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== External Links ==
== External Links ==
[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 <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://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).<br>
*[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://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.<br>
*[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] Regiments.org, an archived site<br>
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20071217042927/www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/050QORWK.htm The  Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment] Regiments.org, an archived site
[http://www.britisharmedforces.org/i_regiments/quewestk_index.htm The Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment] British Armed Forces & National Service<br>
*[http://www.britisharmedforces.org/i_regiments/quewestk_index.htm The Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment] British Armed Forces & National Service
[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<br>
*[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
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<br>
*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://www.janetandrichardsgenealogy.co.uk/queens_own_royal_west_kent_regiment.htm The Royal Queens Own West Kent Regiment] includes two photos in India (scroll down) and a link to [http://www.janetandrichardsgenealogy.co.uk/photograph_album_of_pte_h_knight.htm 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
*Janet & Richard Mason’s [http://www.janetandrichardsgenealogy.co.uk/queens_own_royal_west_kent_regiment.htm The Royal Queens Own West Kent Regiment] includes two photos in India (scroll down) and a link to [http://www.janetandrichardsgenealogy.co.uk/photograph_album_of_pte_h_knight.htm 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
 
*[http://www.nwkfhs.org.uk/ North West Kent Family History Society]


[[Category:British Army Infantry Regiments]]
[[Category:British Army Infantry Regiments]]

Revision as of 16:06, 8 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

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