This exceptionally widely researched history of the 50th (Queen's Own) Regiment from its origins in 1741 to 1881 - when it merged into the Royal West Kent Regiment - is by a former Commander of the Unit, Col. Arthur Fyler. Drawing on his 40 years witrh the regiment, Col. Fyler devoted his retirement to compiling his history. He begins with the regiment's defence of Fort Oswego in Canada, which it was compelled to surrender in 1756 to a superior French force under the Marquis de Montcalm. In the Seven Years' War with France, the 50th served in Germany under the Marquis of Granby in 1760-2,...