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In that year the King drew the lots for individual regiments and the resulting list remained in force with minor amendments until the end of the militia. The regiments raised before the peace of 1763 took the first 47 places (West Kent was 37th); presumably because the East Kents were not embodied until 1778, it was placed in the second group as 49th. Formally, the regiments became the '37th, or West Kent
Militia' and '49th, or East Kent Militia'. While most militia regiments paid little attention to the numeral, the West Kents did incorporate the number '37' into their insignia.
285:. However, with a few exceptions neither side made much use of the trained bands during the war beyond securing the county armouries for their own full-time troops, many of whom were recruited from the trained band ranks. However, the Kent Trained Bands were often called out and as the war dragged on the county organised Auxiliary Trained Bands to allow rotation of units on duty. They also raised units of volunteers for service outside the county. Each of the five lathes organised an auxiliary regiment and a regiment of horse:
660:
909:, enacted during a renewed period of international tension. As before, units were raised and administered on a county basis, and filled by voluntary enlistment (although conscription by means of the Militia Ballot might be used if the counties failed to meet their quotas). Training was for 56 days on enlistment, then for 21–28 days per year, during which the men received full army pay. Under the Act, Militia units could be embodied by Royal Proclamation for full-time home defence service in three circumstances:
1012:
1020:
524:, caused an upset among taxpayers in Kent in 1668 when he directed that the Kent Militia should abandon armour and the men were to have red soldiers' coats down to the knees, lined with black (which would show at the turned back collars and cuffs), except his own regiment, which was to be clothed in yellow. By 1684 militia captains throughout the country were directed to provide cavalry with a buff coat and infantry with a coat of one colour.
264:'s army, which was to make an amphibious landing in Scotland. But the best men were kept for coastal defence and most of those who actually went were untrained and badly equipped hired or 'pressed' substitutes, the men and arms described as 'utterly unserviceable'. Morton's Regiment took part in the abortive expedition, suffering serious casualties from an outbreak of
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The militia order of precedence balloted for in 1793 (Kent was 1st) remained in force throughout the French
Revolutionary War: this covered all the regiments in the county. Another ballot for precedence took place at the start of the Napoleonic War, when Kent was 57th.This order continued until 1833.
1140:
in
December 1899, most of the regular army was sent to South Africa, and many militia units were embodied to replace them for home defence and to garrison certain overseas stations. Some were then permitted to volunteer for active service in South Africa. The 3rd Buffs was embodied on 18 January 1900
759:
In a fresh attempt to have as many men as possible under arms for home defence in order to release regulars, the
Government created the Supplementary Militia, a compulsory levy of men to be trained in their spare time, and to be incorporated in the Militia in emergency. Kent's quota was fixed at 1873
183:
training and equipping the militia became a priority. From 1583 counties were organised into groups for training purposes, with emphasis on the invasion-threatened 'maritime' counties including Kent. In 1584, Kent had 2500 trained men, of which 1000 were equipped with firearms, 500 with bows and 1000
1226:
the two battalions were embodied and went to their war stations at Dover (Buffs) and
Chatham (West Kents). As well as defence tasks, their role was to equip the Reservists and Special Reservists of their regiments and send them as reinforcement drafts to the Regular battalions serving overseas. Once
767:
in March 1802 and all the militia were stood down. However, the Peace of Amiens was shortlived and the regiments, whose training commitment had been increased from 21 to 28 days a year, were called out again in 1803. Legislation passed in 1798 and 1811 permitted
English militia regiments to serve in
619:
a series of
Militia Acts from 1757 re-established county militia regiments, the men being conscripted by means of parish ballots (paid substitutes were permitted) to serve for three years. There was a property qualification for officers, who were commissioned by the lord lieutenant. Kent was given a
469:
at about 17.00 on 10 June and three ships of the line engaged
Garrison Point Fort while a force of about 800 soldiers and marines under an English renegade, Colonel Thomas Dolman, was landed from small boats. After about an hour's firing by the warships, nine of the fort's guns had been knocked out,
335:
was kept in being after the First Civil War ended in 1646, Parliament disbanded its local forces and the
Trained Bands were again the main military force to deal with local uprisings. An outbreak in Canterbury at Christmas 1647 was quelled by the St Augustine Volunteers. However, the trial of those
776:
While the
Militia were the mainstay of national defence during the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, they were supplemented from 1808 by the Local Militia, which were part-time and only to be used within their own districts. These were raised to counter the declining numbers of Volunteers, and if
196:
in 1588 led to the mustering of the trained bands in April and they were called out on 23 July as the Armada approached. Kent produced 7124, of whom 4166 were untrained. Kent was threatened on its southern, eastern and northern coasts and its force was divided into eastern and western divisions at
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could be fully mobilised, and set up a system of guards along the coast. He had the whole county militia ready to march at an hour's notice, and hoped to be given command of any regular troops in the county. Again, the whole militia of England was called out to repel a possible invasion after the
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before the army was dispersed to its homes. Kent's quota in 1640 was another 700, not including the Cinque Ports' 300, to be sent by sea to join the army assembling on the Scottish border. Kent however was notably uncooperative and the numbers had to be made up with pressed men.
