THE COLOURS OF THE QUEEN'S ROYAL SURREY REGIMENTS OF 1959 - 1967

3rd and 4th Battalions The Queen's Royal Surrey Regiment (TA)

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The New Colours of the 4th Battalion March Past
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In 1961, the 4th, 5th and 6th Battalions of The Queen’s were amalgamated to form 3rd Queen’s Surreys, while the 6th East Surreys and the 23rd London became 4th Queen’s Surreys. New Colours were presented to both battalions at Woking on 12th July 1963 by the Rt Hon the Earl of Munster PC KBE. Both sets of Colours followed the design of those of the 1st Battalion with certain differences. First, there were distinguishing battalion numerals on both Colours; secondly the TA Queen’s Colours bore the battle honours FESTUBERT 1915 and GAZA in addition to those borne by the 1st Battalion. Thirdly, in commemoration of the service of the 23rd London as 42nd RTR, the 4th Battalion inherited the honorary distinction of a badge of the Royal Tank Regiment previously described in the section on the 23rd London Regiment.

After the TA reorganisation of 1965-67, these Colours passed to the 6th (Territorial) Battalion The Queen’s Regiment (Queen’s Surreys) and later to the 6th/7th (Volunteer) Battalion. They were laid up in Southwark Cathedral on 16th November 1980, as shown in figures 71, 72, 73.

Queen's Colour
Queen's Colour
Regimental Colour
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6/7th Queen's Colour Parties laying up The Colours of 3rd and 4th Battalions
The Colours of the 3rd Bn The Queen's Royal Surrey Regiment (TA) and the 4th Bn The Queen's Royal Surrey Regiment (TA) were laid up in Southwark Cathedral, London on 16th November 1980. The photo above shows the Colours in Southwark Cathedral. Beneath the Colours is the Regimental Badge and a marble explanatory tablet.
  
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