Regimental Timeline
The Second or The Queen's Royal Regiment
1920-1938
1920 |
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| The Queen’s Royal Regiment (West Surrey) | |
1st Battalion (2nd Foot) |
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Aldershot. |
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June |
Londonderry, Ireland. Internal Security Operations during pre-Independence period. |
2nd Battalion (2nd Foot) |
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Operations in Waziristan. |
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The
Drums including a silver side drum, London Regiment
(The Queen’s)
and other emblazoned drums of
the Regiment.
Territorial Army |
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4th Battalion |
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7th February |
Battalion reconstituted at Croydon. Remains on Home Service until 1939. |
5th Battalion |
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7th February |
Battalion reconstituted at Guildford. Remains on Home Service until 1939. |
22nd (County of London) Battalion the London Regiment |
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7th February |
Battalion reconstituted at Bermondsey. Remains on Home Service until 1939. |
24th (County of London) Battalion The London Regiment |
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Battalion reconstituted at Southwark. Remains on Home Service until 1939. |
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Service Battalions |
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10th (Battersea) Battalion |
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6th March |
Disbanded at Cologne. |
11th (Lambeth) Battalion |
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3rd March |
Disbanded at Cologne. |
Territorial Army |
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4th Battalion |
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7th February |
Battalion reconstituted at Croydon. Remains on Home Service until 1939. |
5th Battalion |
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7th February |
Battalion reconstituted at Guildford. Remains on Home Service until 1939. |
22nd (County of London) Battalion the London Regiment |
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7th February |
Battalion reconstituted at Bermondsey. Remains on Home Service until 1939. |
24th (County of London) Battalion The London Regiment |
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Battalion reconstituted at Southwark. Remains on Home Service until 1939. |
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Service Battalions |
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10th (Battersea) Battalion |
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6th March |
Disbanded at Cologne. |
11th (Lambeth) Battalion |
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3rd March |
Disbanded at Cologne. |
The Colours 1847-1947 (The central Colour was unique to the 1st Battalion and has been held, following subsequent amalgamations, by the 1st Battalions of The Queen’s Royal Surrey Regiment, The Queen’s Regiment and The Princess of Wales’s Royal Regiment. It is known as The “Third” or “Colonel’s” Colour. When the Third Colour was officially retained in 1825, it was not to be taken on parade. This order was ignored twice; once in 1927 on the King’s Birthday Parade in Hong Kong and, secondly, in 1992 on disbandment of The 1st Battalion The Queen’s Regiment in Minden, Germany. The Third Colour is green, the colour of the House of Braganza, and displays the cypher of Queen Catherine).
1927 |
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| The Queen’s Royal Regiment (West Surrey) | |
1st Battalion (2nd Foot) |
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Dover. |
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May |
Hong Kong. |
2nd Battalion (2nd Foot) |
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January |
Khartoum, Sudan. |
October |
Dover (to 1932). |
The Colours, 1927 King’s Birthday Parade the 3rd June 1927, Hong Kong Second Lieutenants E J Foord, H G Duncombe and J B H Kealy.
1930 |
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| The Queen’s Royal Regiment (West Surrey) | |
1st Battalion (2nd Foot) |
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April 1929 |
Malta. |
November |
League of Nations Occupation Force: |
Tientsin and Peking (to 1934). |
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2nd Battalion (2nd Foot) |
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Dover. |
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1935 |
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| The Queen’s Royal Regiment (West Surrey) | |
1st Battalion (2nd Foot) |
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December 1934 |
Quetta, India. The Earthquake. |
2nd Battalion (2nd Foot) |
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December 1934 |
Aldershot. |
1937 |
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| The Queen’s Royal Regiment (West Surrey) | |
11th May |
His Majesty King George VI appointed his mother, Her Majesty Queen Mary, to be Colonel-in-Chief of The Queen's Royal Regiment. |
1st Battalion (2nd Foot) |
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October 1936 |
Allahabad, India. |
2nd Battalion (2nd Foot) |
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January 1936 |
Parkhurst, IOW. |
Territorial Army |
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22nd (County of London) Battalion the London Regiment |
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10th August |
Redesignated 6th (Bermondsey) Battalion The Queen’s Royal Regiment (West Surrey). |
24th (County of London) Battalion The London Regiment |
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10th August |
Redesignated 7th (Southwark) Battalion The Queen’s Royal Regiment (West Surrey). |
Home Defence Battalions |
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11th Battalion |
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1st September 1936 |
Battalion raised as 4 Group, National Defence Corps. |
12th Battalion |
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1st September 1936 |
Battalion raised as 23A Group, National Defence Corps. |
1938 |
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| The Queen’s Royal Regiment (West Surrey) | |
1st Battalion (2nd Foot) |
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October 1936 |
Allahabad, India. |
2nd Battalion (2nd Foot) |
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January 1936 |
Parkhurst, IOW. |
Territorial Army |
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4th Battalion |
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7th May |
Presentation of new Colours at Croydon by HM Queen Mary, Colonel-in-Chief. |
9th October |
Old Colours laid up in Croydon parish church. |
1st November |
Converted as 4th Bn The Queen’s Royal Regiment (West Surrey) (63rd Searchlight Regiment). |
5th Battalion |
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14th May |
Presentation of new Colours by HM Queen Mary, Colonel-in- Chief. |
