3rd Regiment of Foot

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

Royal East Kent Regiment Wikipedia
The Royal Kent Regiment Wikipedia
Princess of Wales' Royal Regiment Wikipedia
Photo of War Memorial to East Kent Regiment in Canterbury Cathedral Flickr.com. This commemorates the men of the East Kent Regiment (The Buffs) who died 1895 to 1898 – when the regiment was engaged in the Chitral Campaign and Punjab Frontier Campaigns.. (BACSA have transcribed the names listed on the memorial. See English Memorial Inscriptions for details of how to obtain this information).
The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment) including deployments: 1st Battalion, 2nd Battalion Regiments.org, an archived site.
The Buffs (The Royal East Kent Regiment) British Armed Forces & National Service

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
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 Google Books 1839. Indian Service commences page 241 in 1827