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*'''1966''' merged and became 2nd Battalion (Queen's Own Buffs), The Queen's 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
 
*'''1992''' amalgamated with The Royal Hampshire Regiment to form The Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment
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==Regimental journal==
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''The Dragon. East Kent Chronicle  A paper for the men of the Buffs''. The [[British Library]] catalogue lists '[New Series.] no. 1-135. Nov. 1, 1886,-Feb 1961'.
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"My maternal grandfather was in "G" Coy, 1st Bn  [c 1900] and I tracked his movements - and involvement in sporting competitions - around the various cantonments in India, then Burma, via the accounts published in the regimental magazine, ''The Dragon''"<ref>[http://www.victorianwars.com/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=5294#p19873 Thread] from Victorian Wars Forum</ref>
  
 
== External Links ==
 
== External Links ==
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*[http://www.britisharmedforces.org/i_regiments/buffs_index.htm The Buffs (The Royal East Kent Regiment)] British Armed Forces & National Service
 
*[http://www.britisharmedforces.org/i_regiments/buffs_index.htm The Buffs (The Royal East Kent Regiment)] British Armed Forces & National Service
 
*[http://www.nwkfhs.org.uk/ North West Kent Family History Society]
 
*[http://www.nwkfhs.org.uk/ North West Kent Family History Society]
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*[http://www.victorianwars.com/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=5294 Thread]  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 Books on-line ====
 
==== 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
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*''[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
 
*''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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== References ==
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[[Category:British Army Infantry Regiments]]
 
[[Category:British Army Infantry Regiments]]

Revision as of 11:13, 19 November 2011

Also known as The Buffs

Chronology

  • 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

Regimental journal

The Dragon. East Kent Chronicle A paper for the men of the Buffs. The British Library catalogue lists '[New Series.] no. 1-135. Nov. 1, 1886,-Feb 1961'.

"My maternal grandfather was in "G" Coy, 1st Bn [c 1900] and I tracked his movements - and involvement in sporting competitions - around the various cantonments in India, then Burma, via the accounts published in the regimental magazine, The Dragon"[1]

External Links

Historical Books on-line

References

  1. Thread from Victorian Wars Forum