East Surrey Regiment

East Surrey Regiment
Insignia of the East Surrey Regiment
Active1881–1959
Country United Kingdom
Branch British Army
TypeInfantry
RoleLine infantry
Size1–2 Regular battalions
2 Militia and Special Reserve battalions
1–4 Territorial and Volunteer battalions
Up to 12 Hostilities-only battalions
Part ofHome Counties Brigade
Garrison/HQThe Barracks, Kingston upon Thames
Nickname(s)1st Battalion: The Young Buffs
2nd Battalion: The Glasgow Greys
MarchQuick: A Southerly Wind and a Cloudy Sky
Slow: Lord Charles Montague's The Huntingdonshire March
AnniversariesSobraon (10 February)
Ypres (23 April)
EngagementsSuakin Expedition 1885
Second Boer War
World War I
World War II

The East Surrey Regiment was a line infantry regiment of the British Army in existence from 1881 until 1959. 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.

In 1959, after service in the Second Boer War and both World War I and World War II, the East Surrey Regiment was amalgamated with the Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey) to form the Queen's Royal Surrey Regiment, which was, in 1966, merged with the Queen's Own Buffs, The Royal Kent Regiment, the Royal Sussex Regiment and the Middlesex Regiment (Duke of Cambridge's Own) to form the Queen's Regiment. The Queen's Regiment was subsequently amalgamated with the Royal Hampshire Regiment to form the present Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment (Queen's and Royal Hampshires).