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A portrait of Moses Montefiore wearing the uniform of a Surrey Militia officer.. The Surrey Militia was an auxiliary [a] military force in Surrey, England.From their formal organisation as trained bands in 1558 until their final service as the Special Reserve, the Militia regiments of the county served in home defence in all of Britain's major wars.
The Surrey Trained Bands were a part-time military force in Surrey in the Home counties of England from 1558 until they were reconstituted as the Surrey Militia in 1662. They were periodically embodied for home defence, for example in the army mustered at Tilbury during the Armada Campaign of 1588, and they saw some active service during the English Civil War.
The 3rd Royal Surrey Militia, later the 4th Battalion, East Surrey Regiment was an auxiliary [a] regiment raised 1853 in Surrey in the Home counties of England. The regiment's role was to serve in home defence, but it saw active service during the Second Boer War, and trained thousands of reinforcements during World War I, one of its new officers winning a Victoria Cross.
The 1st Royal Surrey Militia, later the 3rd Battalion, East Surrey Regiment was an auxiliary [a] regiment raised in Surrey in the Home Counties of England. From its formal creation in 1759 the regiment served in home defence in all of Britain's major wars until 1918, seeing active service in the Second Boer War and supplying reinforcements to the East Surreys during World War I.
The 2nd Royal Surrey Militia, later the 3rd Battalion, Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) was an auxiliary [a] regiment raised in Surrey in the Home counties of England. From its formal creation in 1797 the regiment served in home defence in all of Britain's major wars.
The East Surrey Regiment was a line infantry regiment of the British Army in existence from 1881 until 1959. The regiment was formed in 1881 under the Childers Reforms by the amalgamation of the 31st (Huntingdonshire) Regiment of Foot, the 70th (Surrey) Regiment of Foot, the 1st Royal Surrey Militia and the 3rd Royal Surrey Militia.
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 Surrey Local Militia; 1st Surrey Supplementary Militia; 2nd Royal Surrey Militia; 2nd Surrey Local Militia; 3rd (1st Royal Surrey Militia) Battalion, East Surrey Regiment; 3rd (2nd Royal Surrey Militia) Battalion, Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) 3rd Royal Surrey Militia; 3rd Surrey Local Militia; 4th (3rd Royal Surrey Militia ...