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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
==First World War==
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>


== External Links ==
== External Links ==
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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


== References ==
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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

Historical Books Online

References

  1. The King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) The Long. Long Trail
  2. Peter Prince CWGC
  3. Khyber Pass and kenf48 1/5th Royal West Surrey, Murree, Aug 1916 Great War Forum 27 August 2015. Retrieved 28 August 2015