1349:
It is incorrect to describe the British Militia as 'irregular': throughout their history they were equipped and trained exactly like the line regiments of the regular army, and once embodied in time of war they were fulltime professional soldiers for the duration of their
675:
when the country was threatened with invasion by the Americans' allies, France and Spain. Both regiments of Kent Militia were embodied on 31 March 1778. That summer the regiments went into camp, training alongside other Militia and Regular regiments. The East Kent was at
896:
After Waterloo there was another long peace. Although officers continued to be commissioned into the militia and ballots were still held, the regiments were rarely assembled for training and the permanent staffs of sergeants and drummers were progressively reduced.
603:. In Kent, which hourly expected a French invasion in support of the Jacobites in December 1745, all that could be done was for the Deputy Lieutenants to ask anyone willing to fight to assemble with whatever arms they had – a reversion to the shire levy or
592:. However, musters and training were in decline: in Kent there were complaints that the various troops and companies had never been mustered simultaneously, allowing men to appear in more than one unit, making them seem stronger than they actually were.
748:), which the regular army increasingly saw as a prime source of recruits. They served in coast defences, manning garrisons, guarding prisoners of war, and for internal security, while their traditional local defence duties were taken over by the
980:
for a year. The West Kent LI was embodied in January 1855 and served in Ireland. The Kent Militia Artillery was also embodied in January 1855 and served in the Dover defences. After the war the militia was disembodied in June and July 1856.
727:
The militia was stood down at the conclusion of the war and from 1784 to 1792 the regiments were supposed to assemble for 28 days' annual training, even though to save money only two-thirds of the men were actually called out each year.
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888:
The militia was disembodied at the end of the Napoleonic War and the Local Militia Ballot was suspended and their remaining permanent staff were paid off. The West Kent Militia was embodied again in June 1815 during the short
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their ranks could not be filled voluntarily the Militia Ballot was employed. Meetings of the Kent Lieutenancy to set up the Local Militia were held at the Bell Inn at Maidstone in April 1809 and the Lord Lieutenant of Kent (
2905:
367:
the militia received pay when called out, and operated alongside the New Model Army to control the country. Large numbers of Trained Band units were called out across England in 1650 during the Scottish invasion of the
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Viscount Marsham, who had just succeeded his father as Earl of Romney, resigned and Lt-Col Hon John Wingfield-Stratford was appointed to replace him as Commandant of the Bearsted and Malling Regiment on 4 April 1811
19:
465:. When intelligence of the Dutch approach was received, a company of West Kent Militia was added to the garrison, bringing it to a strength of about 250 men. The Dutch squadron appeared off the entrance to the
1227:
the pool of reservists had dried up, the 3rd Bns trained thousands of raw recruits for the active service battalions, and reserve battalions were established alongside them to carry out the same role for the '
1203:
402:
under the control of the king's lords-lieutenant, the men to be selected by ballot. This was popularly seen as the 'Constitutional Force' to counterbalance a 'Standing Army' tainted by association with the
1167:
The Kent Artillery was embodied from 3 May to 13 October 1900. Although the unit volunteered for overseas service it was not accepted, though some officers did serve in South Africa as volunteers.
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643:
on 20 November 1758 when it had reached 60 per cent of its establishment strength – one of the first units in the country to achieve this. It was embodied for fulltime service on 23 June 1759. The
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into which each county was divided. Under this statute 'Commissioners of Array' would levy the required number of men from each shire. The usual shire contingent was 1000 infantry commanded by a
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3240:
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Although the militia obligation was universal, it was clearly impractical to train and equip every able-bodied man, so after 1572 the practice was to select a proportion of men for the
493:, as a prize. The other forts prevented the Dutch ships from proceeding further up the Medway or Thames, so they withdrew on 22 June, having completely demolished Garrison Point Fort.
877:, was commissioned as captain of the Sevenoaks and Bromley Regiment on 27 April 1813, then on 26 July the same year he was promoted to Lt-Col Cmdt after Viscount Whitworth resigned.
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quota of 960 men to raise. The militia was strongly supported by the Sackvilles, one of Kent's leading families, and despite several anti-militia riots in the county (at one point
355:
Once Parliament had re-established full control it passed new Militia Acts in 1648 and 1650 that replaced lords lieutenant with county commissioners appointed by Parliament or the
2898:
744:
saw a new phase for the English militia: they were embodied for a whole generation, and became regiments of full-time professional soldiers (though restricted to service in the
976:, the militia began to be called out for home defence. The East Kent Militia was embodied by June 1854 and in 1855 it volunteered for overseas garrison service, being sent to
3114:
1199:
941:
The 1852 Act introduced Artillery Militia units in addition to the traditional infantry regiments. Their role was to man coastal defences and fortifications, relieving the
399:
647:
followed in 1760, but was not embodied for fulltime service during the war. The regiment only served in Kent during the Seven Years War, with detachments guarding French
1214:
1195:(SR), a semi-professional force whose role was to provide reinforcement drafts for regular units serving overseas in wartime, rather like the earlier Militia Reserve.
