Regimental Timeline | The Second or Queen's Royal Regiment | 1859-1860

Regimental Timeline

The Second or The Queen's Royal Regiment

1859-1860

1859
	The Queen’s (Second) Royal, Regiment of Foot
	1^st Battalion
	South Africa.
	2^nd Battalion
1^st June	British Ionian Islands. Colours presented at Corfu by Lady Butler.
	Surrey Rifle Volunteer Corps
12^th September	5^th, 13^th, 14^th, 17^th, 18^th, 22^nd, and 25^th Corps raised.

The 2^nd or Queen's Regiment and the 31^st (Huntingdonshire) Regiment
in Chine and at the Tuku Forts.
The cartouche shows officer's and other ranks forage caps, an officer's sash
and 3 band Enfield rifled muskets.

1860
	The Queen’s (Second) Royal, Regiment of Foot
	1^st Battalion
20^th - 21^st August	China. Storming of the Taku Forts. 2^nd and 31^st both take part in this action.
12^th October	Capture of Pekin.
	2^nd Battalion
	Malta and the British Ionian Islands.
	3^rd Ad Bn SRV
	5^th, 13^th, 14^th, 17^th, 18^th, 22^nd, and 25^th Corps formed into 3^rd Ad Bn.
	10^th SRV
7^th Febuary	Raised at Bermondsey.
	19^th Surrey SRV
13^th March	Raised at Lambeth.

Tuku Forts.

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