Regimental Timeline
The East Surrey Regiment
1920-1938
1920 |
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The East Surrey Regiment | |
1st Battalion |
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January |
Dublin, Ireland, for Internal Security Operations during pre-Independence period. |
June |
Sheffield, England. |
November |
Moves to Egypt. Ismailia (Canal Zone). |
2nd Battalion |
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February |
Constantinople, Turkey. |
May |
Chanak, Turkey. |
July |
Constantinople, Turkey. |
September |
Aldershot, England. |
Territorial Force | |
1st/5th Battalion |
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26th March |
Disbanded and absorbed back into 5th Battalion. |
5th Battalion |
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25th March |
Reconstituted. Remains on Home Service. |
1st/6th Battalion |
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23rd January |
Disbanded and absorbed back into 6th Battalion. |
6th Battalion |
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23rd January |
Reconstituted at Kingston. Remains on Home Service until 1939. |
1st/21st (County of London) Battalion, |
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7th February |
Reconstituted at Camberwell. Remains on Home Service. |
23rd (County of London) Battalion the London Regiment |
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7th February |
Reconstituted at Clapham. Remains on Home Service. |
Service Battalions | |
9th Battalion |
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27th March |
Disbanded at Clipstone. |
1921 |
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The East Surrey Regiment | |
1st Battalion |
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Ismailia, Canal Zone, Egypt. |
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December |
Cairo, Egypt. |
2nd Battalion |
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Aldershot. |
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Counter-Insurgency Operations: |
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February |
Dublin, Ireland. |
13th (Wandsworth) Service Battalion |
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16th July |
Veterans presented with King’s Colour on Wandsworth Common by General Sir John Longley, Colonel of the East Surrey Regiment. |
1922 |
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The East Surrey Regiment | |
1st Battalion |
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Cairo, Egypt. |
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2nd Battalion |
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Counter-Insurgency Operations: |
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Dublin, Ireland. |
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February |
Moves to Aldershot. |
Territorial Army | |
21st (County of London) Battalion The London Regiment |
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Redesignated as 21st London Regiment (1st Surrey Rifles). |
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23rd (County of London) Battalion The London Regiment. |
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Redesignated as 23rd London Regiment. |
1925 |
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The East Surrey Regiment | |
1st Battalion |
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Hong Kong. |
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2nd Battalion |
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Aldershot. |
1927 |
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The East Surrey Regiment | |
1st Battalion |
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November 1926 |
Rawalpindi, India (to 1931). |
2nd Battalion |
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October 1924 |
Jersey. |
January |
Gibraltar (to 1929). |
Territorial Army | |
6th Battalion |
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9th June 1928 |
Presentation of Colours at Kingston by Col The Lord Ashcombe. |
23rd London Regiment. |
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October |
Redesignated as 23rd London Regiment (The East Surrey Regiment). |
1930 |
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The East Surrey Regiment | |
1st Battalion |
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Rawalpindi, India (to 1931). |
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2nd Battalion |
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May 1929 |
Catterick (to 1932). |
1935 |
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The East Surrey Regiment | |
1st Battalion |
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February 1931 |
Lahore, India. |
December 1934 |
Fyzabad, India. |
2nd Battalion |
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December 1932 |
Shorncliffe. |
Territorial Army | |
21st London Regiment (1st Surrey Rifles) |
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15th December |
Reconstituted as 35 (1st Surrey Rifles) Anti-Aircraft Battalion RE and transferred to Royal Engineers. |
23rd London Regiment. |
1937 |
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The East Surrey Regiment | |
1st Battalion |
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Fyzabad, India. |
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October |
Khartoum, Sudan. |
2nd Battalion |
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October 1936 |
Colchester. |
Territorial Army | |
23rd London Regiment (The East Surrey Regiment) |
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10th September |
Redesignated as 7th (23rd London) Battalion The East Surrey Regiment. |
Home Defence Battalions | |
8th Battalion |
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1st September 1936 |
Battalion raised as 3 Group, National Defence Corps. |
1938 |
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The East Surrey Regiment | |
1st Battalion |
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Khartoum, Sudan. |
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2nd Battalion |
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Colchester. |
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September |
Embarks for China. |
League of Nations Occupation Force: |
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November |
Shanghai, China. |
Territorial Army | |
5th Battalion |
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28th November |
Converted as 57 (5th Bn The East Surrey Regiment) Anti-tank Regiment RA (225, 226, 227 and 228 Batteries) and transferred to RA. |
7th Battalion |
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1st November |
Converted as 42nd (7th (23rd London) Bn The East Surrey Regiment) Battalion, Royal Tank Corps and transferred to RTC. |