1073:
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attempted to reform them into a national force or 'Perfect Militia' answering to the king rather than local control. In 1638 the Kent regiments were organised by '
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3225:
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During the War of American Independence the counties were given an order of precedence determined by ballot each year. For the Kent Militia the positions were:
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of 1881 completed the Cardwell process by converting the linked regular regiments into county regiments and incorporating the militia battalions into them:
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strength, and was absorbed by the 1st Bn (now 3rd Buffs) in 1888. The two militia battalions of the Royal West Kents were similarly amalgamated in 1894.
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It was intended that each sub-district would have two regular and two militia battalions, so both the East and West Kents formed 2nd Battalions in 1876.
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if the Spanish landed there. But the Armada was defeated at sea and was unable to land any troops: the trained bands were stood down shortly afterwards.
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landed at Sandwich to put himself at the head of the rebellion. Many of the gentleman of Kent joined and trained bandsmen could not be relied upon, but
1106:
2118:
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3495:
3425:
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visited on 28 September. The militia then alternated between winter quarters and summer camps. The West Kents were at Warley in 1779 and was then
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1184:
1068:
823:
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2926:
2880:
841:
521:
505:
874:
261:
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427:. The militia were again assembled in May 1667, Kent supplying its men with a month's pay. In June the Dutch fleet suddenly appeared off
2914:
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rather than their county lords lieutenant. Around a third of the recruits and many young officers went on to join the regular army. The
813:
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180:
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The SR resumed its old title of Militia in 1921 but most militia units remained in abeyance after World War I. By the outbreak of
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After the Boer War, the future of the Militia was called into question. There were moves to reform the Auxiliary Forces (Militia,
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Armour was going out of use and the militia were not otherwise supplied with uniforms. The acting Lord Lieutenant of Kent, the
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arrested led to further protests in May 1648, which former Royalist officers turned into an organised revolt, sparking off the
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was only partly built. The fort contained 16 guns manned by a small detachment of permanent gunners assisted by seamen from
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411:'s military dictatorship, and almost the whole burden of home defence and internal security was entrusted to the militia.
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172:. The entry into force of these Acts in 1558 is seen as the starting date for the organised county militia in England.
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regiments of the county served in home defence in all of Britain's major wars. They also saw active service during the
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3204:
1575:
431:, and 160 townsmen turned out in two hours to help the embodied militia company. The Dutch fleet then sailed into the
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in the summer of 1643. The Sutton at Hone TB Volunteers were represented in the Parliamentary army that relieved the
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Historical Records of the 1st King’s Own Stafford Militia, now 3rd & 4th Battalions South Staffordshire Regiment
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The Artillery Militia was reorganised into 11 divisions of garrison artillery in 1882, and the Kent unit became the
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3149:
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in 1939, no officers remained listed for either Kent battalions. The Militia was formally disbanded in April 1953.
1180:
1100:
439:, with the aim of damaging the ships and dockyard facilities. Its first task was to suppress the coast defences at
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317:
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1727:
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In 1666, Charles II called out the Kent Militia to defend against a threatened Dutch and French invasion (the
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and Spragge ordered the survivors of the garrison to evacuate the damaged fort and withdraw up the Medway to
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3550:
3500:
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3154:
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749:
659:
600:
531:
501:
389:
369:
360:
305:
246:
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1019:
3688:
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3581:
3555:
3510:
3475:
3400:
3390:
3385:
3169:
2807:
2014:
1320:
1232:
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862:
651:. It was disembodied in December 1762 as the war was ending and reverted to a peacetime training routine.
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234:
99:
95:
221:
With the passing of the threat of invasion, the trained bands declined in the early 17th Century. Later,
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624:
395:
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278:
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from December 1643 to January 1644. Later in 1644 the Aylesford TB Volunteers were at the inconclusive
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341:
289:
222:
206:
169:
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91:
260:. In 1639 the county was ordered to select 1200 men for Sir Thomas Morton's Regiment of Foot in the
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3515:
3505:
3490:
3445:
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1228:
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890:
858:
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309:
250:
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34:
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and after volunteering were sent to South Africa in March. It saw a good deal of action in the
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1146:
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372:, including those of Kent. Twistleton's Kent Dragoons were ordered to join a concentration at
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The trained bands including the Kent contingent were called out in both 1639 and 1640 for the
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988:, again serving at Portsmouth and Woolwich from December 1857. In March 1860 it was sent to
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764:
581:
471:
420:
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313:
257:
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respectively. Two thousand of the Kent trained men were sent to join the main Royal army at
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2255:
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The Cranbrook and Woodsgate Regiment had become the Weald of Kent Regiment by March 1814.
