Historical Interest Artefacts Surrey Infantry Museum

The Carlisle Figures. These two life-sized figures depict Grenadiers of The Queen's Royal Regiment. (Read More)

Model of a Blockhouse. South African War 1901/02. Presented to the Officers' Mess 2^nd Queen's. (Read More)

A Different Ball Game. The Football charge of 8^th Bn The East Surrey Regiment.
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Queen Victoria's Scarves. An unusual award, in the form of a long scarf crocheted by Queen Victoria, was made to selected servicemen during the South African War.
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The story behind the Susteren Tapestry. From 10^th January 1945 onwards 'Operation Blackcock' was launched in an effort to bring the Allied line up to the River Roer in the Netherlands on a front of about 12 miles. (Read More)

Powder Horn Snuff Box. It was carved and carried by a soldier of the Queen Dowager's Regiment. It has a map of North America in 1707 carved into the horn.
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Miniature Portraits of Various Regimental Officers.
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Her Majesty Queen Mary's Scarves. Throughout the 1939-45 war a very active Regimental Welfare Committee functioned under the chairmanship of Colonel GN Dyer. (Read More)

HRH Princess Mary's Christmas Gift to troops in France 1914 and 1915. (Read More)

Reproduction of the Figurehead of HMS "Queen Charlotte". (Original at Whale Island) Portsmouth. (Read More)

The HMS Defence Gavel. Symbolic of the close association which existed between the Royal Navy and the Queen's Royal Regiment, there is a handsome gavel which was presented to the Officers' Mess 1^st Bn The Queen's Royal Regiment in 1911 by Captain of HMS Defence of the First Cruiser Squadron, Royal Navy. (Read More)

Admiral Howe's desk & clock. (Read More)

The 100 Years Colours. (Read More)

The Colonel Boards. (Read More)

Canteen. This Canteen was carried by CPL Sibley when he was wounded by a the grenade during an ambush by insurgents on 6^th June 1954, which also shattered the water bottle. (Read More)

Quilted armour of Koer Singh, a rebel leader, during the Indian Mutiny of 1857. (Read More)

The Coat and Swords of the Khans of Khelat. A story of battle, murder and sudden death is recalled by two curved Oriental swords in the museum. (Read More)

Queen's Regimental Medals. Presented by officers at their own expense to non-commissioned officers and men in the 1830's for meritorious service. (Read More)

The Pearse Family medals. (Read More)

Major Frederick George Jackson. An unusual group of medals in the museum reveals a little of the adventurous life of Major Frederick George Jackson of The East Surrey Regiment. Two medals are unique and were awarded before he had even joined the Army. (Read More)

The Spences of the Thirty First Regiment. In a case in the Regimental Museum the medals of the Spences lie side by side. James Spence was about 24 years older than Frederick, and they were probably cousins. (Read More)

Medals of Sergeant TB Holdforth MM. His medals are the Military Medal awarded in June 1918 for gallantry whilst serving in Mesopotamia with the 1^st/5^th Queen's, the 1914-15 Star, War Medal, Victory Medal, the India General Service Medal with clasp North West Frontier 1918-19 and the Defence Medal. (Read More)

Medals of RSM A H Adams DCM. RSM "Buck" Adams had long service with the 2^nd Battalion, but he will be remembered by many as the RSM of the Battalion in the 1939-45 War. (Read More)

Medals of Colonel H.G. Duncombe D.S.O. (The Queen's Regiment) D.S.O. 1945, General Service Medal (Clasps = Palestine & Palestine 1945-48 with Mention in Despatches emblem.) 1939-45 Star, Africa Star, Burma Star, Defence Medal, War Medal, Silver Jubilee Medal 1935, Silver Jubilee Medal 1977. (Read More)

Medals of RSM G Sullivan Sullivan enlisted in February 1896, and was promoted Corporal in October of the following year. (Read More)

Naval General Service Medal 1793-1840 with bar 1^st Just 1794 Naval General Service Medal 1793-1840 with bar 1^st Just 1794, awarded to J Beveridge, Queen's Royal Regiment who was in the Carpenter's Crew of HMS Russell. (Read More)

Medals of Brigadier General F J Pink, CB, CMG, DSO
Brigadier General Pink was born on 19^th November, 1857, and joined the Regiment from the Royal Wiltshire Militia in 1878, being posted to the 2^nd Battalion. He was promoted Lieutenant in March, 1881. (Read More)

Medals of Capt LCE Baker MC
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Medals of Col LC East DSO OBE
Lancelot Crofts East, known as Lance, was born on 22^nd May 1901 and educated at Bedford School, and the RMC Sandhurst. (Read More)

Medals of Colonel P. G. Wreford-Brown
Born in 1909, he went to Charterhouse and Sandhurst, being commissioned and posted to 2^nd Battalion The East Surrey Regiment at Catterick in 1929. (Read More)

Medals of CSM L Wells DCM MM
Leonard Wells was a north London lad who joined the 19^th (County of London) Battalion after the outbreak of WW1 in 1914 and after training landed in France on 4^th October 1914. (Read More)

Medals of General Sir Ivo Vesey KCB KBE CMG DSO
He was born 11^th August 1876, the second son of Major General G H Vesey, and educated at Wellington College and Sandhurst. (Read More)

Medals of General Sir Richard Foster K.C.B., C.M.G., D.S.O.
General Foster held the Colonelcy over the period spanning the years of the Second World War. (Read More)

Medals of Lt Col E M Woulfe Flanagan, CMG, DSO
His "greatness" came to light when the 1^st Battalion went into action in 1914 and "Woulfy" proved himself to be a man of exceptional courage. (Read More)

Medals of Lt Col E Tebay, TD
The East Surrey Regiment. (Read More)

Medals of Lt Col G Tilly DSO TD
Born on 6^th September 1897, Lieut Colonel Gerald Tilly, DSO. TD. He was commissioned in the 6^th Bn The East Surrey Regiment in July 1939. (Read More)

Medals of Lt Col NJP Hawken MC TD
He was commissioned in the Queen's in May, 1939 and served with the 1/7^th in France and Belgium 1940, being awarded the MC for his part in destroying 250 barges the La Bassee canal, under fire, to delay the German advance on Dunkirk. (Read More)

Medals of Major General FAH Ling CB CBE DSO DL
Commanded 2/5^th Bn The Queen's Royal Regiment from December 1943 to December 1944 and the 5^th Battalion from March 1954 to March 1957. (Read More)