & 2nd Battalions the East Surrey Regiment. Vol. 2-3, [1914-1919]. London : The Medici Society, 1933-1934. | |