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359:. At the same time the term 'Trained Band' began to disappear in most counties. Under the
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238:
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in London, and 4000 foot and 725 horse were to be sent into the neighbouring county of
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List of United States militia units in the American Revolutionary War § Delaware
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The East Kents were among the small number of militia regiments embodied during the
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721:
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3rd Battalion of the West Kents also volunteered and served in garrison in Malta.
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War having broken out with Russia in 1854 and an expeditionary force sent to the
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men, and a third regiment was formed, though this seems to have been shortlived.
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the legal basis of the militia was updated by two acts of 1557 covering musters (
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British Civil Wars, Commonwealth & Protectorate, 1638–1660 (the BCW Project)
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The Citadel at Dover, base of the 3rd (Reserve) Bn Buffs throughout World War I.
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Officer's helmet Plate of the Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment), 1902-1914.
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Thereafter the militia regiments were only assembled for their annual training.
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827:
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H.G. Parkyn, 'English Militia Regiments 1757–1935: Their Badges and Buttons',
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The Civil Wars: A Military History of England, Scotland and Ireland 1638–1660
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as Lt-Col Cmdt, 16 May 1809; became 1st East Kent or Ashford, Oldcastle and
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and Woodsgate Regiment of Local Militia, Earl Camden as Colonel, 16 May 1809
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Ireland for two years, and both Kent Militia regiments spent periods there.
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230:
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The 3rd Bn Buffs was embodied from 9 March to 30 September 1885 during the
913:'Whenever a state of war exists between Her Majesty and any foreign power'.
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Ian Gentles, 'The Civil War in England', in Kenyon & Ohlmeyer, p. 152.
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and Volunteers) to take their place in the six Army Corps proposed by the
57:. After a shadowy postwar existence they were formally disbanded in 1953.
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3rd (West Kent Militia) Battalion, Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)
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The Militia passed into virtual abeyance during the long peace after the
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led the New Model Army into the county and defeated the Royalists at the
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H.N. Edwards, 'Lieutenant-Colonel William Dalison (West Kent Militia)',
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also had a legal obligation to supply ships, seamen and marines for the
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of 1872, militia regiments were brigaded with their local regular and
3059:, Lichfield: The Johnson's Head, 1902/London: Forgotten Books, 2015,
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423:), and in September that year it sent a contingent to help fight the
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The Militia Artillery 1852–1909 (Their Lineage, Uniforms and Badges)
1149:, then spent most of 1901 as convoy escorts and to man the lines of
249:(Dartford and Sevenoaks areas), together with one company from the
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The Bishops' Wars: Charles I's campaigns against Scotland 1638–1640
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Bernard Capp, 'Naval Operations', in Kenyon & Ohlmeyer, p. 180.
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Soldiers: Army Lives and Loyalties from Redcoats to Dusty Warriors
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Under the 'Localisation of the Forces' scheme introduced by the
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An Epitomized History of the Militia (The Constitutional Force)
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Scarlet into Khaki: The British Army on the Eve of the Boer War
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3rd (Reserve) Battalion, Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)
1153:. The 3rd Buffs were relieved and embarked in January 1902 for
781:) began issuing commissions to officers in the new regiments:
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and the laid-up warships at anchor, towing away the flagship,
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3rd (East Kent Militia) Battalion, Buffs (East Kent Regiment)
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on their return, and a number of Kentish TB units joined the
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in 1712, although a few counties were called out during the
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D.W. King, 'The Surrey Local Militia: the 1813 Regiments',
916:'In all cases of invasion or upon imminent danger thereof'.
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W.Y. Baldry, 'Order of Precedence of Militia Regiments',
1161:. The battalion was finally disembodied on 17 July 1902.
3025:
Jim O'Brien, 'Militiamen in the Second Anglo-Boer War',
1775:'Militia of the Worcester Campaign 1651' at BCW Project.
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Division was abolished in 1889 the title was altered to
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These totalled 37 companies of Foot (3550 men) and four
86:. The universal obligation to serve continued under the
1231:' battalions. They continued this role until after the
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helped the Kentish authorities to put down a rising at
1576:'Sir Thomas Morton's Regiment of Foot' at BCW Project.
340:. The Royalists seized numerous towns in Kent and the
2887:, London: Sampson Low, 1899/London: Greenhill, 1988,
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battalions. Kent was divided into two Sub-Districts:
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where they spent a further six months guarding Boer
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with six batteries was raised at Dover in May 1853.
78:, the military force raised from the freemen of the
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Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research
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1206:respectively. The Artillery Militia was disbanded.
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3rd (Reserve) Battalion, Buffs (East Kent Regiment)
3055:Capt C.H. Wylly, Col Charrington and Capt Bulwer,
3013:The History of Coast Artillery in the British Army
1051:Sub-District No 45 (County of Kent) at Canterbury
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1065:Sub-District No 46 (County of Kent) at Maidstone
53:, and trained thousands of reinforcements during
29:was an auxiliary military force in the county of
3043:Battles and Generals of the Civil Wars 1642–1651
740:declared war on Britain on 1 February 1793. The
312:'s Southern Association army for the successful
156:c. 3) and the maintenance of horses and armour (
126:. The coastal towns of Kent forming part of the
3022:, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1901 (1968 reprint).
