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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 Queen: 1976: Sat 12 June: 2nd Battalion Coldstream Guards: The Queen: 1977: Sat 11 June: 1st Battalion Scots Guards: The Queen: 25th Trooping by the Queen, held as part of her nationwide Silver Jubilee celebrations 1978: Sat 3 June: 2nd Battalion Grenadier Guards: The Queen: 1979: Sat 16 June: 2nd Battalion Scots Guards: The Queen: 1980 ...
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 ...
This is a list of British Regular Army regiments after the Army restructuring caused by the 1957 Defence White Paper.The paper set out the reduction in size of the Army to 165,000 following the end of National Service and the change to an entirely voluntary army; units were to be disbanded or amalgamated over two phases, to be completed in 1959 and 1962.
1994 – 1st Battalion, The Queen's Lancashire Regiment becomes the last British battalion to leave Berlin. 30 June 1997 – 1st Battalion, The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) becomes the last British unit to leave Hong Kong. 1998 – The Strategic Defence Review white paper is published. 1999 – Kosovo War begins.
The following is a hierarchical outline for the structure of the British Army in 1989. [1] [2] The most authoritative source for this type of information available is Ministry of Defence (Army Department), Master Order of Battle, (ASD 6500-25 Ministry of Defence, 1991) [3] [4] [5] and United Kingdom Land Forces, HQ UKLF, UKLF ORBAT Review Action Plan, HQ UKLF, 1990.
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 ...