War diary of the 16th battalion the queens royal west surrey. Additional operational records for the royal naval division can be found in adm 7. Queens royal surrey regiment regiment history, war. Diaries kept by surrey soldiers on the front line during the first world war are now available on the internet. Additionally, there is a growing collection of personal photograph albums, diaries and items relating to the regiment, which have been donated by former members of the regiment or their relatives. Here is the full list of battalions that were raised in world war two.
Introduction to the war diaries, 19141918 of the queens royal west surrey. Half of the 1st border regiment were to assist from estcourt. The battalion war diaries for the queens royal west surrey and. Summary of the arrangement of the records of the queens royal. British army the queens royal regiment west surrey. Introduction to the war diaries, 19141918 of the queens royal west surrey and the east surrey regiment. Queens royal west surrey regiment rough register of recruits 19141917. During the first world war men from the queens royal west surrey regiment served in france, belgium, italy, india, gallipoli, afghanistan, palestine the 1st and 2nd battalions were prewar regulars. The war diaries of the 27 queens royal west surrey regiment. The queens royal regiment west surrey was a line infantry regiment of the english and. Over two million american servicemen passed through britain during the second world war.
Different parts of the collection cover units serving in. The territorial force was reformed in 1920, becoming the territorial army in 1921. Want to know more about the royal west surrey queens regiment. The queens royal surrey regiment was formed in 1959 when the queens royal regiment west surrey and the east surrey regiment were amalgamated. Discharged from the royal naval volunteer reserves. 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. Queens royal west surrey regiment forces war records. January 1918 please use the comments box below if you can provide more information about this person. The regiment was formed in 1881 under the childers reforms by the amalgamation of the 31st huntingdonshire regiment of foot, the 70th surrey regiment of foot, the 1st royal surrey militia and the 3rd royal surrey militia. Get a daytoday look at what your ancestors unit was up to during the first world war with these war diaries. Since 1751 the regiment had been the 2nd queens royal regiment in the line but in 1881 they were given the territorial title of the queens royal west surrey regiment. Steps have been taken to make the documents searchable and copypaste friendly, however not all text has been correctly captured.
British military store is a small family owned business, we offer high quality products which we are happy to say have received outstanding feedback. Can anyone help me, im trying to find the 7th queens royal west surrey trench position on the morning of 1st of july 2016. Research reveals tragic story of surreys ww1 regiments get. Additional name information from the lives of the first world war website. Troops of the 6th service battalion, queens royal west surrey regiment eating dinner in the trenches.
See more ideas about surrey, british army and british uniforms. In 1966 it was absorbed into the queens regiment, with a headquarters in canterbury, thus ending the association of the county of surrey with a regular regiment of the british army. First off i would like to apologise for the lack of posts since christmas, unfortunately real life and other projects have had to take precedent but i can now fully focus on the blog and telling the story of the 1st battalion royal west kent regiment from march 1915 hopefully to november 1918. War record of the 21st london regiment first surrey. Queens royal west surrey regiment boer war medals 19011903. John white aged 23 kia 26031915 private queens own royal west kent regiment 1st bn. Queens royal west surrey regiment surrey in the great war. The queens royal west surrey regiment british empire. Home learning learning resources great war west sussex 191418 the royal sussex regiment battalion war diaries battalion war diaries find here all surviving war diaries for rsr battalions involved in the great war, plus the campaign against the bolsheviks in. Dedicated to the men who fought and died for the royal west surrey regiment during the great war. I tried the archives of the queens royal west surrey regiment, but they informed me all service records had been forwarded to the national archives, many years ago. The first world war has always held a certain grim fascination its sheer magnitude, the horrific casualties, the bravery, the patriotism, the amazing logistical challenges and the speed of mobilisation. Horace j aldous, pte, queens royal west surrey regiment, killed in palestine 1918 in the hills of palestine. The years of defeat, 193941 history of the royal regiment of artillery the second world war 193945 by sir martin farndale and peter arnett 28 jul 1999.
Good man dave, youre a fine fella in my book for sharing these. These records are the unit war diaries of the british army in the first world war and are held by the national archives in record series wo 95. The battalion war diaries for the queens royal west surrey and east surrey regiments, 1914 1918, have been digitised and are now available online on the website of the queens royal surrey regimental museum. The queens royal west surrey regiment was the second oldest regiment of the line, the 2nd foot. This volume of the regimental history is the story of the regiment in the great war during which the original five battalions two regular, one special reserve and two territorial expanded to twentyseven, five of which were raised as labour battalions. The queens royal west surrey regiment the east surrey. Among the first to fight at the famous battles at mons and on. Harold sailed for india on 31st october 1914, was six months in lucknow and six months at fyzabad brigade staff office, leaving for the persian gulf on 1st december 1915. Sep 01, 2014 research reveals tragic story of surreys ww1 regiments. West surrey regiment queens in the great war the wartime. A war diary provides the most complete firsthand record of how and where that unit was deployed, and the wartime experiences of its individual members. History of the queens royal west surrey regiment in the. British army, queens royal west regiment 19011918 contains three sets of records held at the surrey history centre queens royal west surrey regiment boer war medals 19011903. Nov 20, 2016 10 th queens rws regiment thank you for your email of 14 december concerning the war diary of 10 th battalion, queens royal west surrey regiment in october 1916.
