2nd Foot raised in 1661 as the Tangiers Regt. became the Royal West Surrey in 1881.

This was one of the very early regiments of the British Army and was specifically raised to garrison Tangier. It became The Queens in 1727.

The Colours and Memorials are in Guildford Cathedral and Holy Trinity Church Guildford. In 1959 The Queens amalgamated with the East Surreys.

The two Infantry Regiments of Surrey, The Queen's Royal Regiment, 2nd Foot and The East Surrey Regiment, 31st and 70th Foot, which were amalgamated in 1959 to become The Queen's Royal Surrey Regiment. This Regiment subsequently became part of a new Queen's Regiment formed on 31st December 1966

1992.09.09 amalgamated with 2nd Battalion, 3rd Battalion, and 1st Bn, The Royal Hampshire Regiment, to form 1st Bn, The Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment, and 2nd Bn, The Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment

Battle Honours WW1

Messines, Mons, Ypres, Somme, Vittorio Veneto, Macedonia, Gallipoli, Palestine, Mesopotamia, India, Afghanistan.

Battle Honours WW2

Villiers Bocage, Tobruk, El Alamein, Medenine, Salerno, Monte Gamino, Anzio, Gemmano Ridge, North Arakan, Kohima.

WW2 VC's

VCs in the Queen's Royal Surrey Regimental Museum, by Iain Stewart.

The Queen's Royal Surrey Regiment Museum, Guildford (Army Museums Ogilby Trust)

Deployment

1st Battalion

1959.10.14 1st Battalion, The Queen's Royal Surrey Regiment
formed by amalgamation of 1st Bn, The Royal Regiment (West Surrey), and 1st Bn, The East Surrey Regiment
1959.10 Cyprus
1960 Libya (det in Cyprus)
1961 Aden
1962.02 Hong Kong
1964.01 Germany: Münster 6 Bde
1966.12.31 1st Battalion, The Queen's Regiment (Queen's Surreys)
redesignated upon formation of "large" regiment from Home Counties Brigade
1966.12 Germany: Münster 6 Bde
1968.01 Lingfield
1968.07.01 1st Battalion, The Queen's Regiment
1970.07 Berlin Berlin Bde
1972.06 England: Bulford 5 Inf Bde
1972.10 (Northern Ireland)
1973.03 Bulford 5 Inf Bde
1973.10 (Northern Ireland)
1974.02 Bulford 5 Inf Bde
1974.05 (Northern Ireland)
1974.06 Bulford 5 Inf Bde
1975.02 (Northern Ireland)
1975.05 Bulford 5 Inf Bde
1975.09 Germany: Werl 6 Armd Bde
1976.07 (Northern Ireland)
1976.11 Germany: Werl 6 Armd Bde
1977.01 Werl 2 Armd Div
1978.06 (Northern Ireland)
1978.10 Werl 2 Armd Div
1980.03 England: Canterbury
1982.11 Northern Ireland: Omagh ? Inf Bde
1985.01 Gibraltar
1987.11 England: Tidworth 1 Inf Bde
1987.06 (Northern Ireland)
1987.10 Tidworth 1 Inf Bde
1989.10 (Northern Ireland)
1990.03 Tidworth 1 Inf Bde
1991.01 Germany: Minden 11 Armd Bde
1992.06 UK
1992.09.09 amalgamated with 2nd Battalion, 3rd Battalion, and 1st Bn, The Royal Hampshire Regiment, to form 1st Bn, The Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment, and 2nd Bn, The Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment