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Units of the Queens Own together and  their Commanding Officers - August 4th 1914 to November 11th 1918. 

Note - Officers on the Active List of the Regular Army, Special Reserve and Territorial Army are given their permanent rank held on the date of assuming command; Officers of the Retired List and of the New Armies their temporary rank. Acting rank is not shown. Only honours earned before the war are mentioned. The date given is that on which command was assumed, where it has been impossible to discover the exact date, the month only is mentioned. The names of officers who acted in command for short intervals between the departure of a commander and the arrival of his successor are omitted.

Colonel of the Regiment 1904 - 1921 - Major- General Sir Edmund Leach, KCB

The Depot – mobilized August 4^th 1914

                                                          In Command

Major P M Robinson, CMG               August 4^th 1914

Colonel G W Maunsell                       August 5^th 1914

Lieut-Col W E Rowe                          April 10^th 1915

Lieut-Col E A Iremonger                     May 20^th 1916

Lieut-Col J P Dalison                          April 5^th 1917       

Major G D Lister                                October 2^nd 1918

1^st Battalion – mobilized, August 4^th 1914. Embarked, August 13^th 1914. Served in France and Flanders to December 11^th 1917. In Italy to March 31^st 1918. In France and Flanders to April 23^rd 1919. Reformed at Gravesend.

                                                          In Command

Lieut-Col A Martyn                            August 4^th 1914

Major M P Buckle                              October 13^th 1914

Capt H D Buchanan-Dunlop               November 3^rd 1914

Major P M Robinson, CMG               November 19^th 1914

Capt H D Buchanan-Dunlop               September 13^th 1915

Major R Lynch White                         September 12^th 1916

Capt H D Buchanan-Dunlop               November 15^th 1916

Major R Lynch White                         May 26^th 1917

Major Johnstone                                 August 25^th 1917

Major J K Kay                                    October 1918

Lieut-Col A Martyn returned to the Battalion from 1^st to 3^rd November

2^nd Battalion – On August 4^th 1914 was stationed at Multan. 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.

                                                          In Command

Lieut-Col S H Pedley                          August 4^th 1914

Major R J Woulfe-Flanagan                January 14^th 1916.

3^rd Battalion – Mobilized, August 4^th 1914. Disembodied, July 29^th 1919.

                                                          In Command

Lieut-Col Sir A Griffith-Boscawen      August 4^th 1914

Major C D Barrow                              April 22^nd 1916

Lieut-Col E V O Hewett                      March 3^rd 1918

1/4^th Battalion – Mobilized, August 4^th 1914. 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.

                                                          In Command

Lieut-Col C N Watney                        August 4^th 1914

Major C B Robb, took over command on October 8^th, 1918, and was in command during the Afghanistan Expedition

2/4^th Battalion – Formed, April 25^th, 1915, as a Kent Composite Battalion, and was renamed on June 14^th 1915. Embarked, July 18^th 1915. Served in Gallipoli, Egypt and Palestine. Disbanded, September 13^th 1918.

                                                          In Command

Colonel A T F Simpson                      Appointed on formation

Major H Smithers                               August 15^th 1915

Major E J F Vaughan                          October 20^th 1915

(Devon Regiment)

Colonel A T F Simpson                      December 22^nd 1915

Lieut-Col A E Norton (W.I.R.)           March 3^rd 1916

Captain E W Dillon                             June 26^th 1916

Lieut-Col N Money                             July 27^th 1916

(Shropshire Yeomanry)

Major P Jude (The Buffs)                   October 28^th 1917

Lieut-Col W Beswick (R.W.F.)           November 20^th 1917

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. Embarked May 31^st 1917. Served in France and Flanders. Disbanded March 27^th 1918.

                                                          In Command

Colonel A T F Simpson                      Appointed on formation

Lieut-Col J D Laurie                           April 25^th 1915

Colonel A T F Simpson                      June 1916

Captain E James (Lincoln Regiment)   August 10^th 1917

4/4^th Battalion – Formed July 14^th 1915. Became 4^th (Reserve) Battalion on June 16^th 1916. Combined with 3/5^th Battalion September 1^st 1916. Disbanded in May 1919.

                                                          In Command

Lieut-Col C Disney-Roebuck              Appointed on formation

Major R McKergow                           January 1^st 1917

(Sussex Yeomanry)

1/5^th Battalion – Mobilized, August 4^th 1914. Embarked October 29^th 1914. Served in India. Embarked for Mesopotamia, December 5^th 1917. Embarked for home, December 27^th 1919. Disembodied January 28^th 1920.

                                                          In Command

Lieut-Col F A Frazer                          August 4^th 1914

Major C D Clark                                 June 10^th 1918

Lieut-Col F A Frazer                          September 18^th 1918

2/5^th Battalion – Formed October 1914. Disbanded November 14^th 1917. Reserve Battalion.

