Difference between revisions of "50th Regiment of Foot"
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
(→Kent Cyclist Battalion (Territorial Force)) |
(remove broken BACSA link) |
||
| Line 22: | Line 22: | ||
*[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] | + | *[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] |
*[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 | ||
Revision as of 19:10, 21 March 2015
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
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
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. Two Rolls of Honour (Officers etc) and Privates and Drummers are available in this link from Kent Fallen html version, original pdf
- 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
