Kent Branch

In 1948 it was decided that, with Kent being such a large county, the existing Kent Branch of the Grenadier Guards Association should be divided into two and thus the East Kent and West Kent Branches were born.
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1992 - The Lord Lieutenant of Kent, The Rt Hon Robin Leigh-Pemberton took time out from his duties as Governor of the Bank of England to become the 5th President of the Medway Branch.In 1993 he retired from the Bank of England and was elevated to the peerage to become Lord Kingsdown.The following year he was created a Knight of the Garter.