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3rd Regiment of Foot

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== External Links ==
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffs_(Royal_East_Kent_Regiment) Royal East Kent Regiment] Wikipedia
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Queen%27s_Own_Buffs,_The_Royal_Kent_Regiment The Royal Kent Regiment] Wikipedia<br>*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_of_Wales%27s_Royal_Regiment Princess of Wales' Royal Regiment] Wikipedia*[http://www.flickr.com/photos/sunnyuk/3834348946/ Photo of War Memorial to East Kent Regiment in Canterbury Cathedral] Flickr.com. This commemorates the men of the East Kent Regiment (The Buffs) who died 1895 to 1898 – when the regiment was engaged in the [[Chitral Campaign]] and Punjab Frontier Campaigns. [http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,87771.0/topicseen.html List of names of those killed in action or who died of wounds] from rootschat.com. ([[BACSA]] have also transcribed the names listed on the memorial. See [http://bacsa.frontisgroup.com/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=class_detail&source_class=179 English Memorial Inscriptions] for details of how to obtain this information). Another photograph, where the names are readable from [http://www.victorianwars.com/viewtopic.php?f=63&t=5833 Victorian Wars Forum]. Scroll down for image.
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20080125151428/www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/003Buffs.htm The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment)] including deployments: [http://web.archive.org/web/20071215230743/www.regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/003-1.htm 1st Battalion], [http://web.archive.org/web/20071226171116/www.regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/003-2.htm 2nd Battalion] Regiments.org, an archived site.
*[http://www.britisharmedforces.org/i_regiments/buffs_index.htm The Buffs (The Royal East Kent Regiment)] British Armed Forces & National Service
*''[http://www.archive.org/stream/historicalrecor00kniggoog#page/n8/mode/2up Historical Records of The Buffs, East Kent Regiment (3rd Foot) formerly designated the Holland Regiment and Prince George of Denmark's Regiment. Vol I 1572-1704]'' by Capt H R Knight 1905. Volumes 2-4 , published 1935-1951 are available at the [[British Library]]
*''Historical record of the Third Regiment of Foot or the Buffs formerly designated The Holland Regiment containing an account of its origins in the Reign of Queen Elizabeth and of its subsequent services to 1838'' [http://books.google.com/books?id=a0dWvTtckaMC Google Books] 1839. Indian Service commences [http://books.google.com/books?id=a0dWvTtckaMC&pg=PA241 page 241] in 1827
 
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