Regimental Timeline

The East Surrey Regiment

1884-1885: Mahdist War (Egypt and Sudan)

1884 - 1885
  The East Surrey Regiment
Martini Henry Rifles
1874-1888

 

1st Battalion

 

Aldershot.

February

Gibraltar, then Bareiily, India in February 1885 and Ranikhet in March 1885.

 

2nd Battalion

February

Bareilly, India.

September

Cairo and Tamai, Egypt.

February - May 1885

Action around Suakin.

May - August 1885

Alexandria.

September 1885

Dover.

 

 

 

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