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:John Arnfield was born at sea in 1819. His father Hugh was in the [[59th Regiment of Foot|59th Foot]] which was in India 1820-1829. When that regiment returned to England in 1829, Hugh Arnfield transferred to the 3rd Regiment of Foot. John Arnfield enlisted in the Buffs, in India, as a Boy 16 November 1833 aged 14. He remained with the regiment in India, until he transferred to the [[16th Lancers]] 1 April 1840.

*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffs_(Royal_East_Kent_Regiment)#.22Steady.2C_The_Buffs.21.22 '''Steady the Buffs'''] Wikipedia

*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffs_(Royal_East_Kent_Regiment) Royal East Kent Regiment] Wikipedia

*[http://ww1.crayfordhistory.co.uk/index/william-whites-war/with-the-buffs-to-ireland-and-india With the Buffs to Ireland and India] (ww1.crayfordhistory.co.uk). Private William White was with B Company, 2 /Buffs which left India on 16 November 1914. Image 8 shows the Regiment in India.

*Listen to the [http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/80000894 1977 interview with William John Hopkins], British NCO served with 1st Battalion. East Kent Regiment in India and Burma, 1927-1938. Imperial War Museums

*''[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

*[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.

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