Regimental Timeline
The Second or The Queen's Royal Regiment
The Great War: 1919
1919 | |
The Queen’s (Royal West Surrey) Regiment | |
1st Battalion (2nd Foot) |
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January - May |
Remains in France. |
7th May |
Reduced to Cadre. |
15th May |
Cadre and Band embarks for Southampton. Moves to Depot Guildford. |
5th August |
Strength raised to 79 officers and 1169 men by drafts from other battalions. |
August |
Clipstone. |
7th August |
Aldershot. |
2nd Battalion (2nd Foot) |
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January |
Italy. |
15th February |
Reduced to Cadre. |
21st February |
Cadre returns to England by road and rail. At Depot, Guildford. |
18th July |
Re-formed and moved to Aldershot. |
7th August |
Victory Parade, London. |
6th November |
Embarks at Liverpool for India. |
25th December |
Bombay, then to Bareilly. |
Mobilised for operations in Waziristan. |
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Special Reserve |
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3rd Battalion (2nd Royal Surrey Militia) |
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5th August |
Remaining personnel to 1st Battalion. |
24th September |
Battalion disembodied. Remains on Regimental List until 1953. |
Territorial Force |
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1st/4th Battalion |
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January |
Internal Security Operations in the Punjab. |
April |
Jullundur. |
May |
Operations on the North-West Frontier. |
September |
Peshawar. |
18th October |
Embarks for Home at Bombay. |
14th November |
Crowborough. Reduced to Cadre. |
18th November |
Disbanded at Croydon and absorbed back into 4th Battalion. |
2nd/4th Battalion |
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20th January |
Joins British Army of the Rhine. |
March |
Transferred to 42nd (London) Division. |
7th April |
Presented with King’s Colour by Gen Sir Henry Plumer. |
11th April |
Absorbs 1,000 men of 53rd (Young Soldiers) Battalion. |
22nd October |
Reduced to Cadre. Officers and men posted to 10th and 11th Battalions. |
31st October |
Disbanded and absorbed back into 4th Battalion. |
4th Battalion |
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12th December |
Disembodied. |
1st/5th Battalion |
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20th January |
Battalion concentrates at Nejef. |
7th March |
Majority of officers and men posted to 1st/5th Surreys. |
10th March |
Reduced to Cadre. |
18th March |
Embarks at Baghdad and sails via Bombay to Plymouth. |
7th May |
Disbanded and absorbed back into 5th Battalion. |
5th Battalion |
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13th May |
Disembodied. |
1st/22nd (County of London) Battalion the London Regiment |
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Disbanded and absorbed back into 22nd London. |
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2nd/22nd (County of London) Battalion the London Regiment |
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Egypt. |
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22nd (County of London) Battalion the London Regiment |
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30th June |
Disembodied. |
1st/24th (County of London) Battalion The London Regiment |
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Disbanded and absorbed back into 24th London. |
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2nd/24th (County of London) Battalion The London Regiment |
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16th June | Disbanded and absorbed back into 24th London. |
24th (County of London) Battalion The London Regiment |
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30th June |
Disembodied. |
Service Battalions |
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6th Battalion |
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4th February |
Presented with King’s Colour by HRH the Prince of Wales. |
February |
Drafts to 1st and 11th Battalions. |
April |
Brought back to a strength of 29 officers and 845 men by drafts. |
June |
Embarks at Calais for England. |
30th October |
Disbanded. |
7th Battalion |
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7th January |
Presented with King’s Colour at Villers Outreaux by Lt Gen Sir TLN Morland. |
1st May |
Reduced to Cadre. |
25th June |
Cadre returns to England. |
6th August |
Disbanded at Guildford. |
8th Battalion |
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12th February |
Presented with King’s Colour at Baisieux by Lt Gen Sir Arthur Holland. |
March |
Drafts sent to 10th and 11th Battalions. Battalion reduced to Cadre. |
June |
Embarks at Antwerp for England. |
8th June |
Disbanded at Prees Heath. |
10th (Battersea) Battalion |
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6th January |
Joins British Army of the Rhine at Lindlar. |
19th February |
Presented with King’s Colour at Ehreshoven. |
17th July |
Moves to Siegburg. |
11th (Lambeth) Battalion |
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8th January |
Joins British Army of the Rhine at Troisdorf. |
11th February |
Presented with King’s Colour on the Exerzierplatz, Cologne, by Gen Sir Henry Plumer. |
April |
Receives drafts from 4th, 6th, 8th and 52nd Battalions. |
16th (Home Service) Battalion |
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21st June |
Disbanded at Ipswich. |
19th Battalion |
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1st June |
Disbanded. |
Young Soldiers Battalions |
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51st Battalion |
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8th February |
Converted to a Service Battalion. |
1st April |
Absorbed into 10th (Battersea) Battalion in Germany. |
52nd Battalion |
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8th February |
Converted to a Service Battalion. |
1st April |
Absorbed into 11th (Lambeth) Battalion in Germany. |
53rd Battalion |
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8th February |
Converted to a Service Battalion. |
1st April |
Absorbed into 2nd/4th Battalion in Germany. |
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