Regimental Timeline

1^st Battalion

1^st April 1951

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

12^th October

Transferred to 19 Infantry Brigade.

30^th October

Moves to Libya for internal security operations.

1^st Battalion

Tripoli.

14^th March

Celebrates 250^th anniversary, raising of the Regiment.

October

Moves to Tobruk.

Re-opened for recruit training, The Barracks, Kingston-upon-Thames.

3^rd, 51^st, 52^nd, 53^rd, 54^th, 55^th, 56^th, 57^th, 63^rd, 64^th (Surrey) Battalions re-raised at Cadre strength.

1^st Battalion

January

Moves to the Canal Zone.

June

Contingent sent to the Coronation.

1^st Battalion

Egypt.

October

Returns to England and moves to Shorncliffe.

1^st Battalion

Shorncliffe.

July

Moves to Brunswick, West Germany.

1^st Battalion

Moves to Brunswick, West Germany.

23^rd London Regiment

1^st September

42^nd RTR redesignated 23^rd London Regiment, re-roles as infantry and rejoins The East Surrey Regiment.

1^st Battalion

Brunswick, West Germany.

1^st Battalion

January

Returns to England. Moves to Bury-St-Edmunds and joins 19 Infantry Brigade.

July

Moves to Cyprus for internal security operations, reinforced by a company from 1^st Bn The Queen's Royal Regiment.

December

Returns to Bury-St-Edmunds.

3^rd, 51^st, 52^nd, 53^rd, 54^th, 55^th, 56^th, 57^th, 63^rd, 64^th (Surrey) Battalions disbanded.

1^st Battalion

Bury-St-Edmunds.

14^th October

Amalgamates with 1^st Bn The Queen’s Royal Regiment.