| Queen's (Royal West Surrey) Regiment Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey) | |
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| Active | 1661–1959 |
| Country |  Kingdom of England (1661–1707) Kingdom of Great Britain (1707–1800) United Kingdom (1801–1959) |
| Branch | &sq=&lang=&file=File:Flag_of_the_British_Army.svg){kind=small} British Army |
| Type | Line infantry |
| Role | Infantry |
| Size | 1–2 Regular battalions 1 Militia battalion (2nd Royal Surrey Regiment of Militia) 2 Volunteer and up to 9 Territorial battalions Up to 13 New Army and war service battalions |
| Part of | Home Counties Brigade |
| Garrison/HQ | Stoughton Barracks, Guildford |
| Nickname(s) | Kirke's Lambs, The Mutton Lancers |
| Motto(s) | Pristinae Virtutis Memor (Mindful of Former Valour) Vel Exuviae Triumphans (Even in Defeat Triumphant) |
| March | Quick: We'll Gang Nai Mair to Yon Toon Slow: Scipio |
| Anniversaries | Glorious First of June (1 June) Salerno (9 September) |
The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey) was a line infantry regiment of the English and later the British Army from 1661 to 1959.[1] 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.[2]
In 1959, the regiment was amalgamated with the East Surrey Regiment, to form a single county regiment called the Queen's Royal Surrey Regiment which was, on 31 December 1966, amalgamated 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. Following a further amalgamation in 1992 with the Royal Hampshire Regiment, the lineage of the regiment is continued today by the Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment (Queen's and Royal Hampshires).[3]
- ^ "The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey) [UK]". Regiments.org. Archived from the original on 28 October 2005. Retrieved 27 February 2016.
- ^ Foot Guards Regiments rank higher in precedence than Line Infantry regiments, even if they are not as old.
- ^ "History of the Regiment". British Army Website. Ministry of Defence. Retrieved 6 August 2013.