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	Buffs (East Kent Regiment)
		Stayed in the UK (Dover Garrison) and supplied drafts to the Regular Battalions overseas.
		Formed at Sollum, Egypt from two dismounted Yeomanry Regiments on 01 Feb 1917 in the 230th Brigade, 74th Division.
		In Aug 1917 the Battalion became the 2nd Bn Royal Defence Corps.
	www.warpath.orbat.com /regts/buffs.htm (157 words)

	THE BUFFS - History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		As early as 1708, the regiment was unofficially known as The Buffs but the name really took hold in the 1740s when Thomas Howard and George Howard were successive colonels.
		Regiments were known by colonels' names before 1751, and there was another Howard regiment, so they became known by the colour of their facings: "The Buff Howards" and "The Green Howards".
		This picture of the Battle Honours of The Buffs was copied from a picture of a Memorial to the Officers and Men who died during the Chitral and Punjab Campaigns and therefore, ends at that point.
	www.digiserve.com /peter/buffs/history.htm (301 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The 3rd Regiment received its nickname of "The Buffs" because it had been issued 'buff coats'- armor made of soft leather - first when it served abroad in Holland and later when it was a Maritime Regiment of Foot.
		In 1994 The Gloucestershire Regiment was amalgamated with The Duke of Edinburgh's Royal (Berkshire and Wiltshire) Regiment to form The Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Regiment.
		Among the officers of The Royal East Kent regiment was Captain Derek D. Bridle (1923-1998).
	portable-apps.subiectiv.com /portable.php?title=The_Buffs_(Royal_East_Kent_Regiment) (2057 words)

	Kent Surrey and Sussex Regiments (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		In 1959 both the Surrey regiments (East and West) were amalgamated to form the The Queen's Royal Surrey Regiment.
		The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment) were raised in 1665 as the Holland Regiment.
		The Regiment was titled the Holland Regiment in 1665 on their return to England, one of many titles this ancient regiment had during its long history.
	www.ourpasthistory.com /england/historyregiments.htm (888 words)

	East Kent Regiment
		The gallantry of the Buffs, who, at first unsupported, had borne the brunt of the enemy’s attack, was rewarded by the Royal licence to bear on their colours the word “Douro.” At Talavera they lost a hundred and forty-two killed, wounded, and missing.
		After the Crimea the Buffs repaired to India, though not in time to participate in the suppression of the Mutiny, and their next active service was in the China war of 1860.
		Regiment who was surrounded by the enemy, one of whom he shot, and bayoneted another, and inside the Redan was noticed in personal combat for some time with the enemy.
	www.armynavyairforce.co.uk /east_kent_regiment.htm (3145 words)

	Derbyshire Lads: The Men: Thomas Bertram Cowey
		The 6th battalion of the Buffs was attached to the 12th (Eastern) Division, which had been formed in Colchester in August 1914 as part of the First New Army.
		The 6th Buffs were not involved in any serious fighting again until their introduction to the Battle of the Somme in July 1916, but the winter and spring months introduced the battalion and Private Cowey to the misery of trench warfare.
		Private Cowey and the 6th Buffs were about to receive their first major test of the Somme offensive, an attempt to capture Rainbow and Bayonet Trenches directly ahead of them.
	www.derbyshirelads.uwclub.net /Men/thomas_b_cowey.htm (1326 words)

	Robert O' Hara Burke
		The Regiment was originally formed in 1572 and was one of the oldest infantry regiments in the British Army.
		Because regiments were then named after their colonels, (which would have made them both 'Howard's Regiment of Foot'), the regiments took the colours of their facings as part of their names - the 19th Foot became the Green Howards, while the 3rd Foot became Howard's Buffs, eventually being shortened to simply The Buffs.
		In 1782 the regiment became The 3rd (East Kent) Regiment of Foot and in 1935 became The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment).
	www.burkeandwills.net.au /Jackson/index.htm (350 words)

	Amalgamations
		The Regiment was raised in 1824 and became the 97
		In 1881 it was amalgamated with the 50
		The Regiment which was one of four in the Home Counties Brigade, was formed on the 1st March 1961, as a result of the amalgamation of The Buffs (The Royal East Kent Regiment)
	www.2ndqueens.com /amalgamations.htm (379 words)

