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Henry Mordaunt, 2nd Earl of Peterborough, founder of the regiment. The regiment was raised in 1661 by Henry Mordaunt, 2nd Earl of Peterborough as The Earl of Peterborough's Regiment of Foot on Putney Heath (then in Surrey) specifically to garrison the new English acquisition of Tangier, part of Catherine of Braganza's dowry when she married King Charles II. [4]
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.
Royal Regiment of Scotland: 2: 2nd (Queen's Royal) Regiment of Foot [25] 1661 Raised 1 October 1661, as the Tangier Regiment [25] 1881: The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment: 3: 3rd (or the Buffs) Regiment of Foot 1751–1782. 3rd (East Kent – the Buffs) Regiment of Foot 1782–1881 [26] 1665 Raised 1572 ...
This, the Tangier Regiment (later, the 2nd Regiment of Foot and, later still, the Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey); in 1966 this became the Queen's Regiment and then in 1992 the Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment which still carries the Battle Honour Tangier 1662-80 on its Regimental Colour) was mustered on Putney Heath on 14 October 1661. [1]
78th (Highlanders) Regiment of Foot (The Ross-shire Buffs) Gordon Highlanders. 75th (Stirlingshire) Regiment of Foot; 92nd (Gordon Highlanders) Regiment of Foot; Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders. 79th (The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders) Regiment of Foot; Royal Irish Rifles. 83rd (County of Dublin) Regiment of Foot; 86th (Royal County Down ...
Under the 'Localisation of the Forces' scheme introduced by the Cardwell Reforms of 1872, militia regiments were brigaded with their local regular and Volunteer battalions – for the 2nd RSM this was with the two battalions of the 2nd (Queen's Royal) Regiment of Foot in Sub-District No 48 (County of Surrey) at Guildford. A planned second ...
In 1959, the regiment was amalgamated with the Border Regiment to form the King's Own Royal Border Regiment. Previous names include the 2nd Tangier Regiment, Her Royal Highness the Duchess of York and Albany's Regiment of Foot, The Queen's Regiment of Foot, and The King's Own Regiment.
The Royal Marines, as the descendant of the old Army marine regiments of the 17th and 18th centuries, were included in the Order of Precedence after the descendant of the 49th Foot (the Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Light Infantry (RGBWLI)), which was the last line regiment of foot formed prior to the formation of the Royal ...