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created 15 July 2000. Corrected and updated
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Princess Louise's
Kensington Regiment
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United
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Note:
This
is a battalion history of the part-time reserves, which are normally
liable for full-time active service only in an emergency. See the
main regimental page(s) as linked below for more information.
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1798 |
The Corps of
Kensington Volunteer Association |
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1802 |
disbanded |
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1803 |
Kensington
Corps of Volunteer Infantry |
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1814 |
disbanded |
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1860.08.20 |
1st Administrative
Battalion, Middlesex Rifle Volunteers
formed with HQ at Tyndale Place, Islington by
regimentation of existing corps: |
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- 4th Middlesex Rifle Volunteer Corps
at Islington, raised 15 Oct. 1859
- 5th Middlesex Rifle Volunteer Corps
at Islington, raised 27 Dec. 1859; absorbed June 1860 by 4th RVC
- 6th Middlesex Rifle Volunteer Corps at
Islington, raised Nov. 1859; absorbed June 1860 by 4th RVC
- 7th Middlesex Rifle Volunteer Corps at
Islington, raised 26 Nov. 1859
- 8th Middlesex Rifle Volunteer Corps at
Islington, raised Nov. 1859; absorbed Aug. 1860 by 4th RVC
- 1st Middlesex Light Horse Volunteer Corps
at Hyde Park Corner, London, raised 18 Jan. 1861 as division;
increased 11 June 1861 to troop; absorbed late 1861 2nd Mx Light
Horse; attached Aug. 1863 to 4th RVC; moved late 1862 to Regent
Street; disbanded 5 Dec. 1866
- 2nd Middlesex Light Horse Volunteer Corps
at St. James's Place, London, raised 14 Feb. 1861; absorbed
late 1861 by 1st Mx Light Horse
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1861.03.04 |
4th Middlesex
Rifle Volunteer Corps
formed at Islington by amalgamation of 4th RVC
and 7th RVC |
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1864.07 |
4th Middlesex
(West London) Rifle Volunteer Corps
HQ moved to West End of London |
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1881.07.01 |
[2nd] volunteer
battalion of The King's Royal Rifle
Corps
HQ at Swallow Street, Picadilly, London W |
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1885 |
HQ
moved to Kensington |
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1886 |
eighth
company raised |
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1889 |
battalion
came within boundaries of new County of London, formed from parts
of Middlesex, Kent and Surrey |
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1891.12 |
4th Middlesex
(West London) Volunteer Rifle Corps |
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1892 |
[3rd] volunteer
battalion of The King's Royal Rifle
Corps
(with 14th Middlesex
RVC attached) |
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1905.09.01 |
4th Middlesex
(Kensington) Volunteer Rifle Corps |
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1908.04.01 |
13th (County
of London) Battalion, The
London Regiment (Kensington)
transferred to T.F. with HQ and coys at Iverna
Gardens, Kensington, absorbing some personnel of 2nd
Middlesex VRC |
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- A Company
- B Company
- C Company
- D Company
- E Company
- F Company
- G Company
- H Company
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1914.10 |
13th (County
of London) Princess Louise's Kensington Battalion, The
London Regiment
named for Princess
Louise, who resided at Kensington Palace |
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1915.03 |
1/13th (County
of London) Princess Louise's Kensington Battalion, The
London Regiment
renumbered on formation of 2/13th Battalion |
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1916.07.07 |
transferred
to the corps of The
Middlesex Regiment |
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1920.02.07 |
13th (County
of London) Princess Louise's Kensington Battalion, The
London Regiment
reconstituted in T.A. with HQ at Iverna Gardens,
Kensington |
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- A Company at ?
- B Company at ?
- C Company at ?
- D Company at ?
