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The Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment was a line infantry regiment of the British Army in existence from 1881 to 1961. The regiment was created in 1881 under the Childers Reforms as the Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) by the amalgamation of the 50th (Queen's Own) Regiment of Foot and the 97th (The Earl of Ulster's) Regiment of Foot. In January 1921, it was renamed the Royal West Kent Regiment (Queen's Own) and, in April of the same year, was again renamed, this time as the Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment. After distinguished service in both World War I and World War II, on 1 March 1961, the regiment was amalgamated with the Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment) to form the Queen's Own Buffs, The Royal Kent Regiment, which was destined to be short-lived. On 31 December 1966, the Queen's Own Buffs was merged with the other regiments of the Home Counties Brigade — the Queen's Royal Surrey Regiment, the Royal Sussex Regiment and the Middlesex Regiment — to form the Queen's Regiment which was also amalgamated the Royal Hampshire Regiment, on 9 September 1992, to form the Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment. Throughout its existence the regiment was popularly, and operationally, known as the ''Royal West Kents.'' ==Early years== When the regiment was formed, Kent was one of five counties (the others being Surrey, Staffordshire, Lancashire and Yorkshire) which was split to create more than one regiment. Kent was split into two areas, with those in West Kent forming the Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment, while those in East Kent becoming the Buffs (East Kent Regiment). The dividing line that separated the two regimental areas was east of the River Medway. The regiment's recruitment area covered both the towns and rural areas of West Kent and a number of south-east London suburbs that were later included in the County of London. The Childers reforms also affiliated militia and volunteer battalions with their local county regiments, giving the Royal West Kents the following organisation:〔(QORWK at Regiments.org )〕〔Westlake, pp. 114–22.〕 ''Regulars'' * 1st Battalion – former 50th Foot * 2nd Battalion – former 97th Foot ''Militia'' * 3rd Battalion – former 1st Battalion, West Kent Light Infantry * 4th Battalion – former 2nd Battalion, West Kent Light Infantry ''Volunteers'' * 1st Volunteer Battalion – former 1st Kent Rifle Volunteer Corps * 2nd Volunteer Battalion – former 3rd Kent (West Kent) Rifle Volunteer Corps * 3rd Volunteer Battalion – former 4th Kent (Royal Arsenal) Rifle Volunteer Corps * 4th Volunteer Battalion – new battalion raised in 1900 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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