The 70th Regiment
1756 - 1763: The Seven Years’ War
1758
The 70th Regiment
2nd Battalion The 31st Regiment becomes 70th (Glasgow Lowland) Regiment, nicknamed “The Glasgow Greys.” Scotland - Glasgow.
1759
The 70th Regiment
Canterbury then Dover.
1st Surrey Militia
18th April
Raised at Richmond.
Button hole lace and button 70th Regiment of Foot.
1760
The 70th Regiment
England.
1st and 3rd Surrey Militia
1st Surrey divided into 1st and 3rd Surrey Militia.
1763
The 70th Regiment
England.
1st and 3rd Surrey Militia
Regiments amalgamated.
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1765 - 1772
The 2nd Regiment and
The Queen's Regiment
on these dates.
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See the
31st Regiment
on these dates.
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