Great Britain (Volunteers)

East Surrey

	Formation of the Volunteer Force
1859:	1st Surrey RVC raised 3rd Surrey RVC raised │ │	2nd Surrey RVC raised 4th Surrey RVC raised 8th Surrey RVC raised │		6th Surrey RVC raised 9th Surrey RVC raised │ │	7th Surrey RVC raised │ │ │
1860:	merged as 1st Surrey (South London) Rifle Volunteer Corps │ │ │ │ │	20th Surrey RVC raised │ all part of 1st Administrative Battalion of Surrey Rifle Volunteers │ │ │ │	21st Surrey RVC raised │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │	11th Surrey RVC raised 12th Surrey RVC raised 15th Surrey RVC raised 16th Surrey RVC raised │ all part of 2nd Administrative Battalion of Surrey Rifle Volunteers │	7th Surrey Rifle Volunteer Corps │ │ │ │ │ │ │
1861:	│ │	│ │	24th Surrey RVC(Ⅰ) raised │	│ │	│ │
1862:	│ │ │	11th Surrey RVC ← 25th Surrey RVC(Ⅱ) raised │	│ 24th Surrey RVC(Ⅰ) disbanded │	← 11th Surrey RVC to │ │	│ │ │
1863:	│ │ │	21st Surrey RVC added 20th Surrey RVC disbanded │		│ │ │	│ │ │
1866:	│ │	21st Surrey RVC disbanded │		│ │	│ │
1867:	│ │	│ │	2nd Surrey Rifle Volunteer Corps	│ │	│ │
1868:	│ │	│ │		16th Surrey RVC disbanded │	│ │
1875:	│ │	26th Surrey RVC raised │		│ │	│ │
	Consolidation and renumbering of the Volunteer Force
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1880:	│ │ │ │ │ │	26th Surrey RVC absorbed by 7th → │ consolidated as 4th Surrey Rifle Volunteer Corps │		consolidated as 6th Surrey Rifle Volunteer Corps │ │ │	→ absorbed 26th Surrey RVC │ │ │ │ │
1880:	│ │	3rd Surrey Rifle Volunteer Corps		5th Surrey Rifle Volunteer Corps	│ │
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	The creation of the territorial regiments by the Childers reforms
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1881:	volunteer battalion of The East Surrey Regiment see also the Regular Battalions and the Militia Battalions │	volunteer battalion of The East Surrey Regiment see also the Regular Battalions and the Militia Battalions │		volunteer battalion of The East Surrey Regiment see also the Regular Battalions and the Militia Battalions │	volunteer battalion of The East Surrey Regiment see also the Regular Battalions and the Militia Battalions │
1887:	│ │	2nd Volunteer Battalion, The East Surrey Regiment		3rd Volunteer Battalion, The East Surrey Regiment	4th Volunteer Battalion, The East Surrey Regiment
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1891:	1st Surrey (South London) Volunteer Rifle Corps │	│ │ │ │		│ │ │ │	│ │ │ │
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	Creation of the Territorial Force
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1908:	21st (County of London) Battalion, The London Regiment (TF) (First Surrey Rifles)	5th Battalion, The East Surrey Regiment (TF)		6th Battalion, The East Surrey Regiment (TF)	23rd (County of London) Battalion, The London Regiment (TF)
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1914/ 1918:	1/21st (County of London) Battalion, 2/21st (County of London) Battalion, 3/21st (County of London) Battalion, The London Regiment (First Surrey Rifles) │	1/5th Battalion, 2/5th Battalion, 3/5th Battalion, The East Surrey Regiment │ │		1/6th Battalion, 2/6th Battalion, 3/6th Battalion, The East Surrey Regiment │ │	1/23rd (County of London) Battalion, 2/23rd (County of London) Battalion, 3/23rd (County of London) Battalion, The London Regiment │ │
1916:	transferred to The East Surrey Regiment │	│ │ │		│ │ │	transferred to The East Surrey Regiment │
	Creation of the Territorial Army
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1921:	21st (County of London) Battalion, The London Regiment (TA) (First Surrey Rifles)	5th Battalion, The East Surrey Regiment (TA) │		6th Battalion, The East Surrey Regiment (TA)	23rd (County of London) Battalion, The London Regiment (TA) │
