3rd Regiment of Foot: Difference between revisions

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Also known as The Buffs

1572 raised as Thomas Morgan's Company of Foot
1665 known as the 4th (The Holland Maritime) Regiment
1668 known as the 4th (The Holland) Regiment
1688 known as the 4th The Lord Admiral's Regiment
1737 renamed the 3rd (Howard's) Regiment of Foot
1743 became 3rd Regiment of Foot, "Howard's Buffs"
1751 became 3rd (Kent) Regiment of Foot, "The Buffs"
1881 became The Buffs, (East Kent Regiment)
1935 became The Buffs, (Royal East Kent Regiment)
1961 amalgamated with 50th/97th The Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment to form 3rd/50th/97th The Queen's Own Buffs, The Royal Kent Regiment
1966 merged and became 2nd Battalion (Queen's Own Buffs), The Queen's Regiment
1992 amalgamated with The Royal Hampshire Regiment to form The Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment

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 == External Links ==
 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffs_(Royal_East_Kent_Regiment) Royal East Kent Regiment] Wikipedia<br>[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
+==== Historical Books on-line ====
+[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
 [[Category:British Army Infantry Regiments]]