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Henry Mordaunt, 2nd Earl of Peterborough, founder of the regiment. The regiment was raised in 1661 by Henry Mordaunt, 2nd Earl of Peterborough as The Earl of Peterborough's Regiment of Foot on Putney Heath (then in Surrey) specifically to garrison the new English acquisition of Tangier, part of Catherine of Braganza's dowry when she married King Charles II. [4]
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.
Under the 'Localisation of the Forces' scheme introduced by the Cardwell Reforms of 1872, militia regiments were brigaded with their local regular and Volunteer battalions – for the 2nd RSM this was with the two battalions of the 2nd (Queen's Royal) Regiment of Foot in Sub-District No 48 (County of Surrey) at Guildford. A planned second ...
Royal Regiment of Scotland: 2: 2nd (Queen's Royal) Regiment of Foot [25] 1661 Raised 1 October 1661, as the Tangier Regiment [25] 1881: The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment: 3: 3rd (or the Buffs) Regiment of Foot 1751–1782. 3rd (East Kent – the Buffs) Regiment of Foot 1782–1881 [26] 1665 Raised 1572 ...
Kirke was commissioned as an ensign in Trelawny's Regiment in 1686. [1] He was taken as a prisoner of war at the Battle of Almansa in April 1707 during the War of the Spanish Succession . [ 1 ] He went on to be colonel of the 2nd (The Queen's Royal) Regiment of Foot in 1710. [ 2 ]
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Troopers in the Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment assembled in the Parade Square at Hyde Park Barracks to take part in an annual event to find the best turned out soldier and horse.
The regiment was raised as the 79th Regiment of Foot (Cameronian Volunteers) on 17 August 1793 at Fort William by Sir Alan Cameron of Erracht, [2] [3] a cousin of Cameron of Lochiel. [4] Initially mustered from among members of the Clan Cameron in Lochaber , the regiment eventually recruited from across the Highlands, and indeed, seldom elsewhere.