Originally formed in 1881, the Queen’s Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) was one of two of the county’s armed forces.
During the First World War, the two regular battalions fought in France and Mesopotamia. The regiment also raised 14 Territorial and New Army battalions between 1914 and 1918. These served at home stations, Gallipoli, Mesopotamia, Italy and on the Western Front.
Commonwealth War Graves
Apps, Private Walter (d1918, aged 22, died of wounds)
Carver, Private Edward (d1918, aged 31, illness)
Ford, Private Sidney (d1915, aged 20, cause of death unknown)
Grigsby, Private Charles (d1917, aged 35, illness)
Hawes, Private Robert (d1917, aged 26, died of wounds)
Hills, Lance Corporal Ernest (d1916, aged 39, illness)
Hornby, Corporal Sidney (d1916, aged 36, killed in action)
Lane, Private Walter (d1919, aged 26, illness)
Lord, Private Sidney (d1916, aged 21, illness)
