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*'''1881''' became The King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) | *'''1881''' became The King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) | ||
*'''1959''' amalgamated with The Border Regiment into the The King's Own Royal Border Regiment | *'''1959''' amalgamated with The Border Regiment into the The King's Own Royal Border Regiment | ||
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| + | 6th (Service) Battalion: Moved to Gallipoli in July 1915. Went to Egypt in January 1916 and thence to Mesopotamia.<ref>[http://www.1914-1918.net/kingsown.htm The King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)] The Long. Long Trail</ref>. Note that there is at least one burial In India <ref>[http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1450896/ Peter Prince] CWGC</ref> for a man sent from Mesopotamia on medical grounds, thought to be a burial at [[Murree]] whose grave is marked 'died in Murree of wounds received in Mesopotamia'.<ref>Khyber Pass and kenf48 [http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=225793&p=2301225 1/5th Royal West Surrey, Murree, Aug 1916] ''Great War Forum'' 27 August 2015. Retrieved 28 August 2015</ref> | ||
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*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=bZ8EAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA105 "Annual Report of the 1st Battalion 4th (the King’s Own Regiment), stationed at Ahmedabad in Gujarat, for 1860"] by Surgeon J Gorringe M.D., page 105 ''Transactions of the Medical and Physical Society of Bombay, Volume VII, New Series 1861'' Google Books | *[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=bZ8EAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA105 "Annual Report of the 1st Battalion 4th (the King’s Own Regiment), stationed at Ahmedabad in Gujarat, for 1860"] by Surgeon J Gorringe M.D., page 105 ''Transactions of the Medical and Physical Society of Bombay, Volume VII, New Series 1861'' Google Books | ||
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Revision as of 00:17, 29 August 2015
Also known as King's Own Royal Regiment
Chronology
- 1680 raised as the 2nd Tangier, or Earl of Plymouth's Regiment of Foot
- 1684 became The Duchess of York and Albany's Regiment of Foot
- 1685 became The Queen's Regiment
- 1702 became The Queen's Regiment of Marines
- 1710 became The Queen's Regiment of Foot
- 1715 became The King's Own Regiment of Foot
- 1751 became 4th or the King's Own Regiment of Foot
- 1867 became 4th (The King's Own Royal) Regiment of Foot
- 1881 became The King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)
- 1959 amalgamated with The Border Regiment into the The King's Own Royal Border Regiment
First World War
6th (Service) Battalion: Moved to Gallipoli in July 1915. Went to Egypt in January 1916 and thence to Mesopotamia.[1]. Note that there is at least one burial In India [2] for a man sent from Mesopotamia on medical grounds, thought to be a burial at Murree whose grave is marked 'died in Murree of wounds received in Mesopotamia'.[3]
External Links
- King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster) Wikipedia
- The King's Own Regiment British Empire website
- Shortt, Captain James Symington: Court Martial transcript, 21 Jan 1847, Kamptee, India Your Archives
- The King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster) including deployments: 1st Battalion, 2nd Battalion Regiments.org, an archived site.
- King's Own Royal Regiment Museum Lancaster
- Images from Empire: The King's Own in the Victorian and Edwardian Era Includes images from India and Burma
- Album of Photographs: 1st Battalion, King's Own Royal Regiment, India 1937-40 including photographs of Wellington and Karachi.
Historical Books Online
- Historical record of the Fourth, or the King’s Own Regiment of Foot: containing an account of the formation of the regiment in 1680, and of its subsequent services to 1839 Google Books 1839 Indian Service commences page 140 in 1837
- "Annual Report of the 1st Battalion 4th (the King’s Own Regiment), stationed at Ahmedabad in Gujarat, for 1860" by Surgeon J Gorringe M.D., page 105 Transactions of the Medical and Physical Society of Bombay, Volume VII, New Series 1861 Google Books
References
- ↑ The King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) The Long. Long Trail
- ↑ Peter Prince CWGC
- ↑ Khyber Pass and kenf48 1/5th Royal West Surrey, Murree, Aug 1916 Great War Forum 27 August 2015. Retrieved 28 August 2015
