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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 ...
The Duke of Lancaster's Regiment - 1 + 1 battalions [14] The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers - 1 + 1 battalions [14] The Royal Anglian Regiment - 2 + 1 battalions [14] The Royal Yorkshire Regiment - 2 + 1 battalions [14] The Royal Welsh - 1 + 1 battalions [14] The Mercian Regiment - 1 + 1 battalions [14] The Royal Irish Regiment - 1 + 1 battalion [14]
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.
4th Battalion, Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment (Queen's and Royal Hampshires) 4th Battalion, Duke of Lancaster's Regiment (King's, Lancashire and Border) 5th Battalion, Royal Regiment of Fusiliers; 3rd Battalion, Royal Anglian Regiment; 4th Battalion, Royal Yorkshire Regiment (14th/15th, 19th & 33rd/76th Foot) 4th Battalion, Mercian Regiment ...
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)