The 1st battalion had served in the china war of 1860 and had been in india from 1966 to 1879. In 1702 a regiment of marines was raised in the west country by george. During the napoleonic wars, the regiment first fought in the peninsular war at the battles of vimeiro and corunna. In 2003 surrey history centre was privileged to take in the records of the queens royal surrey regiment and its distinguished predecessors, which had formerly been housed at the regimental museum at clandon park the regiment was formed in 1959 when the queens royal regiment west surrey and the east surrey regiment were amalgamated. My great uncle john reardon died on the first day of the somme and i am going to revisit flanders in summer 2020. The great war diaries 1914 1919 of the queens royal west surrey. Records of the queens royal regiment west surrey, formerly the 2nd foot, 16622007, under the reference qrws. Queens royal west surrey regiment regiment history, war. Frederick, lineage book of british land forces 16601978, volume i, 1984. A c indge kia 26031915 private queens own royal west kent regiment 1st bn.
Photos, obituaries and short service records all available to view and download. The queens royal regiment west surrey this infantry unit was raised in 1661, making it the oldest english line regiment in the british army. The queens royal west surrey regiment axis history forum. Online shopping from a great selection at books store. The 2nd west yorks led the attack and were the last to retire, suffering most of the casualties. The books appear by antecedent regiment order, that is all the royal berkshire regiment, followed by the wiltshire regiment, then the derr, the rgbw, the rifles, 1 wessex. The 25 battalions of the queens royal regiment west surrey, the 18. I have attached copies of the missing pages of the war diary, which are available on the family history website. Click here to find out more about the collection records of the east surrey regiment, formerly the 31st huntingdonshire regiment and the 70th surrey regiment, 17022003, under the reference esr. Records of the queens royal regiment west surrey, formerly the 2nd foot.
Royal west surrey regiment archives page 4 of 6 ww1 roll. The queens royal regiment west surrey was a line infantry regiment of the english and later the british army from 1661 to 1959. The 4th battalion, queens royal regiment west surrey 4th queens was a volunteer unit of the british army from 1859 to 1961. Queens royal regiment west surrey british military store. Ts transcript 10pp of the official war diary of the 16th battalion the queens royal west surrey regiment 44th division for the campaign in france and belgium, 15 may 1940 31 may 1940 and covering in detail their preparations for and determined defence of positions along the escaut canal and their subsequent withdrawal to and evacuation from dunkirk.
Surrey county council the queens royal surrey regiment. Duke of wellingtons west riding regiment this page summarises records created by this organisation the summary includes a brief description of the collections usually including the covering dates of the collection, the name of the archive where they are held, and reference information to help you find the collection. British army war diaries 19141922 the national archives. The east surrey were in the second line, the border regiment and 2nd queens being in reserve. His regiment was actually 1st battalion, the queens royal west surrey and i do know he was in egypt in 1919.
In the same year, the regiment was restyled the queens royal regiment west surrey which remained its official title until the end of its existence. Royal west surrey queens regiment in the second world. Records for the east surrey regiment include enlistment registers, transfers in registers, and nominal rolls of officers. This tag is allocated to all individuals listed on this website who served in the royal west surrey regiment.
Harold sailed for india on 31st october 1914, was six months in lucknow and six months at fyzabad. War diaries from national archive unit war diaries. The regiment had its first indian posting in bengal 184857, before fighting in the maori wars 184566 in new zealand and then went on to fight during the second afghan war 187880. In 1959 the east surrey regiment was amalgamated with the queens royal regiment west surrey to form the the queens royal surrey regiment. He joined the 5th queens west surrey territorials in november 1912 and volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war. The east surrey regiment 1996 journal of the east surrey regiment 19201959 administrative biographical background. See more ideas about surrey, british army and world war. Ancestry can be used free of charge in surrey libraries and at surrey history centre. I beg to differ that the queens regiment is an west surrey regiment not an london regiment. An archive of first world war research information on soldiers in the queens royal west surrey regiment.
A new post with his name and 26 lancs fusiliers in the title should attract the attention of that regiment s experts. The world war ii war diary from the west ns regt has been reproduced here in electronic format. Queens royal west surrey regiment the long, long trail. All i know about was that he was injured early on in the war somewhere on the canals the albert canal seems to stick in my mind. The records for the queens royal west surrey regiment include enlistment registers and wwii honors indexes. This is especially true of the handwritten entries or where the copy quality was low. History of the queens royal west surrey regiment in. The east surrey regiment was created in 1881 from the amalgamation of the 31st huntingdonshire regiment, which became the 1st battalion, and the 70th surrey regiment, which became the 2nd. Albert james heasman 11th battalion queens royal west surrey regiment d. It existed until 1959 when it was merged into the queens royal surrey regiment. Royal west surrey regiment archives ww1 roll of honour. In 1944, at the height of activity, up to half a million were based there with the united states army air forces usaaf. I am trying to work out where roughly the fields are that. British army, queens royal west surrey regiment 19011918.
