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*'''1827''' became the 50th (Duke of Clarence's) Regiment of Foot | *'''1827''' became the 50th (Duke of Clarence's) Regiment of Foot | ||
*'''1831''' became the 50th (Queen's Own) Regiment of Foot | *'''1831''' became the 50th (Queen's Own) Regiment of Foot | ||
*'''1881''' amalgamated with the [[97th Regiment of Foot]] | *'''1881''' amalgamated with the [[97th Regiment of Foot]] and became the 1st Battalion, The Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment). | ||
*'''1920''' became The Royal West Kent Regiment (Queen's Own) | *'''1920''' became The Royal West Kent Regiment (Queen's Own) | ||
*'''1921''' became The Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment | *'''1921''' became The Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment | ||
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*[http://www.flickr.com/photos/sunnyuk/3834361666/ Photo of Sutlej Monument in Canterbury Cathedral] Flickr.com . This commemorates men who fell under the colours of the 50th (Queens Own ) Regiment 1845-1846. ([[BACSA]] have transcribed the names listed on the memorial. See [http://bacsa.frontisgroup.com/bin/aps_detail.php?id=130099 English Memorial Inscriptions] for details of how to obtain this information) | *[http://www.flickr.com/photos/sunnyuk/3834361666/ Photo of Sutlej Monument in Canterbury Cathedral] Flickr.com . This commemorates men who fell under the colours of the 50th (Queens Own ) Regiment 1845-1846. ([[BACSA]] have transcribed the names listed on the memorial. See [http://bacsa.frontisgroup.com/bin/aps_detail.php?id=130099 English Memorial Inscriptions] for details of how to obtain this information) | ||
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20080109015833/www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/050-757.htm 50th (The Queen's Own) Regiment of Foot] including [http://web.archive.org/web/20071214200748/www.regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/050-1.htm deployments] Regiments.org, an archived site | *[http://web.archive.org/web/20080109015833/www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/050-757.htm 50th (The Queen's Own) Regiment of Foot] including [http://web.archive.org/web/20071214200748/www.regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/050-1.htm deployments] Regiments.org, an archived site | ||
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20071217042927/www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/050QORWK.htm The Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment] Regiments.org, an archived | *[http://web.archive.org/web/20071217042927/www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/050QORWK.htm The Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment] including deployments: [http://web.archive.org/web/20071214200748/http://www.regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/050-1.htm 1st Battalion], [http://web.archive.org/web/20071219075542/http://www.regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/097-1.htm 2nd Battalion] Regiments.org, an archived website | ||
*[http://www.britisharmedforces.org/i_regiments/quewestk_index.htm The Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment] British Armed Forces & National Service | *[http://www.britisharmedforces.org/i_regiments/quewestk_index.htm The Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment] British Armed Forces & National Service | ||
*[http://www.armymuseums.org.uk/museums/0000000086-Queen-s-Own-Royal-West-Kent-Regiment-Museum-Collection.htm Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment Museum Collection] Armymuseums.org | *[http://www.armymuseums.org.uk/museums/0000000086-Queen-s-Own-Royal-West-Kent-Regiment-Museum-Collection.htm Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment Museum Collection] Armymuseums.org | ||
Revision as of 12:41, 25 June 2012
Also known as The Royal West Kent Regiment
Chronology
- 1755 raised as the 52nd Regiment of Foot
- 1757 renumbered 50th Regiment of Foot
- 1782 became the 50th (West Kent) Regiment of Foot
- 1827 became the 50th (Duke of Clarence's) Regiment of Foot
- 1831 became the 50th (Queen's Own) Regiment of Foot
- 1881 amalgamated with the 97th Regiment of Foot and became the 1st Battalion, The Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment).
- 1920 became The Royal West Kent Regiment (Queen's Own)
- 1921 became The Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment
- 1961 amalgamated with The Buffs to form The Queen's Own Buffs, The Royal Kent Regiment
Kent Cyclist Battalion (Territorial Force)
In India March 1916 to November 1919
- Kent Cyclist Battalion (Territorial Force) html version,original pdf Kentfallen.com
- Kent Cyclist Battalion html version, original pdf Delaunecc.org
- James Taylor Leigh Historical Society. He went to India with the Kent Cyclist Battalion
External Links
- 50th Regiment of Foot www.britishempire.co.uk
- 50th Regiment of Foot Wikipedia
Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment Wikipedia - Photo of Sutlej Monument in Canterbury Cathedral Flickr.com . This commemorates men who fell under the colours of the 50th (Queens Own ) Regiment 1845-1846. (BACSA have transcribed the names listed on the memorial. See English Memorial Inscriptions for details of how to obtain this information)
- 50th (The Queen's Own) Regiment of Foot including deployments Regiments.org, an archived site
- The Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment including deployments: 1st Battalion, 2nd Battalion Regiments.org, an archived website
- The Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment British Armed Forces & National Service
- Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment Museum Collection Armymuseums.org
- Alan Osborn’s William Edmund Osborn, Royal West Kent Regiment He was in the 1/5th Battalion Territorial Force which was in India 1914-1917
- Janet & Richard Mason’s The Royal Queens Own West Kent Regiment includes
- Chapter 4 The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment: 1914 to 1919 by C T Atkinson which mentions the 2nd Battalion in India at the commencement of the War, and the 4th and 5th Battalions (Territorial Force) who arrived in India in 1914
- Chapter 9 of the same book which mentions the Territorial Battalions in India in 1915
- Photograph: 2nd Battalion Band, Cherat, North West Frontier, India – 1913
- Photograph: 4th Battalion, D Company, 1915, India
- Photograph: No.2. Section, "D" Company, 5th Battalion, India (First World War period)]
- Photograph: 5th Battalion, Barian Camp, Muree, India (First World War period)
- Photograph album of Private Henry Knight, who served in "A" Company of the 1/5th Royal West Kent Regiment in India during the Great War
- North West Kent Family History Society
