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Canterbury in Kent, England, United Kingdom — Northwestern Europe (the British Isles)
 

Royal East Kent Yeomanry Memorial

 
 
Royal East Kent Yeomanry Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Michael Herrick, September 10, 2018
1. Royal East Kent Yeomanry Memorial
Inscription.
To
The Memory of
the
Officers
Non-Commissioned
Officers and Men
Royal East Kent
Yeomanry

Royal East Kent
Yeomanry
Raised 1794
Disbanded 1921

South Africa
1900 — 1901

“Gallipoli 1915”
“Egypt 1916 – 17”
“Gaza, “Jerusalem,”
“Tell Asur,”
“Palestine 1917 – 18”
Great War
1914 — 1918
“Somme 1918   Bapaume 1918”
“Hindenburg Line,” “Epehy,”
“Pursuit to Mons,”
“France and Flanders.”
1918.

 
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Military.
 
Location. 51° 16.728′ N, 1° 4.807′ E. Memorial is in Canterbury, England, in Kent. It is at the intersection of High Street and Mercery Lane, on the left when traveling north on High Street. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 46-47 High Street, Canterbury, England CT1 2SB, United Kingdom. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in the Greater South East. Globally, it is on the Atlantic Ocean, in the North Atlantic
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Region, in Europe, in Atlantic Europe, on one of the British Isles, in the Western World, and in the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Roman Empire.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Canterbury War Memorial (about 90 meters away, measured in a direct line); Aphra Behn (about 150 meters away); High Street Bridge (about 150 meters away); James Simmons (about 150 meters away); The Three Tuns (about 180 meters away); Baedeker Raid (about 240 meters away); Christopher Marlowe (approx. 0.2 kilometers away); The Water Tower Garden (approx. 0.3 kilometers away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Canterbury.
 
Also see . . .  Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment) on Wikipedia. (Submitted on February 3, 2019, by Michael Herrick of Southbury, Connecticut.)
 
Royal East Kent Yeomanry Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Michael Herrick, September 10, 2018
2. Royal East Kent Yeomanry Memorial
Royal East Kent Yeomanry Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Michael Herrick
3. Royal East Kent Yeomanry Memorial
Royal East Kent Yeomanry Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Michael Herrick
4. Royal East Kent Yeomanry Memorial
Royal East Kent Yeomanry Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Michael Herrick
5. Royal East Kent Yeomanry Memorial
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on January 27, 2022. It was originally submitted on February 3, 2019, by Michael Herrick of Southbury, Connecticut. This page has been viewed 254 times since then and 15 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on February 3, 2019, by Michael Herrick of Southbury, Connecticut.
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