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East Kent Corps
of Yeomanry Cavalry
independent troops at Deal, Provenden (two troops),
Norrington (two Troops), Wingham, Lydd, Denton, Eltham, Rolvenden,
and Isle of Thanet |
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1814.04 |
East Kent Regiment
of Yeomanry Cavalry |
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1826 |
reduced
to four troops |
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1827.12 |
disbanded |
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1830.11.30 |
East Kent Regiment
of Yeomanry Cavalry
re-formed with six troops |
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1838 |
East Kent
Corps of Yeomanry Cavalry
reduced to four troops
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1853.12 |
East Kent Regiment
of Mounted Rifles
augmented to six troops; HQ at Canterbury |
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1856.04.01 |
Royal East
Kent Regiment of Mounted Rifles |
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1873.04.26
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Royal East
Kent Mounted Rifles (The Duke of Connaught's Own)
(named for the Honorary
Colonel) |
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1893.04.01 |
troops
reorganised in squadrons |
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1900 |
sponsored
33rd Coy, 11th Bn and 53rd Coy, 14th Bn, Imperial
Yeomanry |
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1901.04.15 |
Royal East
Kent (The Duke of Connaught's Own) Imperial Yeomanry
reorganised in four sqns and MG sec; trained
and equipped as mounted infantry |
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1908.04.01 |
Royal East
Kent (The Duke of Connaught's Own) Yeomanry
transferred to T.F. with HQ at Canterbury, trained
and equipped as hussars |
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- A Squadron at Chatham
- B Squadron at Faversham (dets at Sheerness,
Sittingbourne, Herne Bay, Canterbury)
- C Squadron at Dover (dets at Waldershare,
Deal, Margate, Ramsgate)
- D Squadron at Ashford (dets at Folkestone,
Tenterden, Bethersden, Headcord, Wye, New Romney, Westminster)
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Royal East
Kent (The Duke of Connaught's Own) Yeomanry (Mounted Rifles) |
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1920.02.07 |
reconstituted
in T.A. with HQ at Canterbury |
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1920.08.20 |
amalgamated
with West Kent Yeomanry
(Queen's Own), to form 6th
(Kent) Army Brigade, RFA |
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South Africa
1900-01
The Great War: Somme
1918, Bapaume 1918, Hindenburg Line, Épéhy, Pursuit to Mons, France
and Flanders 1918,
Gallipoli 1915,
Egypt 1916-17, Gaza,
Jerusalem, Tell 'Asur, Palestine 1917-18
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Colonel: |
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1814.03 |
Col. Sir Edward Knatchbull, 8th Bt.
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1820.04.20 |
Col. Thomas Garrett [to
1827] |
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Commandant: |
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1830 |
Lt-Col. George William (Finch-Hatton),
10th Earl of Winchelsea and 5th Earl of Nottingham |
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1830.12.20 |
Maj. William Deeds,
JP, DL, MP |
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Honorary Colonel: |
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1873.04.26 |
F.M.
HRH Arthur William
Patrick Albert, 1st Duke of Connaught & Strathearn, KG,
KT, GCB, GCSI, GCMG, GCIE, GCVO, GBE, VD, TD |
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1878.01.16 |
Lt-Gen. George Henry (Conyngham), 3rd
Marquess Conyngham |
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1880.01.07 |
Capt. James Edward William Theobald (Butler),
3rd Marquess of Ormonde, KP, PC |
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1883.10.27 |
Col. The Rt Hon Dudley Francis (North),
7th Earl of Guildford
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1886.02.07 |
F.M.
HRH Arthur William
Patrick Albert, 1st Duke of Connaught & Strathearn, KG,
KT, GCB, GCSI, GCMG, GCIE, GCVO, GBE, VD, TD [re-appointed;
to 1920] |
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Special Topics: |
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Smith, R. J. (Robert Jeffrey) ; Marrion,
R. J. The East Kent Mounted Rifles. Aldershot : Robert
Ogilby Trust with the Army Museums Ogilby Trust, 1992. (The Uniforms
of the British Yeomanry Force 1794-1914 ; 13) ISBN: 0951571443 |
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