                                                          In Command

Major E B Willis                                 Appointed on formation

Major E B Savage                               September 7^th 1916        

Major C L Willoughby- Wallace          November 21^st 1916

3/5^th Battalion – Formed July 12^th 1915. Amalgamated with 4/4^th to form 4^th (Reserve) Battalion, September 1^st 1916.

Major E S Jenyns                               Appointed on formation

6^th Battalion – Formed August 4^th 1914. Embarked June 1^st 1915. Served in France, Flanders and Germany. Disbanded, November 1919.

                                                          In Command

Major P M Robinson, CMG           Appointed on formation

Colonel G E Even, CB                        November 14^th 1914

Lieut-Col E F Venables                       January 3^rd 1915

Major C S Owen (R.W.F.)                 November 29^th 1915

Lieut W R A Dawson                         November 16^th 1916

Captain W J Alderman                        May 3^rd 1917

(was temporarily in command when killed in action on November 1917)

Captain W R A Dawson                     August 27^th 1917

Major P Whetham                              December 1^st 1917

(Manchester Regiment)

Captain W R A Dawson                     February 18^th 1918

Lieut W C Cook                                 March 29^th 1918

(E. Surrey Regiment)

Captain H Peploe                               May 14^th 1918

Major W R A Dawson                        June 6^th 1918

Major L C R Smith                             October 23^rd 1918

7^th Battalion – Formed, September 5^th 1914. Embarked, July 26^th 1915. Served in France and Flanders. Disbanded July 16^th 1919.

                                                          In Command

Colonel A W Prior                             Appointed on formation

Major J T Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes           October 1915

Major A E Phillips                              November 28^th 1916

Major E M Liddell (D.W.R.)               January 1917        

Major A E Phillips                              February 1917

Major L H Hickson                             April 1917   

Captain P N Anstruther                       May 3^rd 1917

Major C H L Cinnamond (R.I. Rifles) June 9^th 1917

Captain J D Crosthwaite                     March 18^th 1918

(1^st Battalion London Regt.)

Major A E Phillips                              April 2^nd 1918

Major L H Hickson                             April 15^th 1918      

Major A E Phillips                              July 1918

Major L H Hickson                             August 23^rd 1918

8^th Battalion – Formed September 12^th 1914. Embarked August 30^th 1915. Served in France and Flanders. Disbanded June 14^th 1919.

                                                              In Command

Colonel E Vansittart                            Appointed on formation

Major J C Parker                                October 6^th 1915

Major N I Whitty                                August 30^th 1916

Major J C Parker                                January 20^th 1917

Major N I Whitty                                November 3^rd 1917

Lieut-Col H J Wenyon                        December 6^th 1917

9^th Battalion – Formed, October 24^th 1914. Became 22^nd Training Reserve Battalion, September 1^st 1916.

Lieut- Col O J Daniell                         Appointed on formation

10^th Battalion – Formed May 12^th 1915. Embarked May 4^th 1916. Served in France and Flanders till November 9^th 1917; in Italy till March 2^nd 1918; then in France, Flanders and Germany. Disbanded on January 3^rd 1920.

In Command

Lieut-Col A Wood Martyn                  Appointed on formation

Major W F Soames                            September 15^th 1916

Lieut-Col A Wood Martyn                  February 10^th 1917

Captain S H Beattie                            June 10^th 1917

(Northampton Regiment)

Major F A Wallis                                March 1^st 1918

Lieut-Col A C Corfe                           March 15^th 1918

Major F A Wallis                                March 23^rd 1918

Major the Hon E R Thesiger               May 7^th 1918

(Surrey Yeomanry)

11^th Battalion – Formed May 12^th 1915. Embarked May 3^rd 1916. 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.

In Command

Lieut-Col H L Searle                           Appointed on formation

Lieut-Col A F Townshend                  February 1916

Lieut-Col A C Corfe                           September 15^th 1916

Lieut J C Beadle                      `           September 20^th 1917

(R.E. Kent Yeomanry)

Major A J Jimenez                              January 8^th 1918

Lieut-Col A C Corfe                           February 21^st 1918

12^th Battalion – Formed, February 5^th 1916. Became 99^th Training Reserve Battalion, September 1^st 1916.

Colonel A G Jeffrey                            Appointed on formation

1^st Home Service Battalion – Formed April 1^st 1916. Became a Battalion of the Royal Defence Corps, April 15^th 1918.

Lieut-Col C W Warden                       Appointed on formation

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                       Lieut-Colonel A C Borton

3^rd Volunteer Battalion                        Major Sir Philip Dawson, Kt

4^th Volunteer Battalion                        Major C H Gray

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