50th (Queen's Own) Regiment of Foot

50th (Queen's Own) Regiment of Foot
Cap Badge of the 50th Regiment of Foot
Active1755 to 1881
Country Kingdom of Great Britain (1755–1800)
 United Kingdom (1801–1881)
Branch British Army
TypeLine Infantry
SizeOne battalion (two battalions 1804–1814)
Garrison/HQMaidstone Barracks, Kent
Nickname(s)"The Dirty Half-Hundred"
"The Blind Half-Hundred"[1]
EngagementsSeven Years' War
Napoleonic Wars
Gwalior campaign
First Anglo-Sikh War
Crimean War
New Zealand Wars

The 50th (Queen's Own) Regiment of Foot was an infantry regiment of the British Army, raised in 1755. Under the Childers Reforms it amalgamated with the 97th (The Earl of Ulster's) Regiment of Foot to form the Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment in 1881.

  1. ^ Burnham, Robert; McGuigan, Ron (2010). The British Army against Napoleon. Barnsley, South Yorkshire: Frontline Books. p. 126. ISBN 978-1-84832-562-3.