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The
East Surrey Regiment
1951 - 1959 |
| 1951
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The
East Surrey Regiment |
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1st
Battalion |
| 1st
April 1951 |
Home
Counties Brigade Group formalised. Component Regiments, Queen’s
Buffs, R. Fusiliers, Surreys, R. Sussex, Royal West Kent and
Middlesex Regiments. |
| 12th
October |
Transferred
to 19 Infantry Brigade. |
| 30th
October |
Moves
to Libya for internal security operations. |
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Home
Counties Brigade cap badge. |
| 1952
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The
East Surrey Regiment |
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1st
Battalion |
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Tripoli. |
| 14th
March |
Celebrates
250th anniversary, raising of the Regiment. |
| October |
Moves
to Tobruk. |
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Depot |
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Re-opened
for recruit training, The Barracks, Kingston-upon-Thames. |
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Home
Guard |
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3rd,
51st, 52nd, 53rd, 54th, 55th, 56th, 57th, 63rd, 64th (Surrey)
Battalions re-raised at Cadre strength. |
| 1953
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The
East Surrey Regiment |
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1st
Battalion |
| January |
Moves
to the Canal Zone. |
| June |
Contingent
sent to the Coronation. |
| 1954
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The
East Surrey Regiment |
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1st
Battalion |
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Egypt. |
| October |
Returns
to England and moves to Shorncliffe. |
| 1955
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The
East Surrey Regiment |
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1st
Battalion |
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Shorncliffe. |
| July |
Moves
to Brunswick, West Germany. |
| 1956
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The
East Surrey Regiment |
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1st
Battalion |
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Moves
to Brunswick, West Germany. |
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Territorial
Army |
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23rd
London Regiment |
| 1st
September |
42nd
RTR redesignated 23rd London Regiment, re-roles as infantry
and rejoins The East Surrey Regiment. |
| 1957
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The
East Surrey Regiment |
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1st
Battalion |
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Brunswick,
West Germany. |
| 1958
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The
East Surrey Regiment |
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1st
Battalion |
| January |
Returns
to England. Moves to Bury-St-Edmunds and joins 19 Infantry
Brigade. |
| July |
Moves
to Cyprus for internal security operations, reinforced by
a company from 1st Bn The Queen's Royal Regiment. |
| December |
Returns
to Bury-St-Edmunds. |
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Home
Guard |
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3rd,
51st, 52nd, 53rd, 54th, 55th, 56th, 57th, 63rd, 64th (Surrey)
Battalions disbanded. |
| 1959
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The
East Surrey Regiment |
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1st
Battalion |
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Bury-St-Edmunds. |
| 14th
October |
Amalgamates
with 1st Bn The Queen’s Royal Regiment. |
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©
The Queen's Royal Surrey Regimental Association. |
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