The journal of the east surrey regiment november 1935

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The journal of the east surrey regiment november 1935 Description East Surrey Regiment From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Redirected from The East Surrey Regiment ) Jump to: navigation , search This article needs additional citations for verification . Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed . (January 2011) The East Surrey Regiment Badge of the East Surrey Regiment Active 1881–1959 Country United Kingdom Branch British Army Type Infantry Size 1–2 Regular Battalions 2 Militia and Special Reserve Battalions 1–4 Territorial and Volunteer Battalions Up to 12 Hostilities-Only Battalions Garrison/HQ Kingston upon Thames Nickname 1 Battalion: The Young Buffs 2 Battalion: The Glasgow Greys March Quick: A Southerly Wind and a Cloudy Sky Slow: Lord Charles Montague's The Huntingdonshire March Anniversaries Sobraon (10th February) Ypres (23rd April) The East Surrey Regiment was a regiment in the British Army formed in 1881 from the amalgamation of the 31st (Huntingdonshire) Regiment of Foot and the 70th (Surrey) Regiment of Foot . In 1959, it was amalgamated with the Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey) to form the Queen's Royal Surrey Regiment . Contents 1 Lineage 2 Early history 3 First World War 3.1 The 1st Battalion 3.2 The 2nd Battalion 3.3 The Territorial Battalions 3.4 The Service Battalions - Kitchener's Army 4 Second World War 4.1 The 1st Battalion 4.2 The 2nd Battalion 4.3 Territorial Battalions 4.3.1 1/6th Battalion 4.3.2 2/6th Battalion 5 Amalgamation 6 Battle honours 7 Victoria Crosses 8 See also 9 References 10 External links Lineage In 1702 a regiment of marines was raised in the West Country by George Villier (not related to the Villiers that became the Duke of Buckingham . It was named Villier's Marines and its direct descendant became the East Surrey Regiment. Villier was drowned in 1703, and the regiment was taken over by Alexander Luttrell. After Luttrell's death in 1705, the command went to Joshua Churchill until 1711 when it became Goring's Regiment (At this time regiments took the name of their colonel ). In 1715 the regiment was removed from the marines and became the 31st Regiment of Infantry , and in 1751 the designation was changed to the 31st Regiment of Foot. Five years later a second battalion was raised in Scotland, the 2/31st Foot, which was predesignated in 1758, the 70th Regiment of Foot (Glasgow Lowland Regiment). Further changes were made in 1782. The 31st became known as the Huntingdonshire Regiment, while the 70th became the Surrey Regiment. They stayed with this title until 1881 when they became the 1st & 2nd battalions of the East Surrey Regiment. They had been paired in 1873 as linked regiments for alternate service at home and abroad. Early history In the form of the 31st Foot, the regiment saw service at the Battle of Dettingen , where it received the nickname "The Young Buffs". In the Napoleonic Wars it served in the West Indies and Spain, where it won 8 Battle Honours . It was fighting in the Second Anglo-Sikh War , the Crimean War , in China at the Taku Forts . The 70th Foot was in the Indian Mutiny , the Maori Wars in New Zealand, and the Second Afghan War The 1st Battalion, after formation, was based in various garrisons around the British Empire but did not see major action until the First World War in 1914. The 2nd Battalion on the other hand was in action soon after formation, being part of the British expedition to the Sudan in 1884. This battalion also took part in the Anglo-Boer War that started in 1899. They took part in the Relief of Ladysmith , the Battle of the Tugela Heights and Laing's Nek . After South Africa the battalion was shipped to India in 1903 where they remained until the outbreak of World War I. First World War During the First World War, the regiment raised 18 battalions. The Regiment served on the Western Front from the Battle on Mons in August 1914 to the Armistice ... read more

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