Changes

Jump to navigation Jump to search

3rd Regiment of Foot

619 bytes added, 11:01, 12 December 2016
External Links
*[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://thequeensownbuffs.com The Queen's Own Buffs, The Royal Kent Regiment (PWRR)] The Regimental Association. Includes a category 'Dragon Magazine' with online editions, an ongoing project.
*[http://www.nwkfhs.org.uk/ North West Kent Family History Society]
*Thread <ref>[http://www.victorianwars.com/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=5294 Thread] from Victorian Wars Forum</ref> from Victorian Wars Forum regarding the 1st Battalion in Burma 1900-1902, with photograph. 'This shortish period in Burma never seems to be mentioned in published histories of the regiment'.
*''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
*[https://archive.org/details/recollectionsoft00gordrich ''Recollections of thirty-nine years in the Army : Gwalior and the Battle of Maharajpore, 1843, the gold coast of Africa, 1847-48, the Indian mutiny, 1857-58, the expedition to China, 1860-61, the siege of Paris, 1870-71, etc.''] by Sir Charles Alexander Gordon, Surgeon- General 1898 Archive.org. The author was initially surgeon in the 3rd Regiment of Foot.
* Online editions of ''Dragon Magazine'' are available from the Regimental Association [http://thequeensownbuffs.com/ The Queen's Own Buffs, The Royal Kent Regiment (PWRR)]. Select Dragon Magazines. The Dragon was not published during WW1 but there is information in editions either side of the war that contain useful information for research. This is an ongoing project and not all years are available currently (2016/12).
== References ==
29,525
edits

Navigation menu