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| 1859: | 2nd Surrey RVC raised │ |
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| 1860: | part of 1st Administrative Battalion of Surrey Rifle Volunteers |
13th Surrey RVC raised 14th Surrey RVC raised 17th Surrey RVC raised 18th Surrey RVC raised │ all part of 3rd Administrative Battalion of Surrey Rifle Volunteers │ |
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| 1861: | 22nd Surrey RVC raised │ |
23rd Surrey RVC raised │ |
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| 1862: | 25th Surrey RVC(Ⅰ) raised 25th Surrey RVC(Ⅰ) becomes 24th(Ⅱ) │ |
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| 1867: | 2nd Surrey Rifle Volunteer Corps │ |
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| 1868: | │ │ │ │ |
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22nd Surrey RVC disbanded │ |
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14th Surrey RVC disbanded │ |
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| Consolidation and renumbering of the Volunteer Force | ||||||||||
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4th Surrey Rifle Volunteer Corps |
6th Surrey Rifle Volunteer Corps |
8th Surrey Rifle Volunteer Corps |
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| 1883: | 1st Volunteer Battalion, The Queen’s (Royal West Surrey Regiment) |
2nd Volunteer Battalion, The Queen’s (Royal West Surrey Regiment) |
3rd Volunteer Battalion, The Queen’s (Royal West Surrey Regiment) |
4th Volunteer Battalion, The Queen’s (Royal West Surrey Regiment) |
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| Creation of the Territorial Force | ||||||||||
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| 1908: | 4th Battalion, The Queen’s (Royal West Surrey Regiment) (TF) |
5th Battalion, The Queen’s (Royal West Surrey Regiment) (TF) |
22nd (County of London) Battalion, The London Regiment (The Queen’s) (TF) |
24th (County of London) Battalion, The London Regiment (The Queen’s) (TF) |
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| 1914/ 1918: |
1/4th Battalion, 2/4th Battalion, 3/4th Battalion, 4/4th Battalion, The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) │ |
1/5th Battalion, 2/5th Battalion, 3/5th Battalion, The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) │ │ |
1/22nd (County of London) Battalion, 2/22nd (County of London) Battalion, 3/22nd (County of London) Battalion, The London Regiment) (The Queen’s) │ │ |
1/24th (County of London) Battalion, 2/24th (County of London) Battalion, 3/24th (County of London) Battalion, The London Regiment) (The Queen’s) │ │ |
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| Creation of the Territorial Army | ||||||||||
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| 1921: | 4th Battalion, The Queen’s Royal Regiment (West Surrey) (TA) │ |
5th Battalion, The Queen’s Royal Regiment (West Surrey) (TA) │ |
22nd (County of London) Battalion, The London Regiment (The Queen’s) (TA) │ |
24th (County of London) Battalion, The London Regiment (The Queen’s) (TA) │ |
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24th London Regiment (The Queen’s) (TA) |
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| 1924: | Surrey Group Anti-Aircraft Searchlight Companies, Royal Engineers (TA) │ |
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| 1935: | 30th (Surrey) Anti-Aircraft Battalion, Royal Engineers (TA) │ |
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6th (Bermondsey) Battalion, The Queen’s Royal Regiment (West Surrey) (TA) │ |
7th (Southwark) Battalion, The Queen’s Royal Regiment (West Surrey) (TA) │ |
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4th Battalion, The Queen’s Royal Regiment (West Surrey) (63rd Searchlight Regiment) (TA) │ |
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1/5th Battalion, 2/5th Battalion, The Queen’s Royal Regiment (West Surrey) │ |
1/6th (Bermondsey) Battalion, 2/6th (Bermondsey) Battalion, The Queen’s Royal Regiment (West Surrey) │ |
1/7th (Southwark) Battalion, 2/7th (Southwark) Battalion, The Queen’s Royal Regiment (West Surrey) │ |
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| 1940: | 30th (Surrey) Searchlight Regiment, Royal Artillery │ │ |
63rd (4th Bn, The Queen’s Royal Regiment) Searchlight Regiment, Royal Artillery |
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127th (Queen’s) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery │ |
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| 1947: | 565th Searchlight Regiment, Royal Artillery (Surrey) (TA) │ │ |
598th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (Queen’s) (TA) │ │ |
5th Battalion, The Queen’s Royal Regiment (West Surrey) (TA) │ │ |
6th (Bermondsey) Battalion, The Queen’s Royal Regiment (West Surrey) (TA) │ │ |
622th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (7th Bn The Queen’s Royal Regiment) (TA) │ |
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| 1949: | 565th (Mixed) Light Anti-Aircraft/ Searchlight Regiment, Royal Artillery (Surrey) (TA) │ |
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| 1952: | │ │ │ │ │ |
598th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (4th Bn, The Queen’s Royal Regiment) (TA) │ |
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| from 566th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (City of London Rifles) (TA) │ |
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| 1955: | P (City of London Rifles) Battery, S (City of London Rifles) Battery |
R (Surrey) Battery, 565th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) │ |
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R (Queen’s) Battery, S (Queen’s) Battery, 570th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) |
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| 1961: | 3rd Battalion, The Queen’s Royal Surrey Regiment (TA) |
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| Creation of the Territorial and Army Volunteer Reserve | ||||||||||
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| 1967: | disbanded and formed A Company (Queen’s Surreys), 5th (Volunteer) Battalion, The Queen’s Regiment and D Company, 6th (Territorial) Battalion, The Queen’s Regiment (Queen’s Surreys) |
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