2787:, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1994,
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1714:
1712:
1667:Sutton at Hone Lathe Volunteers at BCW Project.
400:The King's Sole Right over the Militia Act 1661
324:, Kentish troops may have been involved in the
160:c. 2), which placed the county militia under a
3008:, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1931.
2868:, Vol I, Wakefield: Microform Academic, 1984,
639:. The regiment's weapons were issued from the
508:, warned of the danger of invasion before the
3108:
2944:/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, 2001,
2866:Lineage Book of British Land Forces 1660–1978
1728:St Augustine Lathe Volunteers at BCW Project.
1388:
1386:
1384:
893:. They were finally disembodied in May 1816.
802:as Lieutenant-Colonel Commandant, 16 May 1809
720:, north of London, to assist in quelling the
245:(Folkestone, Hythe and New Romney areas) and
179:, who were mustered for regular drills. When
114:, divided into companies of 100 commanded by
18:For the Kent County Militia of Delaware, see
8:
2828:, Vol III, 2nd Edn, London: Macmillan, 1911.
2803:, Vol 34, No 140 (December 1956), pp. 143–4.
2780:, London: Routledge & Keegan Paul, 1967.
2114:
2112:
2110:
2108:
2106:
2104:
2005:
2003:
2001:
1999:
1997:
1995:
1993:
1991:
1880:Fortescue, Vol II, pp. 288, 299, 301–2, 521.
1074:97th (The Earl of Ulster's) Regiment of Foot
1056:3rd (East Kent) Regiment of Foot (The Buffs)
1015:Cap badge of the Buffs (East Kent Regiment).
919:'In all cases of rebellion or insurrection'.
736:The militia was already being embodied when
572:of Horse (231 men). Among the colonels were
398:, the English Militia was re-established by
376:, before the Scots army was defeated at the
233:(Rochester, Maidstone and Tonbridge areas);
122:, and subdivided into platoons of 20 led by
3052:, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1965.
3037:, Vol 15, No 60 (Winter 1936), pp. 216–248.
2166:
2164:
2102:
2100:
2098:
2096:
2094:
2092:
2090:
2088:
2086:
2084:
1989:
1987:
1985:
1983:
1981:
1979:
1977:
1975:
1973:
1971:
1637:
1635:
1633:
708:. At the end of May 1780 it was ordered to
615:Under threat of French invasion during the
474:. The Dutch now controlled the river below
164:appointed by the monarch, assisted by the
3355:
3328:
3134:
3115:
3101:
3093:
2814:, Vol I, 2nd Edn, London: Macmillan, 1910.
2737:
2735:
2046:
2044:
2042:
2040:
1696:Alyesford Lathe Volunteers at BCW Project.
1551:
1549:
1547:
1545:
1543:
1541:
1539:
1537:
1535:
1099:East Kent Militia became 3rd and 4th Bns,
2982:, Vol 54, No 217 (Spring 1976) pp. 48–53.
2284:
2282:
2280:
2074:
2072:
2070:
2068:
2066:
2064:
2062:
2060:
2058:
2028:
2026:
2024:
1533:
1531:
1529:
1527:
1525:
1523:
1521:
1519:
1517:
1515:
1191:of 1908, the Militia was replaced by the
458:, all under the command of the Governor,
41:in 1558 until their final service as the
3029:, Issue 116, March 2004, pp. 19–21.
2772:, Vol 15, No 57 (Spring 1936), pp. 5–16.
1626:'Trained Band Regiments' at BCW Project/
1586:Fissel, pp. 5, 22–37, 198, 204–7, 252–4.
1482:Boynton, pp. 13–7, 91–2, 96, Appendix I.
732:French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars
658:
237:(Canterbury, Sandwich and Dover areas);
2514:
2512:
2510:
2508:
2506:
2504:
2217:
2215:
2011:"West Kent Light Infantry [UK]"
1362:
1342:
435:and detached a squadron to carry out a
2903:, London:United Service Gazette, 1905.
1654:1643: The Civil War comes to Tonbridge
1107:Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)
954:2nd Brigade, Cinque Ports Division, RA
923:The West Kent regiment was designated
692:, and as the senior regiment in camp (
3729:Military units and formations in Kent
3006:The Constitutional History of England
2158:Fortescue, Vol V, pp. 167–8, 198–204.
863:Sir Thomas Maryon-Wilson, 7th Baronet
506:Heneage Finch, 3rd Earl of Winchilsea
328:, which surrendered in October 1645.
106:of 1285. The men were arrayed by the
7:
2990:, Nottingham: Sherwood Press, 1987,
1565:'Kent Trained Bands' at BCW Project.
1331:Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment
996:working on the stone breakwaters of
962:Kent Artillery (Eastern Division) RA
875:George Sackville, 4th Duke of Dorset
496:In May 1672, on the outbreak of the
184:were 'corslets' (armoured pikemen).
94:kings and was reorganised under the
37:. From their formal organisation as
2119:East Kent Militia at Regiments.org.
