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Queen's Royal West Surrey Regiment

Categories: Armed Forces

A line infantry regiment of the English and later the British Army. It was amalgamated with the East Surrey Regiment, to form a single county regiment called the Queen's Royal Surrey Regiment.

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This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Queen's Royal West Surrey Regiment

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Bernard Freyberg - pavement plaque

{Below an image of a Victoria Cross medal:} Lieutenant Colonel Bernard Freybe...

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Bernard Freyberg - wall plaque

Pristinae Virtutis Memor was the motto of the Queen's Royal West Surrey Regim...

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