Regimental Timeline

The East Surrey Regiment

1942
	The East Surrey Regiment
	1^st Battalion
April - May	Richmond, Yorks, and Dunblane, Scotland. 11 Inf Bde transferred to 78^th Division.
October	Embarks at Glasgow.
27^th October	Operation Torch – North Africa.
7^th November	Algiers landing.
17^th - 26^th November	Advance on Tunis.
27^th November	Battle of Tebourba.
	2^nd Battalion
15^th February	Surrender of all Empire forces in Malaya and Singapore. British Battalion into captivity.
16^th June	11^th Battalion reconstituted as 2^nd Battalion at Dorking. Joins 184 Inf Bde (61^st Division) Dover.
Territorial Army
	1^st/6^th Battalion
6^th March	Inspected at Basingstoke by King George VI.
	Moves to Scotland.
	2^nd/6^th Battalion
	Burnham Market, Norfolk.
June	Moves to Thetford.
Home Defence Battalions
	9^th Battalion
	Northern Ireland.
	10^th Battalion
	Plymouth.
	11^th Battalion
16^thJune	Britain. Reconstituted as 2nd Battalion at Dover.
	70^th (Young Soldiers) Battalion
July	Charlton, near Canterbury.
August	Disbanded
Home Guard Battalions
	3rd (Weybridge), 51st (Malden), 52nd, 53rd (Molesey), 54th, 55th, 56th (Epsom, Ewell and Banstead), 62nd (Norbury), 63rd (Richmond), Battalions affiliated.