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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.
There is a marble memorial plaque in the Chapel of the Queen's Royal Regiment at Holy Trinity Church, Guildford, to the 12 men of the battalion who died during the Second Boer War. [ 109 ] [ 110 ] The monument in the Chapel to the 11,000 men of the Queen's Regiment who died in World War I and World War II is a large wooden panel with a central ...
8th (Volunteer) Battalion, The Queen's Fusiliers (City of London) (8 QF [3]) -> formed in 1988 as hybrid TA unit between Queen's Regiment and Royal Regiment of Fusiliers Following the reorganisation of the TA in 1999, the Queen's Division was reduced to just six regular battalions (two in each regiment) and just three TA battalions (one in each).
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.
1st Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, 17 January 1940 – 15 May 1941 / 30 May 1941 – 11 June 1941; 2nd Battalion, Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey), 24 January 1940 – 22 October 1944; 2nd Battalion, King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster), 11 June 1941 – 25 September 1943 / 15 October 1944 – 28 October 1944
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 ...
It was initially formed from the 2nd Battalion, The Queen's Westminsters, a motorized infantry unit, which was joined by a cavalry unit, the 23rd Hussars, three days later, on 30 December. [3] Just over a week later, on 8 January 1941, the 23rd Hussars were replaced by the 22nd Dragoons , [ 3 ] and on 28 January the brigade was transferred to ...