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*'''1921''' became The Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment | *'''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 | *'''1961''' amalgamated with The Buffs to form The Queen's Own Buffs, The Royal Kent Regiment | ||
==Kent Cyclist Battalion (Territorial Force)== | ==Kent Cyclist Battalion (Territorial Force)== | ||
Revision as of 17:45, 28 February 2011
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 to form 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 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 Regiments.org, an archived site
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 two photos in India (scroll down) and a link to 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