Queen's Royal West Surrey Regiment

This page summarises records created by this Organisation

The summary includes a brief description of the collection(s) (usually including the covering dates of the collection), the name of the archive where they are held, and reference information to help you find the collection.

Date:	1662-2010
Places:	Greater London Surrey
Functions, occupations and activities:	Army > Infantry
Name authority reference:	GB/NNAF/C59600 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/O56266 )

Collections
Number	Description	Held by	Reference	Further information
1	c1662-2007: records	Surrey History Centre	QRWS
2	1859-2010: additional records	Surrey History Centre	QRWS/ADD
3	1794-2006: personal papers of members of the regiment	Surrey History Centre	QRWS/30
4	1892-58: enlistment, transfer and discharges registers and honours indexes	Surrey History Centre	7791	NRA 44612
5	1940-46: Second World War gallantry awards index	Surrey History Centre	7791add	See Annual Return 2006
6	1892-1914: 1st Cadet battalion enrolment books	Southwark Archives	1985/284	See Guide to Archives in Southwark Local Studies Library
7	1908-1933: recruitment registers	Surrey History Centre	2496
8	1915-20: photographic portraits of officers	Surrey History Centre	8020	NRA 3518 Surrey RO misc
9	1914-18: nominal roll	Surrey History Centre	8227	NRA 3518 Surrey RO misc
10	1931-1955: 1st London Cadet Battalion enrolment registers, A and B Companies	Southwark Archives		See Annual Return 2004
11	1990-2006: regimental drawings	Surrey History Centre	9343
12	additional papers of individuals serving with the Regiment in various conflicts incl Corporal Douglas Leonard French, Lieutenant Patrick Toolan, Alexander Preston Boswall, Private Fred Elwell, Private John Charles Carter, Colonel John W Sewell, Charles Jackson, Captain Charles John Griffin	Surrey History Centre	QRWS	See Annual Return 2015
13	1823-1990: letters and photographs	Surrey History Centre	QRWSadd	See Annual Return 2021