QORWK - Units & their Commanding Officers

	Dates	In Command
Colonel of the Regiment	1904 to 1921	Major- General Sir Edmund Leach, KCB

The Depot
mobilized August 4th 1914
	August 4th 1914	Major P M Robinson, CMG
	August 5th 1914	Colonel G W Maunsell
	April 10th 1915	Lieut-Col W E Rowe
	May 20th 1916	Lieut-Col E A Iremonger
	April 5th 1917	Lieut-Col J P Dalison
	October 2nd 1918	Major G D Lister

1^st Battalion	August 4th 1914	Lieut-Col A Martyn
mobilized, August 4th 1914.	October 13th 1914	Major M P Buckle
Embarked, August 13^th 1914.	November 3rd 1914	Capt H D Buchanan-Dunlop
Served in France and Flanders to December 11^th 1917.	November 19th 1914	Major P M Robinson, CMG
In Italy to March 31^st 1918.	September 13th 1915	Capt H D Buchanan-Dunlop
In France and Flanders to April 23^rd 1919.	September 12th 1916	Major R Lynch White
Reformed at Gravesend.	November 15th 1916	Capt H D Buchanan-Dunlop
	May 26th 1917	Major R Lynch White
	August 25th 1917	Major B Johnstone
	October 1918.	Major Jack K Kay
		Lieut-Col A Martyn returned to the Battalion from 1st to 3rd November

2^nd Battalion	August 4th 1914	Lieut-Col S H Pedley
On August 4th 1914 was stationed at Multan.	January 14th 1916.	Major R J Woulfe-Flanagan
Mobilized, January 17^th 1915.
Embarked January 30^th 1915.
Served in Mesopotamia; embarked for home as a cadre, July 26^th 1919.
Reformed at Rugeley.

3^rd Battalion	August 4th 1914	Lieut-Col Sir A Griffith-Boscawen
Mobilized, August 4^th 1914.	April 22nd 1916	Major C D Barrow
Disembodied, July 29^th 1919.	March 3rd 1918	Lieutenant - Colonel E V O Hewett, OBE, DSO, CMG.

1/4^th Battalion	August 4th 1914	Lieut-Col C N Watney
Mobilized, August 4th 1914.	October 8th 1918	Major C B Robb, took over command on October 8^th, 1918, and was in command during the Afghanistan Expedition
Embarked, October 29^th 1914.
Served in India, taking part in the Afghanistan Expedition with the Baluchistan Force, May 6^th to September 11^th 1919.
Embarked, October 30^th, 1919.
Disembodied, November 24^th 1919.

2/4^th Battalion	Appointed on formation	Colonel A T F Simpson
Formed, April 25th, 1915, as a Kent Composite Battalion, and was renamed on June 14th 1915.	August 15th 1915	Major H Smithers
Embarked, July 18^th 1915.	October 20th 1915	Major E J F Vaughan (Devon Regiment)
Served in Gallipoli, Egypt and Palestine.	December 22nd 1915	Colonel A T F Simpson
Disbanded, September 13^th 1918.	March 3rd 1916	Lieut-Col A E Norton (W.I.R.)
	June 26th 1916	Captain E W Dillon
	July 27th 1916	Lieut-Col N Money, DSO., (Shropshire Yeomanry)
	October 28th 1917	Major P Jude (The Buffs)
	November 20th 1917	Lieut-Col W Beswick (Royal Welsh Fusiliers)

3/4^th Battalion
The home service portion of the 1/4^th Battalion was formed in September 1914, and known as the 4^th (HS) Battalion until October 22^nd 1914, as the 4^th (Reserve) Battalion till February 9^th 1915, and as the 2/4^th till it became the 3/4^th on June 14^th 1915.	Appointed on formation	Colonel A T F Simpson
Embarked May 31^st 1917.	April 25th 1915	Lieut-Col J D Laurie
Served in France and Flanders.	June 1916	Colonel A T F Simpson
Disbanded March 27^th 1918.	August 10th 1917	Captain E A James (Lincoln Regiment)

4/4^th Battalion
Formed July 14^th 1915.	Appointed on formation	Lieut-Col C Disney-Roebuck
Became 4^th (Reserve) Battalion on June 16^th 1916.	January 1st 1917	Major R W McKergow (Sussex Yeomanry)
Combined with 3/5^th Battalion September 1^st 1916.
Disbanded in May 1919.

1/5^th Battalion
Mobilized, August 4^th 1914.	August 4th 1914	Lieut-Col F A Frazer
Embarked October 29^th 1914.	June 10th 1918	Major C D Clark
Served in India.	September 18th 1918	Lieut-Col F A Frazer
Embarked for Mesopotamia, December 5^th 1917.
Embarked for home, December 27^th 1919.
Disembodied January 28^th 1920.

2/5^th Battalion
Formed October 1914.	Appointed on formation	Major E Bassett Willis
Disbanded November 14^th 1917.	September 7th 1916	Major E B Savage
Reserve Battalion.	November 21st 1916	Major C L Willoughby- Wallace (Royal West Surrey Regiment)

3/5^th Battalion
Formed July 12^th 1915.	Appointed on formation	Major E S Jenyns
Amalgamated with 4/4^th to form 4^th (Reserve) Battalion, September 1^st 1916.

