Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment

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infantry regiment line infantry regiment regiment of the British Army

The Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment was a historic line infantry regiment of the British Army, formed in the 19th century and distinguished by its service in major conflicts including both World Wars.

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Label Occurrences
Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment canonical 2
British Army units linked to Kent 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf infantry regiment ⓘ
line infantry regiment ⓘ
regiment of the British Army ⓘ
abbreviation QORWK NERFINISHED ⓘ
alliedUnit 7th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Perth Regiment (Canada) NERFINISHED ⓘ
amalgamatedInto Queen's Own Buffs, The Royal Kent Regiment NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWith Royal Borough of Maidstone NERFINISHED ⓘ
battleHonour Amiens 1918 NERFINISHED ⓘ
Burma 1944–45 ⓘ
Cambrai 1917 NERFINISHED ⓘ
Cassino NERFINISHED ⓘ
El Alamein NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kohima NERFINISHED ⓘ
Somme 1916 NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ypres 1917 NERFINISHED ⓘ
branch British Army ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
county Kent NERFINISHED ⓘ
dateDissolved 1961 ⓘ
dateFormed 1881 ⓘ
formationContext Childers Reforms NERFINISHED ⓘ
formedBy 50th (Queen's Own) Regiment of Foot NERFINISHED ⓘ
97th (Earl of Ulster's) Regiment of Foot NERFINISHED ⓘ
garrison Maidstone NERFINISHED ⓘ
nickname The Queen's Own NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableEngagement Battle of El Alamein NERFINISHED ⓘ
Battle of Kohima NERFINISHED ⓘ
Italian Campaign of World War II NERFINISHED ⓘ
Western Front in World War I NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryRecruitingArea West Kent NERFINISHED ⓘ
regimentalColour Royal blue facings ⓘ
regimentalDepot Maidstone NERFINISHED ⓘ
regimentalMuseum Maidstone Museum NERFINISHED ⓘ
role line infantry ⓘ
servedIn First World War NERFINISHED ⓘ
North-West Frontier NERFINISHED ⓘ
Palestine Emergency NERFINISHED ⓘ
Second Boer War NERFINISHED ⓘ
Second World War NERFINISHED ⓘ
Third Anglo-Burmese War NERFINISHED ⓘ
service militia ⓘ
regular army ⓘ
territorial force ⓘ
volunteer battalions ⓘ
successor Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment NERFINISHED ⓘ
Queen's Own Buffs, The Royal Kent Regiment NERFINISHED ⓘ
Queen's Regiment NERFINISHED ⓘ
typeOfRecruitment county regiment ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment → carriesTraditionsOf → Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment ⓘ
Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment → battleHonoursInheritedFrom → Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment ⓘ
Lord Lieutenant of Kent → associatedWith → Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment ⓘ
this entity surface form: British Army units linked to Kent