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70th (Surrey) Regiment of Foot |
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1758.04.28 |
70th (Glasgow Lowland) Regiment of Foot
formed by redesignation of 2nd Battalion, 31st Foot |
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1782.08.31 |
70th (Surry) Regiment of Foot
(possible typo in original orders, later changed to "Surrey") |
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1812.10.22 |
70th (Glasgow Lowland) Regiment of Foot |
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1825.12.21 |
70th (Surrey) Regiment of Foot |
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1881.07.01 |
amalgamated with 31st Foot to form The East Surrey Regiment |
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Uniform: |
coat: scarlet, lapels and cuffs: deep grey, turnbacks: deep grey, lacings: white with a blue line |
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1758.04.28 |
Gen. John Parslow [also
30th Foot, 54th Foot]
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1760.07.10 |
Gen. Cyrus Trapaud [also
52nd Foot] |
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1778.05.14 |
Lt-Gen. William Tryon [also 29th Foot] |
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1783.08.16 |
Gen.. John (Howard), 15th Earl of Suffolk
[also 44th Foot, 97th Foot [1760-63, 1780-84] |
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1814.01.12 |
Gen. Hon. Sir Galbraith Lowry Cole, GCB [also 27th Foot, 34th Foot, 103rd Foot [1781-84, 1806-17] |
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1816.05.21 |
Lt-Gen. Forbes Champagné [also 1st Bn The Rifle Brigade originally 95th Foot, 8th Garrison Bn] |
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1816.10.24 |
Gen. Kenneth Alexander (Howard), 1st Earl of Effingham, GCB [also 4th Tp Horse, 3rd Foot, 20th Foot] |
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1832.01.30 |
Gen. Gage John Hall [also
99th Foot] |
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1854.05.08 |
Gen. Sir George William Paty, KCB, KH |
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1868.05.09 |
Gen. Sir Charles Hastings Doyle, KCMG [also
87th Foot] |
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1870.10.10 |
Lt-Gen. Sir Henry Knight Storks, GCB, GCMG |
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1874.09.07 |
Gen. Thomas James Galloway [also
49th Foot] |
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The Glasgow Greys |
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Lass o' Gowrie |
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