Arms and Armour

22nd (Service) Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (Kensington)

The 22nd (Service) Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (Kensington) was a 'Pals battalion' raised in London for 'Kitchener's Army' in World War I. Half of the volunteers came from the Royal Borough of Kensington, the other half were 'Colonials' from around the British Empire. This unusual battalion served on the Western Front from November 1915 until its disbandment in February 1918, seeing action at the Somme, the Ancre, Arras and Cambrai.

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• ▸6th Airborne Division advance to the River Seine
• ▸19th century in fashion
• ▸110th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery

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