3rd Regiment of Foot

Known as The Buffs

History

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