1069:50th (Queen's Own) Regiment of Foot
1000:. It was disembodied in June 1860.
847:2nd East Kent or Lath of Scray and
2966:, Oxford: University Press, 1998,
2821:, Vol II, London: Macmillan, 1899.
2209:Fortescue, Vol VII, pp. 34–5, 334.
1642:Kent Trained Bands at BCW Project.
865:, as Lt-Col Cmdt, 22 February 1810
851:Regiment of Local Militia, Lt-Gen
320:. After attending a rendezvous at
14:
2778:The Elizabethan Militia 1558–1638
696:) provided the King's Guard when
2149:Knight, pp. 78–9, 111, 255, 411.
1369:Fortescue, Vol I, pp. 5, 12, 16.
1326:Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment)
574:Sir Stephen Lennard, 2nd Baronet
1087:The militia now came under the
992:, where it guarded convicts at
798:Regiment of Local Militia, the
712:for the sumer, but diverted to
582:Sir Philip Boteler, 3rd Baronet
3087:– Regiments.org (archive site)
3045:, London: Seeley Service 1968.
2936:, London: Samson Books, 1978,
2753:Militia 1850 at Regiments.org.
2140:Fortescue, Vol III, pp. 530–1.
1965:Western, Appendices A & B.
1595:Fissel, pp. 42–4, 207–11, 241.
1235:and were disembodied in 1919.
1:
3739:Militia of the United Kingdom
2921:, London: HarperPress, 2011,
2855:A History of the British Army
2844:A History of the British Army
2833:A History of the British Army
2826:A History of the British Army
2819:A History of the British Army
2812:A History of the British Army
2200:Fortescue, Vol VI, pp. 180–1.
1007:Cardwell and Childers reforms
945:(RA) for active service. The
844:as Lt-Col Cmdt, 7 August 1809
586:Sir Francis Head, 2nd Baronet
2883:(Col Peter S. Walton, ed.),
1785:Fortescue, Vol I, pp. 294–5.
673:War of American Independence
655:War of American Independence
2685:Dunlop, pp. 131–40, 158-62.
1953:Western, pp. 124, 294, 298.
861:Regiment of Local Militia,
840:Regiment of Local Militia,
822:Regiment of Local Militia,
816:as Lt-Col Cmdt, 16 May 1809
812:Regiment of Local Militia,
396:Restoration of the Monarchy
3755:
3020:The Welsh Wars of Edward I
2861:, London: Macmillan, 1912.
2850:, London: Macmillan, 1910.
2839:, London: Macmillan, 1910.
1862:Fortescue, Vol II, p. 133.
1198:The battalions became the
1181:Secretary of State for War
1101:Buffs (East Kent Regiment)
1032:
1026:
934:
387:
141:
17:
3124:British Militia Regiments
3011:Col K. W. Maurice-Jones,
2934:British Regiments 1914–18
1473:Maitland, pp. 234–5, 278.
1455:Fortescue, Vol I, p. 125.
742:French Revolutionary Wars
2986:Norman E.H. Litchfield,
2899:Col George Jackson Hay,
2881:James Moncrieff Grierson
1817:Maurice-Jones, pp. 13–4.
1428:Morris, pp. 92–7, 106–8.
1311:West Kent Light Infantry
1296:Militia (United Kingdom)
1078:West Kent Light Infantry
1054:1st and 2nd Battalions,
925:West Kent Light Infantry
830:Regiment by January 1810
482:, and proceeded to burn
338:Second English Civil War
318:Second Battle of Newbury
181:war broke out with Spain
3623:Forfar & Kincardine
3236:Forfar & Kincardine
1656:, at Tonbridge History.
1419:Maitland, pp. 162, 276.
1291:Militia (Great Britain)
1132:After the disasters of
855:as Col, 9 November 1809
763:The war ended with the
601:Jacobite Rising of 1745
502:Lord Lieutenant of Kent
390:Militia (Great Britain)
370:Third English Civil War
306:First Battle of Newbury
96:Assizes of Arms of 1181
82:under command of their
69:was descended from the
2498:Litchfield, pp. 102–4.
1826:Western, pp. 26, 42–4.
1321:Kent Militia Artillery
1233:Armistice with Germany
1219:
1145:and in the pursuit of
1024:
1016:
947:Kent Militia Artillery
937:Kent Militia Artillery
931:Kent Militia Artillery
668:
635:was quickly formed at
158:4 & 5 Ph. & M.
154:4 & 5 Ph. & M.
3027:Soldiers of the Queen
2842:Sir John Fortescue,
2831:Sir John Fortescue,
2783:Mark Charles Fissel,
1944:Frederick, pp. 203–6.
1268:27th on 28 April 1781
1217:
1022:
1014:
968:Crimean War and after
662:
631:by an angry mob) the
625:Lord George Sackville
515:Battle of Beachy Head
326:Siege of Basing House
170:Justices of the Peace
104:Statute of Winchester
2853:Sir John Fortescue,
2824:Sir John Fortescue,
2817:Sir John Fortescue,
2729:James, pp. 44–5, 90.
