1920 - 1938

1920
	The East Surrey Regiment
	1st Battalion
January	Dublin, Ireland, for Internal Security Operations during pre-Independence period.
June	Sheffield, England.
November	Moves to Egypt. Ismailia (Canal Zone).
	2nd Battalion
February	Constantinople, Turkey.
May	Chanak, Turkey.
July	Constantinople, Turkey.
September	Aldershot, England.
	Territorial Force
	1st/5th Battalion
26th March	Disbanded and absorbed back into 5th Battalion.
	5th Battalion
25th March	Reconstituted. Remains on Home Service.
	1st/6th Battalion
23rd January	Disbanded and absorbed back into 6th Battalion.
	6th Battalion
23rd January	Reconstituted at Kingston. Remains on Home Service until 1939.
	1st/21st (County of London) Battalion, The London Regiment (1st Surrey Rifles)
7th February	Reconstituted at Camberwell. Remains on Home Service.
	23rd (County of London) Battalion the London Regiment
7th February	Reconstituted at Clapham. Remains on Home Service.
	Service Battalions
	9th Battalion
27th March	Disbanded at Clipstone.

The body of the Unknown Warrior en-route to England.
Boulogne, November 1921
Sergeant in foreground from The East Surrey Regiment.

1921
	The East Surrey Regiment
	1st Battalion
	Ismailia, Canal Zone, Egypt.
December	Cairo, Egypt.
	2nd Battalion
	Aldershot.
	Counter-Insurgency Operations:
February	Dublin, Ireland.
	13th (Wandsworth) Service Battalion
16th July	Veterans presented with King’s Colour on Wandsworth Common by General Sir John Longley, Colonel of the East Surrey Regiment.

1922
	The East Surrey Regiment
	1st Battalion
	Cairo, Egypt.
	2nd Battalion
	Counter-Insurgency Operations:
	Dublin, Ireland.
February	Moves to Aldershot.
	Territorial Army
	21st (County of London) Battalion The London Regiment (1st Surrey Rifles).
	Redesignated as 21st London Regiment (1st Surrey Rifles).
	23rd (County of London) Battalion The London Regiment.
	Redesignated as 23rd London Regiment.

1927
	The East Surrey Regiment
	1st Battalion
November 1926	Rawalpindi, India (to 1931).
	2nd Battalion
October 1924	Jersey.
January	Gibraltar (to 1929).
	Territorial Army
	6th Battalion
9th June 1928	Presentation of Colours at Kingston by Col The Lord Ashcombe.
	23rd London Regiment.
October	Redesignated as 23rd London Regiment (The East Surrey Regiment).

1935
	The East Surrey Regiment
	1st Battalion
February 1931	Lahore, India.
December 1934	Fyzabad, India.
	2nd Battalion
December 1932	Shorncliffe.
	Territorial Army
	21st London Regiment (1st Surrey Rifles)
15th December	Reconstituted as 35 (1st Surrey Rifles) Anti-Aircraft Battalion RE and transferred to Royal Engineers.
	23rd London Regiment.

1937
	The East Surrey Regiment
	1st Battalion
	Fyzabad, India.
October	Khartoum, Sudan.
	2nd Battalion
October 1936	Colchester.
	Territorial Army
	23rd London Regiment (The East Surrey Regiment)
10th September	Redesignated as 7th (23rd London) Battalion The East Surrey Regiment.
	Home Defence Battalions
	8th Battalion
1st September 1936	Battalion raised as 3 Group, National Defence Corps.

Recruiting Poster .

1938
	The East Surrey Regiment
	1st Battalion
	Khartoum, Sudan.
	2nd Battalion
	Colchester.
September	Embarks for China.
	League of Nations Occupation Force:
November	Shanghai, China.
	Territorial Army
	5th Battalion
28th November	Converted as 57 (5th Bn The East Surrey Regiment) Anti-tank Regiment RA (225, 226, 227 and 228 Batteries) and transferred to RA.
	7th Battalion
1st November	Converted as 42nd (7th (23rd London) Bn The East Surrey Regiment) Battalion, Royal Tank Corps and transferred to RTC.

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