Published books on the regimental history of the regiments by various authors covering either the whole history of a battalionregiment or a specific period of time or war as well as some other regiments books. I know that my grandfather enlisted in the royal west surrey regiment on 1st september 1914 thanks to the surrey history centres excellent rough register of recruits to the regiment. The east surrey regiment was a line infantry regiment of the british army in existence from 1881 until 1959. The commonwealth war graves commission has 8,539 recorded ww1 deaths for the queens, royal west surrey regiment. Uk, wwi war diaries france, belgium and germany, 19141920.
The information found in the war diaries varies greatly and is dependent on the ability of the junior officer responsible for writing the war diary on a daytoday basis. Queens royal regiment west surrey military wiki fandom. A new archive uploaded by the royal surrey regiment association fleshes out the. You do not need to include the word regiment, battalion or brigade.
Beginning from small independent units recruited in the south london suburbs, it was attached to the queens royal regiment west surrey and served in the second boer war, world war i and third angloafghan war. Harold godden kia 26031915 private queens own royal west kent regiment 1st bn. The regimental records do not include information on every soldier who. These records are the unit war diaries of the british army in the first world war. With the outbreak of war, william did not join up immediately, and it was only on 12 or january that he travelled to guildford to enlist with the queens royal west surrey regiment, becoming private g4189 the g standing for general service, indicating a wartime enlistment. An archive of first world war research information on soldiers in the east surrey regiment. They are not personal diaries try the imperial war museum or local record offices for those.
War diary of the 16th battalion the queens royal west. Uk, wwi war diaries gallipoli and dardanelles, 19141916. The history of the royal artillery in northwest europe, part 1. The queens royal regiment west surrey national army. East surrey regiment for sale in uk view 25 bargains. Queens royal west surrey regiment during ww1 the regiment formed 28 battalions and was awarded 74 battle honours and 4 victoria crosses, losing 8,000 men during the course of the first world war. In 1959, the regiment was amalgamated with the east surrey.
War diary, 27 queens royal regiment, anzio ww2talk. History of the queens royal west surrey regiment in the great war despite the fact that the book gets off to the worst possible start by placing the brackets on the cover in the wrong place its queens royal west surrey regiment, not queens royal west surrey regiment this is good account of the regiment during the first world war. The queens royal surrey regiment was an infantry regiment of the british army. Nicknamed the mutton lancers from the lamb and flag regimental badge. The battalion remained in india until the outbreak of the first world war. At willow grange, 22nd november, the east surrey supported the west yorks in the assault, and in his report, dated 24th november, general hildyard said, the behaviour of all ranks of the 2nd east surrey regiment when engaged was satisfactory under great difficulties. These two regiments were amalgamated in 1959 to form the queens.
The collection includes official documents, books, maps, photographs, war diaries, papers, regimental music and film footage. War record of the 21st london regiment first surrey rifles 19141919. The queens royal regiment west surrey, the 2nd of foot, was englands oldest infantry regiment formed in 1661. Duke of wellingtons west riding regiment the national archives. Find your heroes and veterans from the great war in this collection of medal and award rolls. The east surrey regiment was formed in 1881 by the amalgamation of the 31st who first paraded in 1702 as a marine regiment and the 70th who were raised in 1758. It was the senior english line infantry regiment of the british army, behind only the royal scots in the british army. Some characters in the book are even real people for example, the proprietor of the college arms pub, maybury. As a consequence of defence cuts in the late 1950s, the queens royal regiment west surrey and the east surrey regiment were amalgamated on 14 october 1959 to form the 1st battalion, queens royal surrey regiment. I have been unable to find any other details of his service but i recently found his royal air force service recor.
History of the east surrey regiment, by daniell, david scott and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. The queens royal regiment west surrey 2nd foot jock. Personal papers accumulated by a small minority of the many thousands of soldiers who served with the queens royal regiment west surrey and its predecessors are held by surrey history centre under the reference qrws30. War diaries of the first world war library and archives.
The east surrey regiment was a line infantry regiment of the british army in existence from. Aug 05, 20 his medal roll is for the lf ors in wo 329987 and the war diary for the merged 6th bn for march 1918 is in wo 953140 which is also in kew but is due to be digitised and online sometime before the cenetary. The regiment is the oldest english line infantry regiment in the british army as it was first raised in 1661 as the earl of peterboroughs regiment of foot. War diary of the 16th battalion the queens royal west surrey regiment, may 1940.