2666:, 22 September 1885.
2465:Litchfield, pp. 1–7.
2292:13 May 1809, p. 680.
2273:13 May 1809, p. 679.
1898:Western, pp. 127–61.
1437:Boynton, Chapter II.
1136:at the start of the
738:Revolutionary France
694:see Precedence below
684:, the West Kents at
425:Great Fire of London
290:London Trained Bands
262:Marquess of Hamilton
247:Sutton-at-Hone Lathe
3041:Col H.C.B. Rogers,
2908:11 May 2021 at the
2651:Late Victorian Army
2532:Late Victorian Army
2451:Grierson, pp. 27–8.
2348:, 24 February 1810.
2191:Sleigh, pp. 79, 90.
2179:Western, pp. 220–3.
1853:Western, pp. 26–29.
1808:Holmes, pp. 94–100.
1747:Rogers, pp. 269–75.
1706:Rogers, pp. 166–72.
1677:Rogers, pp. 98–108.
1378:Fissel, pp. 178–80.
1259:12th on 1 June 1778
1222:On the outbreak of
824:George Finch-Hatton
454:, and a company of
445:Garrison Point Fort
407:that had supported
378:Battle of Worcester
350:Battle of Maidstone
302:Siege of Gloucester
216:
102:, and again by the
3734:Militia of England
2864:J.B.M. Frederick,
2808:Sir John Fortescue
2718:Army & Society
2707:Dunlop, pp. 270–2.
2696:Army & Society
2638:Army & Society
2603:, 4 December 1857.
2589:, 9 February 1855.
2476:Army & Society
2306:, 10 January 1810.
2017:on 5 January 2006.
1686:Rogers, pp. 112–4.
1500:Fissel, pp. 188–9.
1491:Fissel, pp. 187–8.
1446:Fissel, pp. 184–5.
1392:Grierson, pp. 6–7.
1306:Kent Trained Bands
1271:23rd on 7 May 1782
1265:36th on 6 May 1780
1220:
1025:
1017:
884:Waterloo and after
669:
665:John Seymour Lucas
562:City of Canterbury
484:Sheerness Dockyard
463:Sir Edward Spragge
456:Douglas's Regiment
437:Raid on the Medway
346:Sir Thomas Fairfax
310:Sir William Waller
251:City of Canterbury
235:St Augustine Lathe
166:Deputy Lieutenants
144:Kent Trained Bands
138:Kent Trained Bands
35:South East England
3711:
3710:
3707:
3706:
3603:Argyll & Bute
3359:England and Wales
3347:
3346:
3332:England and Wales
3320:
3319:
3221:Argyll & Bute
3138:England and Wales
3065:978-1-332-61671-8
2950:978-1-84342-197-9
2932:Brig E.A. James,
2927:978-0-00-722570-5
2776:Lindsay Boynton,
2698:, pp. 243–2, 254.
2624:Edinburgh Gazette
2601:Edinburgh Gazette
2587:Edinburgh Gazette
2573:Edinburgh Gazette
2559:Edinburgh Gazette
2545:Edinburgh Gazette
2442:Dunlop, pp. 42–5.
2402:, 21 August 1813.
1607:Maitland, p. 326.
1410:Holmes, pp. 90–1.
1316:East Kent Militia
1286:Militia (English)
1262:4th on12 May 1779
1147:Christiaan de Wet
1143:Orange Free State
1060:East Kent Militia
891:Waterloo Campaign
645:East Kent Militia
633:West Kent Militia
597:Treaty of Utrecht
283:English Civil War
207:St James's Palace
3746:
3356:
3329:
3292:Londonderry (II)
3135:
3117:
3110:
3103:
3094:
3072:External sources
3018:John E. Morris,
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2744:
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2692:
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2653:, pp. 4, 15, 19.
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2416:, 12 April 1814.
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2388:, 27 April 1813.
2382:
2376:
2375:, 'Powerscourt'.
2370:
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2334:, 27 March 1810.
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2245:, 14 March 1809.
2239:
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2232:Western, p. 240.
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2170:Hay, pp. 148–52.
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2007:
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1963:
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1951:
1945:
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1889:Hay, pp. 136–44.
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1756:Hay, pp. 99–104.
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1555:Hay, pp. 376–78.
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1347:
1229:Kitchener's Army
1185:St John Brodrick
1159:prisoners of war
1093:Childers Reforms
1041:Cardwell Reforms
998:Portland Harbour
907:Militia Act 1852
873:The 19-year-old
814:Viscount Marsham
765:Treaty of Amiens
649:prisoners of war
627:was besieged at
617:Seven Years' War
522:Duke of Richmond
421:Second Dutch War
357:Council of State
314:Siege of Arundel
281:that led to the
241:(Ashford area);
148:Under the later
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3481:Montgomeryshire
3446:North Hampshire
3441:Gloucestershire
3401:Caernarvonshire
3396:Carmarthenshire
3381:Buckinghamshire
3343:
3316:
3287:Londonderry (I)
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1871:Western, p. 73.
