50th Regiment of Foot
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
- 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
External Links
- 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. (BACSA have transcribed the names listed on the memorial. See English Memorial Inscriptions for details of how to obtain this information)
- 50th (The Queen's Own) Regiment of Foot including deployments Regiments.org, an archived site
- The Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment Regiments.org, an archived site
- 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 two photos in India (scroll down) and a link to 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