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The Queen's Regiment (QUEENS) was an infantry regiment of the British Army formed in 1966 through the amalgamation of the four regiments of the Home Counties Brigade. Then, until 1971 the regiment remained one of the largest regiments in the army, with 10 battalions, however these were reduced to just six, and later five battalions.
When the 2nd (The Queen's Royal) Regiment of Foot became The Queen's (Royal West Surrey) Regiment in 1881 under the Cardwell-Childers reforms of the British Armed Forces, [1] it became the county regiment of West Surrey, and one pre-existent militia and four volunteer battalions of West Surrey were integrated into the structure of the Queen's Royal Regiment.
2nd Battalion Scots Guards: The Queen: 1962: Sat 2 June: 2nd Battalion Coldstream Guards: The Queen: 10th Trooping by the Queen. The Duke of Edinburgh was in North America [34] 1963: Sat 8 June: 2nd Battalion Grenadier Guards: The Queen: Seven Guards on parade; the Queen rode a grey horse named "Doctor" 1964: Sat 13 June: 1st Battalion ...
October 1980 – April 1981: 3rd Battalion, Royal Anglian Regiment [52] April 1981 – October 1981: 1st Battalion, Green Howards [53] October 1981 – April 1982: 2nd Battalion, Queen's Regiment [54] April 1982 – October 1982: 1st Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment [55] October 1982 – April 1983: 2nd Battalion, Grenadier Guards [56]
16th/5th The Queen's Royal Lancers; Royal Tank Regiment. ... 2nd Battalion, Parachute Regiment; ... (1980). British Warships Since 1945 - Part 1.
The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey) was a line infantry regiment of the English and later the British Army from 1661 to 1959. [1] It was the senior English line infantry regiment of the British Army, behind only the Royal Scots in the British Army line infantry order of precedence.
Rifle inspection for men of the 2nd Battalion, Dorsetshire Regiment at Rumegies, 14 February 1940. During the Second World War , the 5th Brigade was again part of the 2nd Infantry Division and was sent to France in 1939 shortly after the outbreak of war, where it joined the British Expeditionary Force .
1st Battalion, Queen's Royal Surrey Regiment (1962–1964) 1st Battalion, Durham Light Infantry (1963-1965) 3rd Battalion, Green Jackets (The Rifle Brigade) (February to June 1965, 4 month acclimatisation before Jungle Warfare School training in Malaya.) 1st Battalion, Queen's Own Buffs, The Royal Kent Regiment (1965-1966, Gun Club Hill Barracks)