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The Queen's Royal Regiment

31st Foot

70th Foot

The East Surrey Regiment

The Queen's Royal Surrey Regiment

The Queen's Regiment

The Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment


The Queen's Royal Regiment


The Tangiers Garrison

Henry, Lord Mordaunt, Earl of Peterborough 1661-1663

Colonel Andrew Rutherford, The Earl of Teviot 1663-1664

Colonel John Fitzgerald

Colonel Henry Norwood, 1664-1668

Colonel The Lord John Billasye 1665-1666 (Bellasyse or Bellasise)



The Tangiers Regiment

John, The Earl of Middleton 1668-1675



The Governor's Regiment later, The 1st Tangiers Regiment

William O'Brien The Earl of Inchiquin 1675-1680

Sir Palmes Fairborne 1680-1682



1st Tangiers Regiment 1686, The Queen Dowager's Regiment

Lieutenant General Piercy Kirke 1682-1691

Major General William Selwyn 1691-1701

Lieutenant General Sir Henry Balassis Kt 1701-1702

General David Colyear, The Earl of Portmore 1703-1710



1714 Her Royal Highness, The Princess of Wales's Own Regiment 1727,
The Queen's Own Regiment

Lieutenant General Piercy Kirke 1710-1741



1751 - The Queen's (Second) Royal Regiment of Foot

Lieutenant General Thomas Fowke 1741-1755

Major General The Hon John Fitz-William 1755-1760

Lieutenant General Sir Charles Montague KB 1760-1777

Lieutenant General Daniel Jones 1777-1790

H R H Field Marshal The Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, KG KP GCB 1790

Major General Alexander Stewart 1790-1794

General James Coates 1794-1822

Major General Sir Henry Torrens KCB 1822-1828

General The Rt Hon Sir William Keppel GCB 1828-1834

General the Rt Hon Sir James Kempt GCB GCH 1834-1846

Lieutenant General Alexander George The Lord Saltoun KCB GCH 1846-1853

Lieutenant General Sir John Rolt KCB GCH 1853-1856

Lieutenant General Sir James Holmes Schoedde KCB 1856-1857

General Sir John Spink KH 1857-1877

General Clement Alexander Edwards CB 1877



1881 - The Royal West Surrey Regiment (The Queen's)

General Sir Henry Smythe KCB 1877-1891

General Robert Bruce 1891

Lieutenant General Frederick Green Wilkinson 1891-1893

General Sir Edward Selby Smythe KCMG 1893-1896

Lieutenant General Granville George Chetwynd-Stapylton 1896-1902

General Sir Thomas Kelly-Kenny GCB GCVO 1902-1914

Lieutenant General Sir Edward Owen Fisher Hamilton KCB 1914-1920



1924 The Queen's Royal (West Surrey) Regiment

General Sir Charles Monro Bt GCB GCSI GCMG ADC 1920-1929

Major General Sir Wilkinson D Bird KBE CB CMG DSO 1929-1939

General Sir Ivo L B Vesey KCB KBE CMG DSO 1939-1945

General Sir George Giffard GCB DSO 1945-1954

Major General J Y Whitfield CB DSO and Bar OBE 1954-1959