The 70th Regiment of Foot was a regiment of the British Army

British Army

The British Army is the land warfare branch of Her Majesty's Armed Forces in the United Kingdom. It came into being with the unification of the Kingdom of England and Scotland into the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707. The new British Army incorporated Regiments that had already existed in England...

 formed in 1758 and united with the 31st (Huntingdonshire) Regiment of Foot

31st (Huntingdonshire) Regiment of Foot

The 31st Regiment of Foot was an infantry regiment of the British Army formed in 1702 and amalgamated into The East Surrey Regiment in 1881.-Predecessor regiment:...

 in 1881 to form The East Surrey Regiment .

History

The regiment was formed in 1758 from the 2nd Battalion, 31st Regiment of Foot as the 70th (Glasgow Lowland) Regiment of Foot. In 1825 it became the 70th (The Surrey) Regiment.

The regiment was at Guadeloupe

Guadeloupe

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 in 1810, fought during the Maori War in New Zealand, amongst other things building a fort at Miranda, New Zealand

Miranda, New Zealand

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, and served on the North West Frontier.

Amalgamation

The 70th Foot was united in 1881, during Childer's Reforms, with the 31st Regiment of Foot to become the 2nd Battalion of The East Surrey Regiment .