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50th (The Queen's Own)
Regiment of Foot
 
United Kingdom 
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1755.12.25 52nd Regiment of Foot
1756.12.25 50th Regiment of Foot
renumbered upon disbandment of old 50th Regiment and 51st Regiment
1782.08.31 50th (the West Kent) Regiment of Foot
1827.09.25 50th (or Duke of Clarence's) Regiment of Foot
(named for the future King William IV)
1831.01.14 50th (the Queen's Own) Regiment of Foot
(renamed for Queen Adelaide, consort of William IV)
1881.07.01 united with 97th (The Earl of Ulster's) Regiment of Foot , to form The Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)
pip 1st/50th Foot (West Kent) Queen's Own Regiment [in Australia] 1834-1841 & 1866-1869, by B & M Chapman.
     
  Regulars:
    [1st Battalion] [1755-1881]
    2nd Battalion [1804-1814]
   
Depot and Reserves:
  ? Depot Battalion [1856-1871]
  46th Brigade Depot at Maidstone [1873-1881]
   
   
[Egypt]1, Vimiera, Coruna, Almaraz, Vittoria, Pyrenees, Nive, Orthes, Peninsula, Punniar, Mookdee, Ferozeshah, Aliwal, Sobraon, Alma, Inkerman, Sevastopol, New Zealand2

1.  the Sphinx badge superscribed "Egypt".
2.  awarded for services in 1863-1866.
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Uniform: 1755-1881: scarlet; facings: black
   
   
     
   
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1755.12.18 Gen. James Abercromby [also 50th Foot; Col.-in-Chief, 60th Foot]
1756.05.30 F.M. Studholme Hodgson
1759.10.24 F.M. John Griffin Griffin (Whitwell), 4th Baron Howard de Walden, KB (Lord Braybrooke) [also 1st Tp Horse Gren Gds, 4th Dgns, 33rd Foot]
1760.05.05 Lt-Gen. Edward Carr
1764.09.05 Gen. Sir William Boothby, Bt
1774.02.03 Gen. Michael O'Brien Dilkes
1775.09.01 Col. Hon. George Monson [also 96th Foot]
1777.04.30 Gen. Sir Thomas Spencer Wilson, Bt.
1798.08.31 Gen. Sir James Duff
1839.12.23 Gen. Sir George Townsend Walker, Bt., GCB [also 50th Foot, 52nd Foot, 84th Foot, Rifle Bde, Meuron's Regt; Gov. Grenada 1815-16, CinC Madras 1825-31]
1842.11.17 Lt-Gen. Sir Hudson Lowe, KCB, GCMG
1844.01.20 Lt-Gen. Sir John Gardiner, KCB
1849.03.28 Maj-Gen. Dir Dudley St. Leger Hill, KCB
1851.04.11 Lt-Gen. William Francis Bentinck Loftus
1852.10.11 Maj-Gen. James Allan, CB
1853.02.28 Lt-Gen. Sir George Arthur, Bt, KCH
1854.09.20 Gen. Sir Richard England, GCB, KH
1861.04.20 Lt-Gen. George Morton Eden
1862.11.12 Lt-Gen. Marcus John Wade
1872.03.08 Gen. Sir Edward Walter Forestier-Walker, KCB
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monument The Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment Museum, Dover (Army Museums Ogilby Trust)
monument The Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment Museum, Dover (Simonides listing)
monument Queen's Own Royal West Kent Museum, Maidstone (Army Museums Ogilby Trust)
monument Queen's Own Royal West Kent Museum, Maidstone (Simonides listing)
   
   
Full Histories:
book Fyler, Arthur Evelyn. The history of the 50th or (the Queen's Own) Regiment from the earliest date to the year 1881. London : Chapman and Hall, 1895.
book Patterson, John. The adventures of Captain John Patterson : with notices of the officers, &c.; of the 50th, or Queen's own regiment, from 1807 to 1821. London : T. & W. Boone, 1837.
 
Special Topics:
book Edwards, H.N. The Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment, 50th (The Queen's Own), 97th (The Earl of Ulster's) Medal Roll. Part One, 1793-1881. [s.l. : s.n.], 1928. [supplement to The Queen's Own gazette]