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WHAT MAKES ABATTALION |
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HISTORYTHE
QUEEN`S REGIMENT WAS FORMED IN 1966 AND WAS AN AMALGAMATION OF THE FOUR REGIMENTS OF THE HOME COUNTIES BRIGADE.THE FIRST OF THESE WAS THE QUEEN`S ROYAL SURREY REGIMENT WHICH WAS THE SENIOR ENGLISH INFANTRY REGIMENT OF THE LINE. THE QUEEN`S REGIMENT THUS INHERITED THIS HONORED TITLE. THE 3RD BATTALION OF THE NEW REGIMENT WAS FORMED FROM THE ILLUSTRIOUS ROYAL SUSSEX REGIMENT AND INHERITED MANY OF ITS TRADITIONS AND POSSESSIONS.THE
FAMILYTO
THOSE OF US WHO SERVED WITH THE BATTALION IT WAS MORE THAN JUST A PLACE OF WORK. IT WAS A FAMILY LIKE NO OTHER. WHERE PEOPLE FROM ALL WALKS OF SOCIETY AND OUTLOOKS CAME TOGETHER UNDER A COMMON BANNER. ONCE A MEMBER OF THE FRATERNITY, YOU SHARE A BOND THAT CANNOT BE BROKEN ASK THOSE WHO SERVED.REMEMBERTHIS
SITE IS TO HONOUR THE MEN OF THE SUSSEX REGIMENT AND THE 3RD BATTALION QUEEN`S REGIMENT UNLIKE THE NEW REGIMENT WE WILL NOT FORGET THAT THE MEN OF THESE TWO REGIMENTS HAVE AT SOME TIME ON THE WALL IN THE QUIET OF THE NIGHT IN SOME FAR OF PLACE TO INSURE THAT THE WAY OF LIFE YOU KNOW AND CHERISHCAN CARRY ON FOR YOU AND YOUR CHILDREN. WHEN YOU WAKE IN THE MORNING TO YOUR LIFE AS YOU WANT IT REMEMBER YOU DO SO BECAUSE OF MEN LIKE THESE . GOD BLESS ALL WHO SERVED.
