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Scrapbook entitled 'Depot, The Queen's Royal regiment, Stoughton Barracks, April...

Catalogue reference: QRWS/1/16/19

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Reference
QRWS/1/16/19
Title
Scrapbook entitled 'Depot, The Queen's Royal regiment, Stoughton Barracks, April 1955 to June 1959, Depot, The Queen's Royal Regiment and East Surrey Regiment, Wemyss Barracks, Canterbury July 1959 to October 1959, Depot, The Queen's Royal Regiment, Wemyss Barracks, Canterbury, October 1959 to March 1960': photographs, ephemera, letters and newspaper cuttings including passing out parades; Princess Margaret's visit to Guildford, 1955; 1st Battalion in Malaya; Duke of Edinburgh's visit to Guildford; amalgamation of regiments; making new Colours; unveiling of memorial in Singapore; making of film 'Carry on Sergeant' at Stoughton Barracks, 1958; order of ceremony at the unveiling of the Brookwood Memorial to the officers and men of the land forces of the Commonwealth, 1958; interior of Stoughton Barracks; recruits arriving at Depot and their training at Wemyss Barracks, Canterbury
Date
1955-1960
Held by
Surrey History Centre
Language
English
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/42425b51-da39-44f3-ad1e-db6918fbdb7a/

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QRWS/1/

REGIMENT AND DEPOT

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THE QUEEN'S ROYAL REGIMENT (WEST SURREY), FORMERLY THE 2ND FOOT: RECORDS, (1662)-2007

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REGIMENT AND DEPOT

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PHOTOGRAPH ALBUMS AND SCRAPBOOKS

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Scrapbook entitled 'Depot, The Queen's Royal regiment, Stoughton Barracks, April 1955 to June 1959, Depot, The Queen's Royal Regiment and East Surrey Regiment, Wemyss Barracks, Canterbury July 1959 to October 1959, Depot, The Queen's Royal Regiment, Wemyss Barracks, Canterbury, October 1959 to March 1960': photographs, ephemera, letters and newspaper cuttings including passing out parades; Princess Margaret's visit to Guildford, 1955; 1st Battalion in Malaya; Duke of Edinburgh's visit to Guildford; amalgamation of regiments; making new Colours; unveiling of memorial in Singapore; making of film 'Carry on Sergeant' at Stoughton Barracks, 1958; order of ceremony at the unveiling of the Brookwood Memorial to the officers and men of the land forces of the Commonwealth, 1958; interior of Stoughton Barracks; recruits arriving at Depot and their training at Wemyss Barracks, Canterbury