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The
2nd or The Queen's Regiment
1792 - 1802: The French Revolutionary Wars |
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The
Naval Crown superscribed '1 June 1794' with the regimental
gorget. |
| 1794
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The
Queen’s (Second) Royal, Regiment of Foot |
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March
- November |
Regiment
embarked for service on the Channel Fleet. |
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1st
June |
Battle
of the Glorious First of June. |
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November |
Regiment
disembarked for service in the West Indies. Remains until
1797. |
| 1795
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The
Queen’s (Second) Royal, Regiment of Foot |
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1st
Battalion: |
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West
Indies. |
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New
Colours presented. |
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2nd
Battalion: |
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Second
battalion raised. Serves in England and in Guernsey. |
| 1796
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The
Queen’s (Second) Royal, Regiment of Foot |
| March
- May |
2nd
Battalion amalgamated with 1st Battalion. |
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Re-capture
of St Lucia
Regiment badly reduced by disease in the West Indies |
| 1798
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The
Queen’s (Second) Royal, Regiment of Foot |
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Regiment
embarks for Ireland; Wolfe Tone’s Fenian rebellion. |
| 1799
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The
Queen’s (Second) Royal, Regiment of Foot |
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Regiment
embarks for the Helder campaign in the Netherlands.
Bergen. |
| 2nd
October |
Battle
of Egmont-op-Zee. |
| 1800
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The
Queen’s (Second) Royal, Regiment of Foot |
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Regiment
serves in Minorca, Malta, and the British Ionian Islands. |
| 1801
Peace of Amiens
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The
Queen’s (Second) Royal, Regiment of Foot |
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Regiment
serves with Abercrombie’s expedition against Napoleon
in Egypt. |
| 8th
March |
Actions
at Aboukir Bay; |
| 13th
March |
Mandora; |
| 21st
March |
Alexandria.
First battle honour awarded contemporaneously – the
Sphinx, superscribed “Egypt” (6th July 1802). |
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©
The Queen's Royal Surrey Regimental Association. |
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