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31st (Huntingdonshire) Regiment of Foot |
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United Kingdom  |
| 1694.04.23 | Sir Richard Atkins's Regiment of Foot raised for Irish Establishment |
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| 1696.12.06 | George Villiers's Regiment of Foot | |
| 1698 | disbanded in Ireland | |
| 1702.03.14 | George Villiers's Regiment of Marines also known as 2nd Regiment of Marines; also known until 1751 by the names of other colonels |
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| 1714 | converted to Foot | |
| 1747 | ranked as 31st Foot | |
| 1751.07.01 | 31st Regiment of Foot | |
| 1782.08.31 | 31st (Huntingdonshire) Regiment of Foot | |
| 1881.07.01 | amalgamated with 70th Foot to form The East Surrey Regiment | |
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Talavera, Albuhera, Vittoria, Pyrenees, Nivelle, Nive, Orthes, Peninsula, Cabool 1842, Moodkee, Ferozeshah, Aliwal, Sobraon, Sevastopol, Taku Forts Note: see also The East Surrey Regiment for belatedly awarded battle honours. |
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| Uniform: | coat: scarlet, lapels and cuffs: buff, turnbacks: buff, lacings: white with green central line | |
| 1694.04.23 | Sir Richard Atkins | |
| 1696.12.06 | Col. George Villiers | |
| 1702.02.12 | Col. George Villiers | |
| 1703.12.06 | Col. Alexander Luttrell | |
| 1706.02.01 | Col. Joshua Churchill | |
| 1711.03.01 | Col. Sir Henry Goring, 4th Bt. | |
| 1715.09.08 | Maj-Gen. Lord John Kerr | |
| 1728.08.13 | Maj-Gen. Charles (Cathcart), 8th Lord Cathcart | |
| 1731.01.01 | Lt-Gen. William Hargrave [also 7th Foot, 9th Foot] | |
| 1737.01.27 | Brig-Gen. William Handasyde | |
| 1745.04.22 | Col. Lord Henry Beauclerk [also 48th Foot] | |
| 1749.05.08 | Lt-Gen. Henry Holmes [also 3rd Marines] | |
| 1762.08.20 | Lt-Gen. Sir James Adolphus Oughton, KB [also 55th Foot] | |
| 1780.05.03 | Gen. Thomas Clarke [also 30th Foot] | |
| 1792.02.08 | Maj-Gen. James Stuart [also 97th Foot [1760-63, 1780-84] | |
| 1793.02.08 | Gen. Henry (Phipps), 1st Earl of Musgrave, GCB | |
| 1831.04.13 | Gen. Sir Henry Warde, GCB [also 68th Foot] | |
| 1834.10.10 | Lt-Gen. Sir Edward Barnes, GCB [also 78th Foot, 2nd Bn The Rifle Brigade originally 95th Foot; GOv. Ceylon 1824-31; C-in-C India] | |
| 1838.03.28 | Gen. Sir Colin Halkett, GCB, GCH [also 45th Foot, 71st Foot, The Rifle Brigade originally 95th Foot, 2nd Lt Bn KGL; Cin-C Bombay 1831-32, Gov. R Hospital 1849-56] | |
| 1847.07.12 | Gen. Henry Otway (Brand-Trevor), 21st Lord Dacre, CB | |
| 1853.06.14 | Gen. Sir Alexander Leith, KCB [also 90th Foot] | |
| 1859.02.20 | Gen. Sir Patrick Edmonstone Graigie, KCB [also 55th Foot] | |
| 1862.06.01 | Gen. Sir Edward Lugard, GCB | |
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| Nicknames: | The Young Buffs | |
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