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THE KENSINGTONS

... . The 13TH LONDON REGIMENT (Princess Louise%s Kensington Regiment is descended from the 2nd and 4th Middlesex Rifle Corps, and moved to its present H.Q. at Kensington in 1885. Until the recent formation of the London Division, it was one of the battalions of the famous Grey Brigade Members of the regiment served in the C.I.V. in the South African IT'ar and two battalions served with ...

Published: Wednesday 26 May 1937
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 110 | Page: Page 11 | Tags: Comic strips  Graphic 

THE WAREHOUSEMEN, CLERKS AND DRAPERS SCHOOLS COMMEMORATION FESTIVAL

... By MEL H.R.H. the Duke of Kent was President of the fiftieth Annual Commemoration Festival of the Warehousemen, Clerks and Drapers Schools. While the Festival commemorates the fiftieth anniversary of the admission of children from the retail side of the textile trades, the foundation is far older, as it was formed in the interests of necessitous and orphaned children of the wholesale trade in ...

Published: Wednesday 05 May 1937
Newspaper: The Tatler
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 170 | Page: Page 17 | Tags: Comic strips  Graphic 

THE CAST-IRON SIXTH

... THE 6TH CITY OF LONDON RIFLES came into being in 1859 with the formation of the Volunteer movement. It was once commanded by the famous artist Cruickshank. After nearly eighty years as Light Infantry and various changes of title in 1935 this fine regiment faced up to the most drastic change in its history. Being one of the first units converted for the Anti-Aircraft defence of London, it is ...

Published: Wednesday 05 May 1937
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 141 | Page: Page 12 | Tags: Comic strips  Graphic 

LONDON GUNNERS

... LONDON OUNNERS. The 90TH (CITY OF LONDON) FIELD BRIGADE, R.A., T.A., boasts as Hon. Colonel the reigning Lord Mayor of London. Starting life in 1883 as the 1st City of London Artillery, this brigade passed through a variety of transformations before it reached its present title. It supplied contingents to the C.l.V. during the South African War and in the Great War fought with valour at Loos 1 ...

Published: Wednesday 12 May 1937
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 96 | Page: Page 11 | Tags: Cartoons  Graphic