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13th (County of London) Battalion, The London Regiment (Kensington)

Categories: Armed Forces

London unit which served in WW1. Their Wikipedia page show how the Battalion came into being on 1 April 1908 and how it was subsequently transformed.

It is shown as the 13th Battalion (Kensingtons) on the London Troops War Memorial in Threadneedle Street, London, EC2.

Credit for this entry to: Andrew Behan.

This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
13th (County of London) Battalion, The London Regiment (Kensington)

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London Troops War Memorial

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Corporal Samuel MacPhearson

Corporal Samuel MacPhearson

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1 memorial
Walter Clopton Wingfield

Walter Clopton Wingfield

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1 memorial
Second Lieutenant Norman Arthur Henry Somerset

Second Lieutenant Norman Arthur Henry Somerset

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Person, Armed Forces, Belgium

War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Charles Spackman, VC

Charles Spackman, VC

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Person, Armed Forces, France

War served, WW1
1 memorial
Shadwell Drill Shed

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Building, Armed Forces

1 memorial