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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.
The battalion wore the Queen's Regiment badge (the Paschal Lamb) on cloth service caps. During initial training the ORs wore an embroidered cloth shoulder title with 'BATTERSEA' in dark blue or white on a khaki arc. This was discarded on leaving for active service and the standard 'QUEEN'S' brass shoulder title was used.
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.
The Queen's Royal Surrey Regiment was a line infantry regiment of the British Army which existed from 1959 to 1966. In 1966, it was amalgamated with the Queen's Own Buffs, The Royal Kent Regiment, the Royal Sussex Regiment and the Middlesex Regiment (Duke of Cambridge's Own) to form the Queen's Regiment, which later merged with the Royal Hampshire Regiment in September 1992 to form the ...
In May 1916 the VTCs were brought under the County Territorial Associations, and the unit became the 1st Battalion, Surrey Volunteer Regiment, then on 1 March 1918 the 1st (Croydon) and 12th Surrey Bns merged to become 1st Volunteer Battalion, The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment), virtually recreating the pre-1908 title and role of the 4th ...
In 1791 the regiment became the 41st Regiment of Line Infantry when the former titles of the Royal Army were abolished. [3] With the restoration of the Monarchy in 1815 the 2nd Regiment of Line Infantry was renamed as the Régiment de la Reine. In the course of a general restructuring of the army in 1816, this traditional title was finally ...
The uniform of the 6th Surrey RVC was scarlet with blue facings, the same as the Queen's Regiment. [5] [6] [7] The battalion later adopted the Paschal Lamb badge of the Queen's Regiment, which it retained as a battalion of the London Regiment. On conversion to the TF the battalion adopted the full dress of the Queen's (scarlet with blue facings ...
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.