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The 2nd Royal Surrey Militia, later the 3rd Battalion, Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) was an auxiliary [a] regiment raised in Surrey in the Home counties of England. From its formal creation in 1797 the regiment served in home defence in all of Britain's major wars.
But the Peace of Amiens broke down in 1803 before the 1st Surreys could be disembodied and the regiment remained in service; the 2nd Surreys were embodied again on 11 March 1803. On 23 April 1804 both the Surrey militia regiments were granted the title 'Royal', becoming the 1st and 2nd Royal Surrey Militia (1st and 2nd RSM).
The Queen's Royal Surrey Regiment was a line infantry regiment of the British Army which existed from 1959 to 1966. In 1966, it was amalgamated with the Queen's Own Buffs, The Royal Kent Regiment, the Royal Sussex Regiment and the Middlesex Regiment (Duke of Cambridge's Own) to form the Queen's Regiment, which later merged with the Royal Hampshire Regiment in September 1992 to form the ...
When the 2nd (The Queen's Royal) Regiment of Foot became The Queen's (Royal West Surrey) Regiment in 1881 under the Cardwell-Childers reforms of the British Armed Forces, [1] it became the county regiment of West Surrey, and one pre-existent militia and four volunteer battalions of West Surrey were integrated into the structure of the Queen's Royal Regiment.
3rd (1st Royal Surrey Militia) Battalion, East Surrey Regiment; 3rd (2nd Royal Surrey Militia) Battalion, Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) 3rd (Reserve) Battalion, East Surrey Regiment; 3rd (Reserve) Battalion, Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) 3rd Royal Surrey Militia; 3rd Surrey Local Militia; 3rd Surrey Rifle Volunteer Corps; 4th (3rd ...
The unit reverted to its county infantry regiment status title as part of the 3rd Battalion, The Queen's Royal Surrey Regiment in 1961. [4] The battalion was reduced to company size as D Company, 6th (Territorial) Battalion, The Queen's Regiment (Queen's Surreys), still based at the Mitcham Road Barracks, in 1967. [5]
National Air Force Museum of Canada: Ontario: Trenton: Golden Horseshoe: Aviation: Formerly known as the RCAF Memorial Museum, Royal Canadian Air Force aircraft and artifacts No. 6 RCAF Dunnville Museum: Ontario: Dunnville: Golden Horseshoe: Aviation: website, history of the No.6 Service Flying Training School in WW II Ontario Regiment Museum ...
1794: formation as the Surrey Cavalry, From 1800 became the Loyal Surrey Regiment of Rangers. [181] Royal Canadian Volunteers. [180] 1799: The regiment was posted to Nova Scotia [182] Fauconberg's Fencibles. [133] 1799: North's Fencibles. [133] 1799: Loyal Surrey Regiment of Rangers, [133] or Pollen's Fencibles [133] Colonel George Augustus ...