1661.10.01 Earl of Peterborough's Regiment of Foot
also known as the Tangier Regiment; also known until 1751 by names of other colonels
1663 absorbed Sir Robert Harley's Regiment of Foot, and Lord Rutherford's Regiment of Foot
1685 Queen Dowager's Regiment of Foot
(named for Queen Catherine, widow of Charles II)
1703 The Queen's Royal Regiment of Foot
1715 The Princess of Wales's Own Regiment of Foot
(re-named for the future Queen Caroline)
1727 The Queen's Own Regiment of Foot
(redesignated when the Princess of Wales became Queen)
1747 The Queen's Own Royal Regiment of Foot
ranked as 2nd Foot
1751.07.01 2nd (The Queen's Royal) Regiment of Foot
1881.07.01 The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)
reorganised as the county regiment of West Surrey, encompassing also its Militia and Volunteer infantry [see below]
1889 parts of Essex absorbed into new County of London
1908.04.01 3rd Vol Bn and 4th Vol Bn transferred to The London Regiment upon creation of T.F.
1916.07.07 22nd Bn and 24th Bn of The London Regiment re-affiliated
1921.01.01 The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey)
1959.10.14 amalgamated with The East Surrey Regiment, to form The Queen's Royal Surrey Regiment

Battle Honours

Tangier 1662-80, Namur 1695, [Ushant]1, [Egypt]2, Vimiera, Corunna, Salamanca, Vittoria, Pyrenees, Nivelle, Toulouse, Peninsula, Ghuznee 1839, Khelat, Affghanistan 1839, South Africa 1851-2-3, Taku Forts, Pekin 1860, Burma 1885-87, Tirah, Relief of Ladysmith, South Africa 1899-1902

The Great War (25 battalions): Mons, Retreat from Mons, Marne 1914 '18, Aisne 1914, Ypres 1914 '17 '18, Langemarck 1914, Gheluvelt, Aubers, Festubert 1915, Loos, Somme 1916 '18, Albert 1916 '18, Bazentin, Delville Wood, Pozières, Guillemont, Flers-Courcelette, Morval, Thiepval, Le Transloy, Ancre Heights, Ancre 1916 '18, Arras 1917 '18, Scarpe 1917, Bullecourt, Messines 1917, Pilckem, Menin Road, Polygon Wood, Broodseinde, Passchendaele, Cambrai 1917 '18, St. Quentin, Bapaume 1918, Rosières, Avre, Villers Bretonneux, Lys, Hazebrouck, Bailleul, Kemmel, Soissonais Ourcq, Amiens, Hindenburg Line, Épéhy, St. Quentin Canal, Courtrai, Selle, Sambre, France and Flanders 1914-18, Piave, Vittorio Veneto, Italy 1917-18, Suvla, Landing at Suvla, Scimitar Hill, Gallipoli 1915, Rumani, Egypt 1915-16, Gaza, El Mughar, Jerusalem, Jericho, Tell 'Asur, Palestine 1917-18, Khan Baghdadi, Mesopotamia 1915-18, N W Frontier India 1916-17

Afghanistan 1919

The Second World War: Defence of Escaut, Villers Bocage, Mont Pincon, Lower Maas, Roer, North-West Europe 1940 '44-45, Syria 1941, Sidi Barrani, Tobruk 1941, Tobruk Sortie, Deir el Munassib, El Alamein, Advance on Tripoli, Medenine, Tunis, North Africa 1940-43, Salerno, Monte Stella, Scafati Bridge, Volturno Crossing, Monte Camino, Garigliano Crossing, Damiano, Anzio, Gothic Line, Gemmano Ridge, Senio Pocket, Senio Floodbank, Casa Fabri Bridge, Menate, Filo, Argenta Gap, Italy 1943-45, North Arakan, Kohima, Yenangyaung 1945, Sittang 1945, Chindits 1944, Burma 1943-45

4th, 5th Battalions: South Africa 1900-02
6th Battalion: see 22nd London Regiment
7th Battalion: see 24th London Regiment

1. the Naval Crown badge superscribed "1st June 1794".
2. the Sphinx badge superscribed "Egypt".

 

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

1881.07.01 1st Battalion, The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)
1881 England: Aldershot
1882.09 Portland
<1883.09> Ireland: Tralee
1885.01? Cork
1886.06 Dublin
1887.01 Belfast
<1888.10> Dublin
<1891.01> England: Aldershot
1892 Malta
1895 India: Dagshai
1897.06 Tirah
1898.04
<1899> Gharial
1902 Peshawar-Cherat
1904 Meerut
1906 Sialkot
1908 Aden
1910 England: Warley
1912 Borden 3 Bde
1914.08 France and Flanders 1 Div
1914.11 France and Flanders I Corps
1915.07 France and Flanders 2 Div
1915.12 France and Flanders 33 Div
1919 England: Aldershot
1920 Ireland: Kilworth
1921 1st Battalion, The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey)
1923 England: Aldershot 6 Bde
1925 Dover 10 Bde
1927 China: Shanghai
1928 Hong Kong
1929 Malta
1930 China: Tientsin
1934.12 India: Quetta
1936.12 Allahabad
1939.09 India
1942.12 India 7 Ind Inf Div
1943.08 Burma
1944.04 India
1945.04 Burma
1945 Burma
1947 India?
1948 Germany: Iserlohn 2nd Div
1947.09.11 reduced to nil strength
1948.09.09 reconstituted in Berlin from personnel of 2nd Battalion
1948 Germany
1954.03 Malaya & Singapore
1957.02 Germany: Minden 5 Bde
1959.10.14 amalgamated with 1st Bn, The East Surrey Regiment, to form 1st Bn, The Queen's Royal Surrey Regiment

1881.07.01 2nd Battalion, The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)
1881 India: Bengal
1883 Subathu
1885 Cawnpore
1886 Burma
1888 India: Umballa
<1892> Dinapore
1894 England: Woking
1899.10 South Africa 2 Inf Bde
1904 England: Shorncliffe
1906 Colchester
1910 Gibraltar
1912 Bermuda
1914 South Africa
1914.10 France and Flanders 7 Div
1917.11 Italy 91 Bde, 7 Div
1918.11 Italy
1919 India: Delhi
1921 2nd Battalion, The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey)
1921 NW Frontier: Landi Kotal
1923 Allahabad
1925 Lucknow
1926 Sudan
1927 England: Dover 12 Bde
1931 Aldershot 1 Bde
1935 Parkhurst 9 Bde
1939 Palestine
1940.01 Middle East 16 Inf Bde
1941.06.17 Syria 16 Bde, 6 Div
1941.09.19 Middle East 16 Inf Bde
1942.03 Ceylon
1943.02 India
1944.01 Burma
1944.05 India
1944.10 India 23 Inf Bde
1945.05 India 36 Inf Bde
1947 Berlin
1948.09.09 reduced to nil strength (personnel to reconstitute 1st Battalion in Berlin)
1948.11.21 disbanded