It served with the British Army until 1992, when it was merged into The Princess of Wales’s Royal Regiment. As a Lance Corporal he transferred to the 2/7th (Southwark) Battalion of the Queen's Royal Regiment, part of the 169th Brigade, 56th Division. However, what really caught my eye was the dedication, to Colonel John Davis of the 3rd Surrey. Queen’s Royal Regiment. Add a Name to this List The Commonwealth War Graves Commission has 513 recorded WW1 deaths for the 11th (Service) Battalion, (Lewisham), Queen's Own, (Royal West Kent Regiment). on Pinterest. Cpl. £19.26. A response has been received from the MoD, regarding this search, unfortunately the wished-for outcome has not occurred. £2.65. The 1957 Defence White Paper stated that the Buffs was due to amalgamated with the Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment, to form the Queen's Own Buffs, The Royal Kent Regiment on the 1 … This Regiment subsequently became part of a new Queen's Regiment formed on 31st December 1966 1992.09.09 amalgamated with 2nd Battalion, 3rd Battalion, and 1st Bn, The Royal Hampshire Regiment, to form 1st Bn, The Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment, and 2nd Bn, The Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment 1 Battalion, The Queen's (Royal West Surrey) Regiment Captain Brown enlisted on 5 August 1914 and served with A Company. 10.0 X 7.8 cm. In 1907, prior to the advent of the Territorial Force, the 1st Volunteer Battalion had a strength of 869 out of an establishment of 1,280. The same applies to 1/6th and 1/7th Battalions Queen's Royal Regiment. The Queen’s Royal Hussars still uses the famous Cypher of The Queen’s Own as part of the Cap Badge and Rank Badges and proudly wears the “Maid of Warsaw” earned by The 7th in World War II. Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey) (d.13th September 1944), Pte Leslie Apps 2/7th Battalion Queens Royal Regiment (West Surrey), L/Cpl. Percy Eric George Figg 2/7th Btn. Age 23. Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps Queen's Gurkha Engineers Queen's Gurkha Signals Queen's Own Yeomanry Queen's Royal Hussars Queen's University Officer Training Corps Regional Command The Rifles Royal Anglian Regiment Royal Anglian 2nd Battalion 'The Poachers' Royal Armoured Corps ***** 24th September : Blighty Valley. View the catalogue description for. - 2/7th Battalion, Royal West Surrey (Queens) Regiment during the Second World War -. 6th/7th (Volunteer) Battalion, The Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment (Queen's and Royal Hampshires) 1992.09.09 Reorganised in three rifle company establishment with HQ at Horsham, absorbing Hampshire elements 2nd Battalion, The Wessex Regiment; D Company disbanded; E Company disbanded We are a Victorian re-enactment society based in Guildford, Surrey. Robert Barras Brown 2/7th Btn. Son of Lewis & Frances Payne. P&P: + £10.00 P&P . AU $5.19. Description Postage and payments. Please ensure the tag is appropriate for the record. The Regiment is "The Infantry Regiment" of South East England, including most of London and stems directly from the following county Regiments of Surrey, Kent, Sussex and Middlesex. 121st Company, Labour Corps. Oxford Road Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. 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