Badges of
The Queen’s Royal Regiment (West Surrey)

Volunteer Battalion Cross Belt Badges
1st Vol. Bn. Officers 1881-1902	1st Vol. Bn. Officers 1902-08	2nd Vol. Bn. SNC’s 1881-1902	2nd Vol. Bn. Officers 1902-08

For officers, the 1891 regulations describe the forage-cap badge as consisting of the Paschal Lamb in gold embroidery, with a silver flag bearing a crimson cross; and for the forage or field cap for active service and manoeuvres, a gilt crowned Garter, surrounding a silver Paschal Lamb on scarlet velvet. Their collar badge was the lamb in frosted gilt. The 1900 regulations note that their collar badge was a gilt Paschal Lamb upon a silver scroll bearing "The Queen's", and while the embroidered forage cap badge remained unchanged, the field cap badge now resembled the left collar badge, i.e. like the other ranks' cap badge but in gilt upon a silver scroll. The 1911 regulations note that this badge was restricted to the tunic and frock coat; for the mess jacket the collar badge was an embroidered Paschal Lamb in gold, silver and crimson, without the scroll. The 1911 regulations also noted that for service dress, the bronze cap badge was like the previous field cap badge, and the collar badges the same (with scroll), in pairs.

Volunteer Battalion Badges 1881-1902
1st Vol. Bn. Officers Glengarry Badge	2nd Vol. Bn. Other Rank's Helmet Plate	2nd Vol. Bn. Other Rank's Glengarry Badge	3rd Vol. Bn. Other Rank's Glengarry Badge	4th Vol. Bn. Slouch Hat Badge

In the 1881 reorganisation, the old 2^nd Royal Surrey Militia became the 3^rd Battalion of The Queen's, and the four Surrey Volunteer corps became the regiment's 1^st-4^th Volunteer Battalions. Volunteer battalions usually wore additional titles to identify the battalion. For those of The Queen's helmet-plates resembled those of the regular battalions but were blackened, the other ranks' plate-centre inscribed "West Surrey lst Volunteer Battn.", "West Surrey 2^nd Volunteer Battn." etc.; the 4^th Volunteer Battalion had a blackened, crowned Maltese cross plate, bearing the same circlet and device in the centre. Glengarry badges were formed by affixing a crown to the top of a white metal helmet plate centre, which might bear the battalion identification on the circlet as for the helmet plate, although a white metal regular pattern badge is also recorded; the 3^rd Battalion had a white metal regular pattern badge with brass Paschal Lamb. Officers' helmet plates were like those of the regulars, silver or blackened, with an additional lower scroll identifying the battalion. Cap badges resembled those of the regular battalions with an altered scroll, which read (for example) "2^nd V. B. The Queen's", "3^rd V. B. The Queen's"; blackened for the 1^st and 2^nd but white metal is recorded for the 3^rd. The 4^th had a different pattern, in white metal, with the Paschal Lamb upon a patch of "grass", over a large "4^th", over a scroll inscribed "Volr./Battn/Queen's".

2nd Vol. Bn. Other Rank's Helmet Plate 1881-1902	2nd Vol. Bn. Officers Helmet Plate 1881-1902	3rd Vol. Bn. Other Rank's Helmet Plate 1881-1902	4th Vol. Bn. Other Rank's Helmet 1881-1902	1st Vol. Bn. Officers Cap Badge 1902-08

In 1908 the 3^rd and 4^th Volunteer Battalions left the regiment to become the 22^nd and 24^th Battalion London Regiment respectively, while the 1^st and 2^nd Volunteer Battalions became the 4^th and 5^th Territorial Battalions of The Queen's; they wore the regular cap badge, but for the 5^th Battalion it was blackened. During World War I an all-brass economy version of the regimental cap badge was produced. In 1920 the regimental title changed to The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey), and a new badge was authorised in 1924. The design of the Paschal Lamb was altered, now standing upon a torse instead of upon a title-scroll, with a square banner supported over the animal's right shoulder, all in brass. A plastic economy version in light bronze colour was produced during World War II, and a smaller version for wear in the beret was authorised in 1949, in brass, and subsequently in gold-anodised aluminium. The collar badge design changed accordingly. In 1959 the Queen's was amalgamated with the East Surrey Regiment to form The Queen's Royal Surrey Regiment, the badge for which consisted of the Paschal Lamb superimposed upon a crowned, eight-pointed, diamond-cut star, the lamb in gold anodised aluminium and the star in silver. When the Queen's Royal Surrey Regiment was merged into The Queen's Regiment in 1966, the Paschal Lamb finally ceased to be used as a head-dress badge.

Officers SD Cap 1924-59	Other Rank's Economy issue 1916	Other Rank's Economy issue 1942-44	Other Rank's Cap GS 1943-45

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