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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. Two Rolls of Honour (Officers etc) and Privates and Drummers are available in this link from Kent Fallen [https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:0lC_WNuutX0J:www.kentfallen.com/PDF%2520REPORTS/CANTERBURY%2520CATHEDRAL%252050TH%2520REGIMENT.pdf+Sutlej+Campaign+Medal+Rolls+1845-1846&hl=en&gl=au&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESjcfGFrL9R2i8xBinIc82vuCePY6LNXArk92JlfywzZWNfEGf5T7gzDaHHlaA92_R0M8_pgWPGnAqZq0_xRtu7M3Aos_e3iXPgnUkUnojWgJYdCOR4HCQIr3mmVQcIA8_nYdiil&sig=AHIEtbSh2HphiU-d7grDPP9uLlThjWo6iQ html version], [http://www.kentfallen.com/PDF%20REPORTS/CANTERBURY%20CATHEDRAL%2050TH%20REGIMENT.pdf original pdf]  
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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. Two Rolls of Honour (Officers etc) and Privates and Drummers are available in this link from Kent Fallen: [http://www.kentfallen.com/PDF%20REPORTS/CANTERBURY%20CATHEDRAL%2050TH%20REGIMENT.pdf Pdf]  
 
*[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] 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://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  
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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
 
*[http://thequeensownbuffs.com/# The Queen's Own Buffs, The Royal Kent Regiment (PWRR). The Regimental Association] Includes some online editions of the regimental magazines.
 
*[http://thequeensownbuffs.com/# The Queen's Own Buffs, The Royal Kent Regiment (PWRR). The Regimental Association] Includes some online editions of the regimental magazines.
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**"Every Day A Bonus" by Ken Clarke from ''Regimental Association of The Queen's Own Buffs (PWRR): The Journal'' issues No 11-14 Autumn 2005- Spring 2007. The pages covering the voyage to India in 1933, time in India, and voyage back to England in 1938 are (11)48-49; (12)29-39; (13)15-25; (14)38.
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*: [http://thequeensownbuffs.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Journal-No-11-Autumn-2005.pdf  Issue 11], [http://thequeensownbuffs.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Journal-No-12-Spring-2006.pdf 12], [http://thequeensownbuffs.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Journal-No-13-Autumn-2006.pdf 13], [http://thequeensownbuffs.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Journal-No-14-Spring-2007.pdf 14]
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*:Issues 11 and 14. He joined the Army as a Boy Musician in 1932 aged 14 and went as part of a a draft to India leaving 4th February 1933 on the troopship HMT Dorsetshire, returning to England on the Dilwara  arriving Southampton on 13th January 1938.
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*:Issues 12 and 13. His time in India with the 1st Batallion in Gough Barracks in the cantonment of Trimulgherry, and time spent in Wellington in the Nilgiri Hills. Issue 13 includes a move of the regiment to Karachi. Issue 14 includes a statement that the 1st Battalion Royal West Kent Regiment  had served continuously in India for eighteen years.
 
*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://janetandrichardsgenealogy.co.uk/queens_own_royal_west_kent_regiment.html 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

Revision as of 12:55, 11 January 2018

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

There was a history published, History of the Kent Cyclist Battalion, Territorial Force, 1908-20 by Cyril Bristow. Paperback, 132 Pages, Published 1986. ISBN 0-9512880-0-8. Available at the British Library

Regimental Journal

The “Queen's Own” Gazette
Publication Details: Kinsale, Edinburgh Castle, etc., 1876-1961
The British Library appears to hold most editions, but some are missing. UIN: BLL01001097053
Some editions are available online, refer below.

External Links

Historical books online