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Authors and Contributors this page: T.F. Mills
Page created 1 June 2003. Corrected and updated 03.08.2004
 
2nd Royal Surrey Militia
 
United Kingdom  
  Titles & Lineage
  History & War Service
  Battle Honours
  Colours, Standards and Guidons

  Badges and Uniforms
  Colonels
 Traditions
 Bibliography

Note: This is a battalion history of the part-time reserves, which are normally liable for full-time active service only in an emergency. See the main regimental page(s) as linked below for more information.
How to find information about individuals who served in this corps
 
  Titles and Lineage English County Index
Alphabetic Index of Titles
   
  1759? 2nd Surrey Militia
formed from elements of 1st Surrey Militia
  1763 absorbed by 1st Surrey Militia
 
  1797 18th, or 2nd Surrey Militia
re-formed from elements of 1st Surrey Militia
  1798 elements separated to form 3rd Surrey Militia
  1803.06.11 41st, or 2nd Surrey Militia
  1804 41st, or 2nd Royal Surrey Militia
  1833.04.30 11th, or 2nd Royal Surrey Militia
  1881.07.01 3rd Battalion, The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)
  1908.09.06 transferred to Special Reserve
  1921 Special Reserve redesignated Militia
  1924 transferred to Supplementary Reserve
  1953.04.01 disbanded
     
     
  History (Links) & War Service Introduction to Militia
History:
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  Deployment and War Service:  
 
Colour Key:
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Overseas service
Home service
  1761.07.03 embodied
1762.12 disembodied aaa
 
  1798.02.20 embodied
  1802.04.25 disembodied
  1803.03.11 embodied
  1814.06.24 disembodied aaa
 
  1855.02.01 embodied
  1856.06.12 disembodied
 
  1899.12.04 embodied
  1900 South Africa  
  1902.04.01 disembodied
 
  1914.08.04 embodied
  1919.09.24 disembodied
Biography and Gallantry Awards:
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Associations, Forums and Re-Enactors:
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Museums, Monuments, Memorials and Chapels:
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  Battle Honours Index of Battle Honours
Index of Wars

South Africa 1900-021

1. rescinded 1908 upon transfer to Special Reserve, and battalion assumed all honours of the whole regiment

  Colours, Standards and Guidons Introduction to Colours
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  Uniforms and Badges
   
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  Honorary Colonels Index of Royal Colonels
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  Traditions
 
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  Bibliography How To Find Books
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