97th Regiment of Foot
Also known as The Earl of Ulster's Regiment of Foot
Chronology
- 1824 raised as the 97th (The Earl of Ulster's) Regiment of Foot at Winchester
- 1881 united with 50th (The Queen's Own) Regiment of Foot , and became the 2nd Battalion, The Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)
- Then see 50th Regiment of Foot
Regimental Journal
The “Queen's Own” Gazette
Publication Details: Kinsale, Edinburgh Castle, etc., 1876-1961
The British Library appears to hold most editions, but some are missing. UIN: BLL01001097053
Some editions are available online, refer below.
External Links
- 97th Regiment of Foot Wikipedia
- Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment Wikipedia
- 97th (The Earl of Ulster's) Regiment of Foot including deployments Regiments.org, an archived website
- Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment including deployments: 1st Battalion, 2nd Battalion Regiments.org, an archived website
- The Friends of the Buffs, Royal East Kent Regiment. Includes some online editions of the regimental magazines. At times the website does not seem to be working properly.
- Also see 50th Regiment of Foot for more "External Links"
Historical books online
- A Short History of The Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) 1920. access.bl.uk British Library
- The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment 1914 to 1919 by C T Atkinson 1924. Archive.org.
- A broken range of editions of The “Queen's Own” Gazette is available on the website of "The Friends of the Buffs, Royal East Kent Regiment", see above. At least a few editions are available from the archived version of the previous website, select Queen's Own Gazette.