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1922 |
13th London
Regiment (Princess Louise's Kensington Regiment) |
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1937.08.10 |
Princess Louise's
Kensington Regiment, The Middlesex
Regiment (Duke of Cambridge's Own) |
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1939.03.31 |
1st Battalion,
Princess Louise's Kensington Regiment, The
Middlesex Regiment (Duke of Cambridge's Own)
redesignated on formation of duplicate 2nd Battalion |
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1947.01.01 |
GHQ Signals
Reporting Regiment (Princess Louise's Kensington Regiment), Royal
Signals
reconstituted in T.A. with HQ at Kensington,
and concurrently amalgamated with duplicate 2nd Battalion (continuing
role of war-time GHQ Liaison Regt) |
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1950 |
Army Phantom
Regiment, Royal Signals
(Princess Louise's Kensington Regiment) |
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1956 |
Princess Louise's
Kensington Regiment, Royal Signals |
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1961.05.01 |
41st Signal
Regiment, Royal Signals
(Princess Louise's Kensington Regiment)
HQ at Hammersmith; absorbed 311, 312?, 314
and 317 Signal Squadrons, and R Bty 565 Regiment RA |
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- HQ Squadron at Hammersmith, formed
from R Bty 565 Regt RA
- 1 Squadron at Portsmouth and Bournemouth,
amalgamation of 312? and 314 Sqns
- 2 Squadron at Coulsdon and Hammersmith,
amalgamation of 311 and 317 Sqns
- 3 Squadron at Hammersmith, formed from
R Bty 565 Regt RA
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1967.04.01 |
41st
(Princess Louise's Kensington) Signal Squadron, 31st
(Greater London) Signal Regiment, Royal Signals (V)
regiment disbanded and concurrently reconstituted
in TAVR II as a single sqn at Coulsdon |
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History: |
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41st
(Princess Louise's Kensington) Signal Squadron (Reserve
Forces and Cadets of London site) |
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41st
(Princess Louise's Kensington) Signal Squadron (Army site) |
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History
of the Kensington Regiment (Reserve Forces and Cadets of London
site) |
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The
London Regiment, by Chris Baker (The British Army in the Great
War) |
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The
London Regiment, by Brad Chappell (The Regimental Warpath 1914-1918) |
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Deployment and War Service of Units: |
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1/13th (Princess Louise's
Kensington) (County of London) Battalion, The London Regiment
[1914-1919]  |
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2/13th (Princess Louise's Kensington)
(County of London) Battalion, The London Regiment [1916-1919]
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13th (Reserve) (Princess Louise's Kensington)
(County of London) Battalion, The London Regiment [1916-1919]
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1st Battalion, Princess Louise's Kensington
Regiment [1939-1947] |
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2nd Battalion, Princess Louise's Kensington
Regiment [1940-1947]
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Biography
and Gallantry Awards: |
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[no external sites have been found] |
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Associations,
Forums and Re-Enactors: |
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Museums,
Monuments, Memorials and Chapels: |
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South Africa
1900-02
The Great War (3 battalions):
Neuve Chapelle,
Aubers, Somme 1916 '18,
Albert 1916 '18, Ginchy, Flers-Courcelette, Morval, Le Transloy,
Arras 1917 '18, Scarpe 1917 '18, Ypres 1917, Langemarck
1917, Cambrai 1917 '18, Hindenburg Line, Canal du Nord, Sambre,
France and Flanders 1914-18, Doiran
1917, Macedonia
1916-17, Gaza,
Nebi Samwil, Jerusalem, Jericho, Jordan, Megiddo, Sharon,
Palestine 1917-18
The Second World War: St. Valery en Caux, Saar,
Tilly sur Seulles,
Odon, Antwerp-Turnhout Canal, Venlo Pocket, Zetten, Arnhem
1945, North-West Europe
1940 '44-45,
Centuripe,
Sicily 1943, Termoli,
Sangro, Cassino II,
Liri Valley, Monte Spaduro, Argenta Gap, Italy 1943-45
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Record of Colours: |
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Badges: |
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Uniform: |
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1879.11.05 |
Hon. Col. Charles Robert Claude (Wilde),
2nd Baron Truro |
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1887.08.27 |
Gen. Frederick Augustus (Thesiger), 2nd
Baron Chelmsford, GCB, GCVO |
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1906.11.29 |
Maj-Gen. Sir Alfred Edward Turner, KCB
[also Col. Cmdt. RA] |
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1920.07.13 |
Gen. Sir Francis Lloyd, GCVO, KCB, DSO |
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1929.12.28 |
Col. H. Campbell, DSO, OBE, TD |
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Motto: |
Quid nobis ardui |
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Nicknames: |
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Anniversaries: |
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Freedoms: |
Royal Borough
of Kensington (1959) |
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Marches: |
The Wild Hunt |
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Musicians: |
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Mascot: |
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Miscellaneous
Tradition Links: |
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The Declaration, with the rules and
regulations of the Kensington Corps of Volunteer Infantry.
Kensington : Martin, 1803. |
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Bailey, O.F.; and Hollier, H.M. The
Kensingtons : 13th London Regiment. [London] : Regimental
Old Comrades Association, [1936] |
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The Kensingtons : Princess Louise's
Kensington Regiment, Second World War. [London] : Regimental
Old Comrades Association, [1952] |
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Army Phantom Signal Regiment (Princess
Louise's Kensington Regiment) T.A. : a brief history, 1859-1959.
Aldershot : Gale & Polden, 1959. |
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