The battalion was formed in Lewisham and fought in France and Italy. It was disbanded at the end of the war. The Royal West Kent Regiment had been in existence since 1881. In 1961 it was amalgamated with the Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment), to form the Queen's Own Buffs, the Royal Kent Regiment.
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11th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment
The Lewisham War Memorials website says that the inscription on the main memo...
Robert John Jones was born on 2 January 1885 in Paddington, a son of John Jones (b.circa1857) and Emma Jones née Bushnell (b.circa1856). His birth was registered in the 1st quarter of 1885 in the P...
Soldier and administrator. Born Shropshire. With the East India Company he effectively founded the British Empire. Spent much of his adult life in India, making his fortune there and becoming Gover...
Person, Armed Forces, Politics & Administration, Race Issues, Bengal, India
The brigade originally comprised numbers 193, 194 and 195 Howitzer Batteries, Royal Field Artillery (RFA) and the Brigade Ammunition Column. It took part in the fighting at Potgeiter's Drift and Sp...
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.
