Somehow I joined up with the Royal West Kent's at Foret de Nieppe ... and our withdrawal continued towards Caudescure. The Queen's Own Brigade had now been engaged with the enemy or on the ...

Private Leonard Bristow, from Dartford, was only 18 when he served in the 1st Battalion of the Queen’s Own Royal West Kent Regiment. Picture: Imperial War Museum On December 17, 1914 ...

The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment) was formed in 1572 during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I. In 1961, it amalgamated with The Queen’s Own Royal West Kent Regiment to become the Queen’s Own ...

The attack on the Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment on 22 October 1951 was the largest loss of life from a British platoon since World War II. Fifteen soldiers were killed in the ambush during ...

The 1st Battalion The Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment (QORWK) was deployed to Malaya in March 1951. Links between the regiment and the town can be traced back to 1794. The QORWK merged with ...

Brigadier Mortimer Kelleher, who has died aged 98, won an MC in Palestine in 1938 and subsequently had a distinguished career as a consultant physician in the Royal Army Medical Corps. In 1938 the ...