Evolution of Regiment's Name

Early Settlement
Essex County Kent County
1749 part of Detroit Militia (French) 1749
1760 part of the Detroit Militia (British) part of the Detroit Militia (British) 1760
1787 part of Detroit Regiment part of Detroit Regiment 1787
1793 Essex Regiment of Militia 1793
1794 South/North Battalion of Infantry Kent Regiment of Militia 1794
1809 1st/2nd/3rd/4th Battalion of Essex Militia 1809
War of 1812
Patriot War of 1838
1838 1st/2nd/3rd Regiment of Kent Militia 1838
1850 1st/2nd/3rd/4th Battalion of Essex Militia 1850
1862 Volunteer Militia Company of Infantry No. 1/No. 2 Company of Infantry 1862
1866 23rd Battalion of Infantry 24th Kent Battalion of Infantry 1866
1870 Infantry companies in Windsor & Leamington soon disbanded 1870
1882 No. 7 Company, 24th Kent Battalion of Infantry 1882
1885 21st Essex Battalion of Infantry** 1885
1887 21st Battalion Essex Fusiliers 1887
1892 disbanded 1892
1900 21st Regiment Essex Fusiliers 1900
1901 24th Kent Regiment** 1901
The Great War 1914-1918
1920 Essex Fusiliers Kent Regiment 1920
1927 The Essex Scottish 1927
1936 Kent Regiment (Machine Gun) 1936
Second World War 1939-45
1941 Kent Regiment
Korean War 1950-53
1954 The Essex and Kent Scottish The Essex and Kent Scottish
United Nations Peacekeeping
Former Yugoslavia Peace Enforcement 1992-2001
Afghanistan War 2001-2014
NATO Deterence in Latvia & Ukraine 2015-2020

** Date of continuous lineage