1^st April

Home Counties Brigade Group formalised. Component Regiments, Queen’s Buffs, R. Fusiliers, Surreys, R. Sussex, Royal West Kent and Middlesex Regiments.

Iserlohn, West Germany.

Iserlohn.

25^th March

Death of HM Queen Mary, Colonel-in-Chief, The Queen's Royal Regiment.

Depot

Re-opened for recruit training, Stoughton Barracks Guildford.

Home Guard

6^th and 10^th (Surrey) Battalions re-raised at Cadre strength.

Iserlohn, West Germany.

June

Contingent sent to the Coronation.

October

Moves to England.

20^th January

Embarks for Malaya on HMT Georgic.

13^th February

Disembarks Singapore - Selerang Barracks, the Kota Tinngi for Jungle training.

March

Battalion deploy into Johore. A & B Companies to Rompin. B Company then Bahau. C Company South Johol, D Company Ayer Tekah in the foothills of Mount Ophir. BHQ, Support and HQ Companies were based at Tampin. A forward Tac HQ was established at Muar. Further moves took place in Johore during 1954 and 1955.

28^th September

General Sir George Giffard GCB, DSO completed his tenure of office as Colonel of the Regiment. He was succeeded by Maj Gen J Y Whitfield CB, DSO, OBE who had commanded 2/5^th Queen's at Monte Camino and was GOC 56 (London) Division in the latter stages of the Italian campaign. He was to be the last Colonel of The Queen's Royal Regiment.

Operations in Malaya and Singapore.

Territorial Army

Redesignated as Q (4^th Queen’s) Battery 565 LAA Regiment RA.

10^th March

Amalganated with 570 Searchlight Regiment (1^st Surrey Rifles) as R and S Batteries 570 HAA Regiment.

Operations in Malaya, and internal security duties during Singapore Riots.

14^th February

Battalion relieved from jungle operations.

2^nd March

Battalion embarked on HMT Empire Orwell. Because of Suez Crisis returns to UK via the Cape. Leave in the UK. Reformed at Mons Barracks, Iserlohn, West Germany.

Iserlohn, West Germany.

July

One company joins 1^st Surreys in Cyprus, who were on an emergency tour.

6^th and 10^th (Surrey) Battalions disbanded.

Iserlohn,West Germany.

28^th September

Moves to Bury St Edmunds.

14^th October

Amalgamates with 1^st Bn The East Surrey Regiment.