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West Kent Yeomanry - A Great War Bugle by Boosey & Hawkes, dated 1914, bearing the insignia of the Kent Regiment, and the inscription 'Presented to Capt R. C. Simpson "West Kent Yeo" By Officers & NCO's of the Regt in Recognition of Your Gallant Leadership'. Major Rodger Cordy Simpson of the 10th (R. East Kent and West Kent Yeomanry) Battalion, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment), Son of George and Emma Simpson, of Wray Park, Reigate, Surrey, husband of Finovola, daughter of Sir Fitzroy Maclean, 10th Bart of Duart, K.C.B. died of wounds on the 27th of Febuary 1919, aged 36, he is Remembered with Honour at the Reigate Cemetery. The Great War - On the outbreak of war in August 1914 both Kent Yeomanry Regiments were sent to the Canterbury area where they contributed to the Kent coastal defences. In September 1915 they sailed for Gallipoli, where they served as dis-mounted infantry for the first three months of the campaign. In March 1917, the two Kent Yeomanry Regiments were amalgamated and became the 10th Yeomanry Battalion, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment). The 10th Buffs was attached to the Broken Spur Division - 74th (Yeomanry) Division. The new battalion formed part of General Allenby's successful Palastine offensive against the Turkish Army and took part in the 2nd Battle of Gazza and the Battle of Beersheba on the 31st of October 1917. December of the same year the 'Buffs' played a major part in the capture of Jerusalem. The heavy casualties of the Western Front in France and Belguim necessitated the withdrawal of Infantry divisions from Palastine to France in May 1918, and by the end of July the 10th Buffs were in action at Merville on the Somme. The 10th had lost 152 men killed in action from its late formation in 1917, they were awarded 12 battle honours. After the Great War, the battalion was disbanded, its colours placed in the Warriors Chapel in Canterbury Cathedral.