Surrey Militia

A portrait of Moses Montefiore wearing the uniform of a Surrey Militia officer.

The Surrey Militia was an auxiliary[a] military force in Surrey, England. From their formal organisation as trained bands in 1558 until their final service as the Special Reserve, the Militia regiments of the county served in home defence in all of Britain's major wars. They also saw active service during the Second Boer War, and trained thousands of reinforcements during World War I. After a shadowy postwar existence they were formally disbanded in 1953.
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