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The
East Surrey Regiment
The Second World War: 1939 - 1945 |
| 1942
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The
East Surrey Regiment |
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1st
Battalion |
| April
- May |
Richmond,
Yorks, and Dunblane, Scotland. 11 Inf Bde transferred to 78th
Division.. |
| October |
Embarks
at Glasgow. |
| 27th
October |
Operation
Torch – North Africa. |
| 7th
November |
Algiers
landing. |
| 17th
- 26th November |
Advance
on Tunis. |
| 27th
November |
Battle
of Tebourba. |
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2nd
Battalion |
| 15th
February |
Surrender
of all Empire forces in Malaya and Singapore. British
Battalion into captivity. |
| 16th
June |
11th
Battalion reconstituted as 2nd Battalion at Dorking. Joins
184 Inf Bde (61st Division) Dover. |
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Territorial
Army |
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1st/6th
Battalion |
| 6th
March |
Inspected
at Basingstoke by King George VI. |
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Moves
to Scotland. |
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2nd/6th
Battalion |
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Burnham
Market, Norfolk. |
| June |
Moves
to Thetford. |
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Home
Defence Battalions |
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9th
Battalion |
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Northern
Ireland. |
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10th
Battalion |
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Plymouth. |
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11th
Battalion |
| 16th
June |
Britain.
Reconstituted as 2nd Battalion at Dover. |
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70th
(Young Soldiers) Battalion |
| July |
Charlton,
near Canterbury. |
| August |
Disbanded. |
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Home
Guard Battalions |
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3rd
(Weybridge), 51st (Malden), 52nd, 53rd (Molesey), 54th, 55th,
56th (Epsom, Ewell and Banstead), 62nd (Norbury), 63rd (Richmond),
Battalions affiliated. |
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The Queen's Royal Surrey Regimental Association. |
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