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- ↑ "The King's Own Regiment of Guards". BCW Project. Retrieved 30 May 2023.
- ↑ Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition
- ↑ Staff East Kent Branch of the Grenadier Guards Association: Origins Archived 2006-02-11 at the Wayback Machine