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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.

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

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London Troops War Memorial

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Second Lieutenant Ernest George Westacott

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J. A. McKenzie

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