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*[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
*Alan Osborn’s [http://ww1.osborn.ws/w-osborn-royal-west-kent-regiment William Edmund Osborn, Royal West Kent Regiment] He was in the 1/5th Battalion Territorial Force which was in India 1914-1917
*Alan Osborn’s [http://ww1.osborn.ws/w-osborn-royal-west-kent-regiment 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 [http://www.janetandrichardsgenealogy.co.uk/queens_own_royal_west_kent_regiment.htm The Royal Queens Own West Kent Regiment] includes
*Janet & Richard Mason’s [http://janetandrichardsgenealogy.co.uk/queens_own_royal_west_kent_regiment.html The Royal Queens Own West Kent Regiment] includes
**[http://janetandrichardsgenealogy.co.uk/QORWK%20-%20C%20T%20ATKINSON%20Ch%204.pdf 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
**[http://janetandrichardsgenealogy.co.uk/QORWK%20-%20C%20T%20ATKINSON%20Ch%204.pdf 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
**[http://janetandrichardsgenealogy.co.uk/QORWK%20-%20C%20T%20ATKINSON%20Ch%209.pdf Chapter 9] of the same book which mentions the Territorial Battalions in India in 1915
**[http://janetandrichardsgenealogy.co.uk/QORWK%20-%20C%20T%20ATKINSON%20Ch%209.pdf Chapter 9] of the same book which mentions the Territorial Battalions in India in 1915

Revision as of 13:01, 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

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