6^th Battalion
Formed August 4^th 1914.	Appointed on formation	Major P M Robinson, CMG
Embarked June 1^st 1915.	November 14th 1914	Colonel G E Even, CB
Served in France, Flanders and Germany.	January 3rd 1915	Lieut-Col E F Venables
Disbanded, November 1919.	November 29th 1915	Major C S Owen (Royal Welsh Fusiliers)
	November 16th 1916	Lieut W R A Dawson
	May 3rd 1917	Captain W J Alderman - was temporarily in command when killed in action on 20th November 1917
	August 27th 1917	Captain W R A Dawson
	December 1st 1917	Major P Whetham (Manchester Regiment)
	February 18th 1918	Captain W R A Dawson
	March 29th 1918	Lieut W C Cook (East Surrey Regiment)
	May 14th 1918	Captain H Peploe
	June 6th 1918	Major W R A Dawson
	October 23rd 1918	Major L C R Smith
	30th March 1919 to 23rd April 1919	Major Jack K Kay (acting Lt-Col)

7^th Battalion
Formed, September 5^th 1914.	Appointed on formation	Colonel A W Prior
Embarked, July 26^th 1915.	October 1915	Major J T Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes
Served in France and Flanders.	November 28th 1916	Major A E Phillips
Disbanded July 16^th 1919.	5th January 1917	Major E M Liddell (West Riding Regiment.)
	22nd February 1917	Major A E Phillips
	April 1917	Lieut-Colonel L H Hickson
	May 3rd 1917	Captain P N Anstruther
	June 9th 1917	Major C H L Cinnamond (R.I. Rifles)
	March 18th 1918	Captain J D Crosthwaite (1st Battalion London Regt.)
	April 2nd 1918	Major A E Phillips
	April 15th 1918	Lieut-Colonel L H Hickson
	July 1918	Major A E Phillips
	August 23rd 1918	Lieut-Colonel L H Hickson

8^th Battalion
Formed September 12^th 1914.	Appointed on formation	Colonel E Vansittart
Embarked August 30^th 1915.	October 6th 1915	Major J C Parker
Served in France and Flanders.	August 30th 1916	Major N I Whitty
Disbanded June 14^th 1919.	January 20th 1917	Major J C Parker
	November 3rd 1917	Major N I Whitty
	December 26th 1917	Lieut-Col H J Wenyon

9^th Battalion
Formed, October 24^th 1914.	Appointed on formation	Lieut- Col O J Daniell
Became 22^nd Training Reserve Battalion, September 1^st 1916.

10^th Battalion
Formed May 12^th 1915.	Appointed on formation	Lieut-Col A Wood Martyn
Embarked May 4^th 1916.	September 15th 1916	Major W F Soames
Served in France and Flanders till November 9^th 1917; in Italy till March 2^nd 1918; then in France, Flanders and Germany.	February 10th 1917	Lieut-Col A Wood Martyn
Disbanded on January 3^rd 1920.	June 10th 1917	Captain S H Beattie (Northampton Regiment)
	March 1st 1918	Major F A Wallis
	March 15th 1918	Lieut-Col A C Corfe
	March 23rd 1918	Major F A Wallis
	May 7th 1918	Major the Hon E R Thesiger (Surrey Yeomanry)

11^th Battalion
Formed May 12^th 1915.	Appointed on formation	Lieut-Col H L Searle
Embarked May 3^rd 1916.	February 1916	Lieut-Col A F Townshend - Scot Rifles
Served in France and Flanders till November 9^th 1917; in Italy till it returned to France and was disbanded on March 16^th 1918.	September 15th 1916	Lieut-Col A C Corfe
	September 20th 1917	Lieut J C Beadle (Royal East Kent Yeomanry)
	January 8th 1918	Major A J Jimenez
	February 21st 1918	Lieut-Col A C Corfe

12^th Battalion
Formed, February 5^th 1916.	Appointed on formation	Colonel A G Jeffrey
Became a Battalion of the Royal Defence Corps, April 15^th 1918.

1^st Home Service Battalion
Formed April 1^st 1916.	Appointed on formation	Lieut-Col C W Warden
Became a Battalion of the Royal Defence Corps, April 15^th 1918.

The Volunteers
The Volunteer Regiment of The Queens Own was formed in 1917 by the amalgamation into four Battalions of the nine Battalions previously allotted to the West Kent and Mid Kent Groups of the County Volunteers
	Regimental Commandant	Colonel C E Warde, MP
	1^st Volunteer Battalion	Colonel J Rowlandson
	2^nd Volunteer Battalion	Lieutenant - Colonel A C Borton
	3^rd Volunteer Battalion	Major Sir Philip Dawson, Kt
	4^th Volunteer Battalion	Major C H Gray

Unknown Battalion	14th July 1917	Lieut A E Jones
	11th October 1917	Maj. H Gardiner, DSO (West Riding Regiment)