• The West Kent Militia (Light Infantry from 1853), later the 3rd Battalion, Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) was an auxiliary regiment raised in...
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    The Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment was a line infantry regiment of the British Army based in the county of Kent in existence from 1881 to 1961....
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    The Somerset Light Infantry (Prince Albert's) was a light infantry regiment of the British Army, which served under various titles from 1685 to 1959....
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    The Durham Light Infantry (DLI) was a light infantry regiment of the British Army in existence from 1881 to 1968. It was formed in 1881 under the Childers...
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    The Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry (DCLI) was a light infantry regiment of the British Army in existence from 1881 to 1959. The regiment was created...
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    The King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry (KOYLI) was a light infantry regiment of the British Army. It officially existed from 1881 to 1968, but its predecessors...
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    The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry was a light infantry regiment of the British Army that existed from 1881 until 1958, serving in the...
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  • The Childers Reforms of 1881 reorganised the infantry regiments of the British Army. The reforms were done by Secretary of State for War Hugh Childers...
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  • Reserve Kent Trained Bands West Kent Light Infantry East Kent Militia Kent Militia Artillery Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment) Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment...
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  • Thomas Gybbon Monypenny (category West Kent Light Infantry officers)
    Colonel of the West Kent Light Infantry from 1852 until his death. He was also a Deputy Lieutenant for Kent; and a magistrate for Kent and Sussex. THE...
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  • amalgamated with the 105th Regiment of Foot (Madras Light Infantry) to form the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry in 1881. The regiment was formed by Lieutenant...
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  • and Border) Durban Light Infantry East Bengal Regiment Essex and Kent Scottish Regiment Far North Queensland Regiment Fiji Infantry Regiment Frontier Force...
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  • Thumbnail for Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry War Memorial
    The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry War Memorial is a First World War memorial in the Cowley area of Oxford in southern England. Designed...
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    (Woolwich) 3rd Division (Tunbridge Wells) 1st Brigade (Tunbridge Wells) West Kent Light Infantry Militia (Maidstone), 4th South Middlesex Militia (Hounslow), Royal...
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    use the "Kent Yeomanry" designation from 17 February 1942. Arriving back in the UK, the regiment was assigned to the 49th (West Riding) Infantry Division...
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  • Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment (Until 1936) Originated on 10 September 1869, in Woodstock, New Brunswick, as The Carleton Light Infantry. Redesignated...
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  • The Essex and Kent Scottish is a Primary Reserve infantry regiment of the Canadian Army. The regiment was formed in 1954 by the amalgamation of The Essex...
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    Army during World War II. Initially raised as an infantry battalion of the Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment (QORWK) in 1940, it transferred to the...
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  • (11th, 39th and 54th), usually just known as the Devon and Dorsets, was an infantry regiment of the British Army formed in 1958 by the amalgamation of two...
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    Sir Thomas Maryon Wilson, 8th Baronet (category Kent Militia officers)
    younger brother, John (1802–1876). He was appointed Colonel of the West Kent Light Infantry Militia on 1 April 1853 and held the position until his death....
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  • 1st Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment 1st Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment (until November 1915) 2nd Battalion, Durham Light Infantry 11th (Service)...
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  • Thumbnail for Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment)
    The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment), formerly the 3rd Regiment of Foot, was a line infantry regiment of the British Army traditionally raised in the English...
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    1813-1814 50th (West Kent) Regiment of Foot - 2 Battalions 1804-1814 51st (2nd Yorkshire West Riding) Regiment of Foot - Became Light Infantry in 1809, King's...
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    The 49th (West Riding) Infantry Division was an infantry division of the British Army. The division fought in the First World War in the trenches of the...
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  • Regiment was converted into infantry and redesignated 631st (Kent) Infantry Regiment RA in January 1945, serving in North West Europe from April 1945. In...
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    the 95th Rifles became the first Corps of Light Infantry and formed the Light Brigade at Shorncliffe in Kent under the command of Major-General John Moore...
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    Infantry Regiment January 1945 34th (Queen's Own Royal West Kent) Searchlight Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) – from RE, converted to 633rd Infantry Regiment...
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  • The 14th Indian Infantry Brigade was an infantry brigade formation of the Indian Army during World War II. The brigade was formed at Attock, now in Pakistan...
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  • of Cornwall's Light Infantry 1st Battalion, The Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment 10th Infantry Brigade Anti-Tank Company 11th Infantry Brigade Headquarters...
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    the end of the war, when it was converted into an infantry battalion for garrison duties in North West Europe. 87th Searchlight Regiment (87th S/L Rgt)...
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