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[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/britishinfantry/50thfoot.htm 50th Regiment of Foot] www.britishempire.co.uk<br /> | *[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/britishinfantry/50thfoot.htm 50th Regiment of Foot] www.britishempire.co.uk<br /> | ||
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/50th_(Queen%27s_Own)_Regiment_of_Foot 50th Regiment of Foot] Wikipedia<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Queen%27s_Own_(Royal_West_Kent_Regiment) Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment] Wikipedia | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/50th_(Queen%27s_Own)_Regiment_of_Foot 50th Regiment of Foot] Wikipedia<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Queen%27s_Own_(Royal_West_Kent_Regiment) Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment] Wikipedia | ||
*[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) | ||
Revision as of 14:03, 22 April 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 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 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
- North West Kent Family History Society