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The East Surreij Regiment. 281a
Record of tlie Services of the 1st Battalion East Surrey Regiment (formerly the 31st
Huntingdonshire Regiment).
Raised 1702, and proceeded as Marines to Cadiz and Vigo; to England, 1702: to the Mediterranean.
1704 (capture 'of Gibraltar, Barcelona, Carthagena, Ivica, Majorca, Sardinia, Minorca) ; to England,
1711 ceased to serve as Marines, 1714; to Scotland, 1715; to Ireland, 1716; to England, 1739; to
Flan ers, 1742 ; to England, 1745 ; to Minorca. 1749 ; to England, 1752 ; to Scotland, 1755 ; to England,
1762; to West Florida, 1765; to St. Vincent, 1772; to England, 1774; to Canada, 1776; to England,
17:7 ; to Ireland. 1792 ; (Flank Companies to Barbadoes, 1793 ;) to England, 1794 ; to Holland, 1794 ;
to England, 1795; to the West Indies, 1795; to England, 1797; to Holland, 1799; to England, 1799; to
Ireland, 1800 ; to the Isle de Huat, 1800 ; to Minorca, 1801 ; to England, 1802 ; to the Channel Isles,
1803; to England. 1S04; [2nd Battalion (31st Begiment) raised 1804; to Channel Isles, 1807; to Ire-
land. 1S07; to the Peninsula, 1808 (battles of Talavera, Albnhera, Vittoria, Pyrenees, Nivelle, Nive,
Orthes) : to Ireland, 1814 ; to England and disbanded, 1814 :] to Sicily, 1806 ; to Egypt, 1807; to Sicily,
1807: to Malta. 1808; to Sicily, 1810: to Malta, 1811; to Sicily, 1811; to Genoa, 1814 ; to Corsica,
1S14 ; to Sicily/1814 ; to Naples, 1815'; to Genoa, 1815 ; to Malta, 1816 ; to England, 1818 ; to Ireland,
1821 ; to England, 1824 ; to India, 1825 (Kabul 1842, and battles of Moodkee, Ferozeshah, Aliwal, and
Sobraon); to England, 1846; to Ireland, 1848; to Ionian Islands, 1853; to the Crimea, 1855 (siege of
Sabastcpol); to Gozo, 1S56; to Malta, 1857: to Gibraltar, 1S57; to the Cape, 1858; to India, 1858; to
China, i860 (capture of the Taku Forts); to England, 1863; to Ireland, 1866; to Malta, 1807; to
Gibraltar, 1872; to England, 1876; to Ireland, 1880; toGibraltar, 1882; to England, 18S3; to Gibraltar,
1884; to India, 1884.
Record of the Services of the 2nd Battalion,— formerly the 70th (Surrey) Regiment.
Eaised as the 2nd Battalion 31st Begiment, and proceeded to Scotland, 1758 ; to England, 1759 ;
to Ireland, 1763; to West Indies, 1764; to England. 1774: to Scotland, 1776; to North America, 1778;
to England, 1784; to Ireland, 1787: to West Indies. 1793; to England and Gibraltar, 1795; to West
Indies 1800 ; to Jersey and England, 1801 ; to West Indies, 1803 (capture of Guadaloupe) ; to Scotland,
1812; to Ireland and Canada, 1S13 ; to Ireland, 1827: to Gibraltar, 1834; to Malta, 1836; to West
Indies 1838- to Canada, 1841 ; to England, 1843: to Ireland, 1845; to India, 1849; to New Zealand,
1861 (war of 1863-65) ; to England. 1866 ; to Ireland, 1868 ; to India, 1871 (Afghan war 1878-79) ; entitled
" 2nd Battalion East Surrey Regiment," 1881 ; to Egypt, 1884 (campaign of 1885) ; to England, 1885 ;
to Guernsey, 188S ; to Ireland, 1891 ; to Malta, 1893 ; to England, 1895 ; to South Africa, 1899.
Record of the Services of the 1st Battalion East Lancashire Regiment (formerly the 30th Regiment).
Raised as Marines in 1702. Served as such afloat and ashore at capture of Gibraltar 1704 and
nunr.erous operations in Spain (capture of Barcelona, 1705), Mediterranean, France, Nova Scotia, and
C'anada. Appointed " 30th Regiment " in 1714- Ireland, to 1724. Minorca, to 1727. Gibraltar, to
1732. Ireland, to 1743. England, to 1746. Action off Cape Finisterre, 1747 (as Marines). England,
to 1747. Ireland, to 1755. England, to 1757. Attacks on the French Coast, 1758. England, to 1761.
Capture of Belle Isle, 1761 (as Marines). England, to 1763. Gibraltar, to 1771. England, to 1774.
Scotland, to 1775. Ireland, to 1781. North America, to 1782. Entitled the " Cambridgeshire
Regiment," 1782. Jamaica, to 1791. England, to 1793. Occupation of Toulon, capture of Bastia and
Calvi, and annexation of Corsica, 1794 (as Marines). Minorca, 1799. Malta, 1800 (taking of Valetta).
Egypt, to 1802 (battle of Alexandria and capture of Marabout). England, to 1804. [2nd Battalion
raised in England, 1803. Ireland, to 1809. Gibraltar, to 18 10. Peninsula, to 1813 (battles of Badajoz
and Salamanca). England, to 1814. Holland and Belgium, to 1815 (Quatre Bras and Waterloo).
France, 1815. England, to 1816. Ireland, to 1817, when it was disbanded and merged in the ist
Battalion.] Ireland, to 1804. Pomerania, to 1805. Germany, to 1806. England, to 1807. India, to
1807. Java, 1807 (as Marines). Macao, 1809. India, to 1829 (storming of Asseerghur). England, to
1831. Ireland, to 1834. Bermuda, to 1841. Nova Scotia, to 1844. Ireland, to 1846. England, to
1851. Corfu, to 1853. Gibraltar, to 1854. Crimea (battles of Alma and Inkerman, siege of Sebastopol)
to 1856. Gibraltar, to 1857. Ireland, to i860. Channel Islands, to 1861. England, 1861. Canada
to 1868. Nova Scotia, to 1869. Ireland, to 1871. Channel Islands, to 1872. England, to 1880. De-
signated "The 1st Battalion The East Lancashire Regiment," 1881. India, to 1897 (Chitral Relief
Force, 1895). England, to 1900. South Africa, 1900.
Record of the Services of the 2nd Battalion East Lancashire Regiment (formerly the $gth
Regiment).
Raised in 1755, and proceeded to America, 1763. Nova Scotia, to 1767. America, to 1775
England, to 1782. Gibraltar, to 1792. England, to 1793. Channel Islands, to 1794. Low Countries,
to 1795. England, 1795. West Indies, to 1802. England, to 1808. Peninsula, to 1809. England, to
1810. Ireland, to 181 1. England, to 1812. Peninsula, to 1814. Ireland, to 1815. Low Countries, to
1816. England, 1816. Ireland, 1816. India, to 1817. Ceylon, to 1818. India, to 1829. England, to
1831. Ireland, to 1834. England, to 1836. Malta, to 1841. West Indies, to 1843. England, to 1846
Ireland to 1849. China, to 1858. Cape of Good Hope, to 1861. England and Scotland, to 1865
Ireland, to 1867. Ceylon, to 1869. Indis,, to 1881 (Afghanistan, 1878-80). England, to 1885. T relant!
to 1893. Gibraltar, to 1895. England, to i?97. India, 1897.
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