Percy Kirke (British Army officer)

Lieutenant General Percy Kirke (1684 – 1 January 1741) was a British Army officer who became colonel of the 2nd (The Queen's Royal) Regiment of Foot.

Percy Kirke
Born	1684
Died	1 January 1741
Allegiance	Kingdom of Great Britain
Service/branch	British Army
Rank	Lieutenant-General
Battles/wars	War of the Spanish Succession

Military career

Kirke was commissioned as an ensign in Trelawny’s Regiment in 1686.[1] He was taken as a prisoner of war at the Battle of Almansa in April 1707 during the War of the Spanish Succession.[1] He went on to be colonel of the 2nd (The Queen's Royal) Regiment of Foot in 1710.[2] As was usual at the time, this regiment was also named after its current colonel, from one of whom, Percy Kirke, it acquired its nickname Kirke's Lambs.[3]

References

1. "Lieutenant General Percy Kirke 1710-1741". Queen’s Royal Surreys. Retrieved 27 February 2016.
2. Cannon, p. 33
3. Anon (1916) Regimental Nicknames and Traditions of the British Army. London: Gale and Polden. p. 43

Sources

• Cannon, Richard (1838). Historical Record of the Second, or Queen's Royal Regiment of Foot. London: Clowes and Sons.