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1922:	21st London Regiment (First Surrey Rifles) (TA) │	│ │ │		│ │ │	23rd London Regiment (TA) │ │
1927:	│ │ │	│ │ │		│ │ │	23rd London Regiment (The East Surrey Regiment) (TA) │
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1935:	35th (First Surrey Rifles) Anti-Aircraft Battalion, Royal Engineers (TA)	│ │ │		│ │ │	│ │ │
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1937:	│ │ │	│ │ │		│ │ │	7th (23rd London) Battalion, The East Surrey Regiment (TA) │
1938:	│ │ │ │	57th (East Surrey) Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA)		│ │ │ │	42nd (7th (23rd London) Battalion, The East Surrey Regiment) Battalion, The Royal Tank Corps (TA)
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1939:	│ │ │ │ │ │ │	│ │ │ │ │ │ │	67th Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) │ │ │ │ │	1/6th Battalion, 2/6th Battalion, The East Surry Regiment │ │ │ │	42nd (7th (23rd London) Battalion, The East Surrey Regiment) Battalion, The Royal Tank Regiment (TA) transferred to The Royal Armoured Corps │	48th Battalion The Royal Tank Regiment (TA) transferred to The Royal Armoured Corps │ │ │
1940:	35th (First Surrey Rifles) Searchlight Regiment, Royal Artillery	│ │ │	│ │ │	│ │ │	│ │ │	│ │ │
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1942:	129th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (First Surrey Rifles) │	│ │ │ │	67th Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery (East Surrey) (TA) │	│ │ │ │	│ │ │ │	│ │ │ │
1945:	│ │ │ │ │	│ │ │ │ │	suspended animation │ │ │ │	│ │ │ │ │	42nd (7th (23rd London) Battalion, The East Surrey Regiment) Royal Tank Regiment │	48th Royal Tank Regiment │ │ │ │
1946:	│ │	suspended animation │	│ │	│ │	│ │	│ │
1947:	suspended animation │	│ │	│ │	│ │	│ │	│ │
	Resurrection of the Territorial Army
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1947:	570th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (First Surrey Rifles) (TA) │ │	381st Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery (East Surrey) (TA) │ │	disbanded	6th Battalion, The East Surrey Regiment (TA) │ │ │	42nd (7th (23rd London) Battalion, The East Surrey Regiment) Royal Tank Regiment (TA) │
1949:	570th Light Anti-Aircraft/ Searchlight Regiment, Royal Artillery (First Surrey Rifles) (TA) │		│ │ │ │ │	│ │ │ │ │	│ │ │ │ │
1951:	│ │ │ │ │		381st Light Regiment, Royal Artillery (East Surrey) (TA) │ │	│ │ │ │ │	│ │ │ │ │
	│ │ │ │ │ │ │	from 622nd Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (7th Bn The Queen’s Royal Regiment) (TA) │	│ │ │ │ │ │ │	│ │ │ │ │ │ │	│ │ │ │ │ │ │
1955:	P (First Surrey Riffles) Battery, Q (First Surrey Rifles) Battery, 570th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) │	R (Queen’s) Battery, S (Queen’s) Battery),	│ │ │ │ │	│ │ │ │ │	│ │ │ │ │
1956:	│ │ │		│ │ │	│ │ │	23rd London Regiment (TA) transferred to The East Surrey Regiment
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1959:	│ │ │ │		│ │ │ │	transferred to The Queen’s Royal Surrey Regiment │	transferred to The Queen’s Royal Surrey Regiment │
1961:	R (Surrey) Battery, 265th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA)		P Battery, 263rd (Surrey Yeomanry, Queen Mary’s) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA)	4th Battalion, The Queen’s Royal Surrey Regiment (TA)
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1966:				transferred to The Queen’s Regiment │
				Creation of the Territorial and Army Volunteer Reserve
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1967:				disbanded and formed A Company, B Company, C Company, 6th (Territorial) Battalion, The Queen’s Regiment (Queen’s Surreys)

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