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1844:Western, p. 23.
1843:
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1835:Western, p. 53.
1834:
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1794:Hay, pp. 104–6.
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1282:
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1193:Special Reserve
1189:Haldane Reforms
1173:
1171:Special Reserve
1138:Second Boer War
1130:
1128:Second Boer War
1037:
1031:
1009:
994:Portland Prison
970:
943:Royal Artillery
939:
933:
927:in March 1853.
903:
886:
800:Earl of Darnley
774:
734:
657:
641:Tower of London
613:
611:Seven Years War
605:posse comitatus
498:Third Dutch War
417:
392:
386:
342:Prince of Wales
304:and fought the
275:
219:
190:
162:Lord Lieutenant
146:
140:
67:English militia
63:
51:Second Boer War
43:Special Reserve
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365:Protectorate
361:Commonwealth
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128:Cinque Ports
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3664:Londonderry
3516:Radnorshire
3506:Oxfordshire
3491:Northampton
2956:John Kenyon
2857:, Vol VII,
2534:, pp. 63–4.
2478:, pp. 91–2.
1509:Hay, p. 90.
1464:Hay, p. 88.
1350:enlistment.
1224:World War I
1210:World War I
1151:blockhouses
1109:(50th/97th)
956:. When the
779:Earl Camden
678:Warley Camp
352:on 1 June.
239:Scray Lathe
92:Plantagenet
71:Anglo-Saxon
55:World War I
3718:Categories
3566:North York
3461:Lancashire
3431:Flintshire
3307:Mid-Ulster
3241:Haddington
3175:Lancashire
3150:Carmarthen
2846:, Vol VI,
2761:References
1251:Precedence
1134:Black Week
1089:War Office
859:Blackheath
750:Volunteers
710:Portsmouth
698:George III
686:Winchester
629:Knole Park
510:Royal Navy
472:Gillingham
415:Dutch wars
394:After the
279:Parliament
203:Canterbury
132:Royal Navy
3694:Westmeath
3684:Tipperary
3649:Fermanagh
3613:Edinburgh
3561:East York
3551:Wiltshire
3471:Middlesex
3436:Glamorgan
3371:Berkshire
3325:Engineers
3297:Tipperary
3226:Edinburgh
3205:Yorkshire
3165:Glamorgan
3131:Artillery
2859:1809–1810
2848:1807–1809
2837:1803–1807
2835:, Vol V,
2519:Army List
1337:Footnotes
1045:Volunteer
834:Sevenoaks
786:Cranbrook
714:Tottenham
690:Hampshire
637:Maidstone
590:Henry Lee
544:Aylesford
517:in 1690.
480:Rochester
441:Sheerness
298:Tonbridge
294:Sevenoaks
273:Civil War
231:Aylesford
199:Maidstone
124:vintenars
116:centenars
3669:Longford
3596:Scotland
3582:Guernsey
3526:Somerset
3406:Cheshire
3352:Infantry
3214:Scotland
3190:Pembroke
3145:Cardigan
2906:Archived
2716:Spiers,
2694:Spiers,
2676:O'Brien.
2649:Spiers,
2636:Spiers,
2530:Spiers,
2474:Spiers,
2051:Edwards.
1280:See also
1177:Yeomanry
990:Weymouth
806:Bearsted
796:Dartford
754:Yeomanry
718:Highgate
702:billeted
564:Regiment
558:Regiment
552:Regiment
546:Regiment
540:Regiment
534:Regiment
451:Monmouth
443:, where
409:Cromwell
266:smallpox
120:ductores
112:millenar
108:Hundreds
3699:Wicklow
3659:Leitrim
3644:Donegal
3632:Ireland
3536:Suffolk
3521:Rutland
3486:Norfolk
3312:Wicklow
3272:Donegal
3250:Ireland
3195:Suffolk
3180:Norfolk
2962:(eds),
2879:Lt-Col
2742:Baldry.
2373:Burke's
2033:Parkyn.
1239:Postwar
849:Wingham
838:Bromley
820:Ashford
810:Malling
792:Chatham
550:Shepway
476:Chatham
84:Sheriff
47:Militia
3689:Tyrone
3587:Jersey
3546:Sussex
3541:Surrey
3466:London
3426:Durham
3421:Dorset
3302:Tyrone
3282:Galway
3277:Dublin
3262:Armagh
3257:Antrim
3200:Sussex
3160:Durham
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974:Crimea
570:Troops
500:, the
374:Oxford
322:Romsey
227:lathes
211:Sussex
188:Armada
150:Tudors
88:Norman
80:shires
45:, the
3674:Meath
3639:Clare
3416:Devon
3267:Clare
3155:Devon
2222:King.
1358:Notes
1115:cadre
978:Malta
828:Elham
682:Essex
556:Scray
3618:Fife
3456:Kent
3231:Fife
3170:Kent
3061:ISBN
2992:ISBN
2968:ISBN
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429:Deal
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