70th (Surrey) Regiment of Foot

The 70th (Surrey) Regiment of Foot was a regiment of the British Army formed in 1758 and united with the 31st (Huntingdonshire) Regiment of Foot in 1881 to form The East Surrey Regiment .

History

The regiment was formed in 1758 from the 2nd Battalion, 31st Regiment of Foot as the 70th (Glasgow Lowland) Regiment of Foot. In 1825 it became the 70th (The Surrey) Regiment.

The regiment was at Guadeloupe in 1810, fought during the Maori War in New Zealand, amongst other things building a fort at Miranda, New Zealand, and served on the North West Frontier.

Amalgamation

The 70th Foot was united in 1881, during Childer's Reforms, with the 31st Regiment of Foot to become the 2nd Battalion of The East Surrey Regiment .

Battle Honours

Battle honours gained by the regiment were:^[1]

Guadeloupe 1810
New Zealand 1863–66
Afghanistan 1878-79

Colonels of the Regiment

Colonels of the regiment were:^[1]

70th (Glasgow Lowland) Regiment of Foot - (1758)

1758-1760: Gen. John Parslow
1760-1778: Gen. Cyrus Trapaud
1778-1783: Lt-Gen. William Tryon

70th (Surrey) Regiment of Foot - (1782)

1783-1814: Gen. John Howard, 15th Earl of Suffolk

70th (Glasgow Lowland) Regiment of Foot - (1812)

1814-1816: Gen. Hon. Sir Galbraith Lowry Cole, GCB
1816: Lt-Gen. Forbes Champagné
1816-1832: Gen. Kenneth Alexander Howard, 1st Earl of Effingham, GCB

70th (Surrey) Regiment of Foot - (1825)

1832-1854: Gen. Gage John Hall
1854-1868: Gen. Sir George William Paty, KCB, KH
1868-1870: Gen. Sir Charles Hastings Doyle, KCMG
1870-1874: Lt-Gen. Sir Henry Knight Storks, GCB, GCMG
1874-1881: Gen. Thomas James Galloway

References

^ ^a ^b "70th (Surrey) Regiment of Foot". regiments.org. Archived from the original on 13 January 2008. Retrieved 16 July 2016. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

Cannon, Richard (1849). Historical Record of the Seventieth, or the Surrey Regiment of Foot. London: Parker, Furnivall and Parker.

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