Kingsman

A Kingsman, also abbreviated to Kgn, is the lowest military rank in the British Army. Alongside a few other regiments in the British army that use traditional names other than Private for the lowest rank, the Duke of Lancaster's Regiment uses the rank Kingsman instead of Private, a tradition inherited from the King's Regiment; itself having inherited the tradition from the King's Regiment (Liverpool). Its use has been officially sanctioned since 1951, but it was informally used before this for over one hundred years.

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Compendium: This compendium entry is part of the knowledge base relative to the specific analysis of the Lonsdale Battalion and the wider Border Regiment, predominantly in connection with their actions and the places they were known to have been stationed or fought during the 1914-1918 period. Much of this information has come from primary sources including, but not limited to, the Lonsdale records and the Border Regiment War Diaries. Please feel free to expand and improve this resource.