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Colonel Eden VANSITTART, Officer Commanding 8th Royal West Kent Regiment entered the Indian Army in 1876, and served in the Mahsud Waziri Expedition (1881); Hazara (1888) and on the North West Frontier; Samana and Tirah (1897-98). In 1902 he was specially selected to raise and command the 8th Gurka Rifles.

London Gazette 5th October 1914.

War Office, 5th October, 1914. REGULAR FORCES. INFANTRY.

The undermentioned Officers to command Battalions of the New Army, and those not above the rank of Major to be temporary Lieutenant-Colonels. Dated 1st October, 1914.

Lieutenant-Colonel Eden Vansittart, 8th Battalion, The Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment.

London Gazette 18th November 1914.

INFANTRY.

The undermentioned Officers to command Battalions of the New Army, and those not above the rank of Major to be temporary Lieutenant-Colonels.

The Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment), Lieutenant-Colonel Eden Vansittart, Indian Army, 8th Battalion. Dated 14th September, 1914.

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