	3rd Foot The Buff's The East Kent Regiment.
		The Buffs and the 48th Regiment had a close affiliation as it was during the same battle, the
		of Albuera,a great feat of bravery was displayed by one of the Buffs to ensure the colours did not fall into enemy hands.Lt. Matthew Latham, despite suffering shocking wounds and the severing of one arm refused to let the colours fall to the French.
		The settlement was short-lived, but by the time the 3rd Regiment was due to leave NSW, the Government had not given it up, and the 3rd was replaced by soldiers from the 57th Regiment, recently arrived in NSW.
	freepages.history.rootsweb.com /~garter1/3rdfoot.htm (349 words)

	The Queen's Own Buffs, The Royal Kent Regiment - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In operations, in 1961, the Regiment had deployed to Kenya, then a British colony -- one of its predecessor regiment, The Buffs, had seen distinguished service in Kenya during the Mau Mau uprising.
		In 1964 the Regiment was deployed to British Guiana after more violence broke out there, at a time when the South American colony was experiencing turbulent times.
		In June 1966 the Regiment deployed on a 6-month tour-of-duty in the jungles of Borneo to take part in the Indonesian Confrontation -- it had started in 1962 after an Indonesian-inspired rebellion took place in Brunei, which was successfully quelled.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/The_Queen's_Own_Buffs,_The_Royal_Kent_Regiment (388 words)

	THE DOVER WAR MEMORIAL PROJECT - World War One - Casualties on the Town Memorial - Surnames A (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Ahern, H. Harold Whitehorn Ahern/Ahearn, L/10028, was a Lance Corporal in the 1st Battalion of the Buffs (East Kent Regiment).
		He was born in Dover and enlisted there, becoming a Private in the 8th Battalion of The Buffs (East Kent Regiment).
		In the 1st Kent Heavy Battery of the Royal Garrison Artillery, he was 41 when he died of wounds on 25 March 1918.
	www.btinternet.com /~sk.productions/councilstyle/Casualties/WWI/SurnamesA.htm (1310 words)

	The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment) [UK]
		1st/3rd Foot (The East Kent, The Buff's) Regiment of Foot [in Australia] 1823-1827, by B and M Chapman.
		The Buffs, by Brad Chappell (The Regimental Warpath 1914-1918)
		VCs in the Buffs Regimental Museum, by Iain Stewart.
	www.regiments.org /regiments/uk/inf/003Buffs.htm (623 words)

	Roll of Honour - Kent - Bekesbourne
		Private G/8115, 1st Battalion, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment).
		Lance Sergeant G/346, 6th Battalion, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment).
		Captain, 8th Battalion, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment).
	www.roll-of-honour.com /Kent/Bekesbourne.html (268 words)

	Northbourne Sources: WWI Casualty List
		The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 20th Oct. 1914, age 29 - He has no known grave but is commemorated on the Memorials: Ploegsteert Memorial Comines-Warneton, Hainaut, Belgium, and Ham memorial, which records him as Stephen Cox.
		In September 1915 he enlisted with The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) and afterwards transfered to the Royal Garrison Artillery.
		His older brother John Johnson, aged 35, in the East Kent Regiment was killed later in the war in 1917.
	freespace.virgin.net /andrew.parkinson4/wwi_nmem2.html (1504 words)

	New book charts WWI history of the Buffs
		A new book by University of Kent academic offers a new insight into the life and times of the Royal East Kent Regiment, also known as The Buffs, during World War One.
		Using previously uncovered material, Dr Mark Connelly explores the personal lives of the soldiers at the front and the reactions of the regiment to the shock of modern warfare.
		East Kent's geographic position meant its inhabitants were far more aware of the war than others elsewhere in the country.
	www.kentnews.co.uk /kent-news/New-book-charts-WWI-history-of-the-Buffs-newsinkent2254.aspx (526 words)

	THE DOVER WAR MEMORIAL PROJECT - World War One - Casualties on the Town Memorial - Surnames N
		He was in the 8th battalion of The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) (formerly 3020, East Kent Regiment), serving as a Lance Corporal.
		Newman, J. John William Newman, G/9733, was a Private in the 6th battalion of the Buffs (East Kent regiment).
		Norris, H. Herbert E. Norris, known as Bert, 60491, was a Private in the Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment), 9th battalion (formerly in the East Surrey Regiment).
	www.doverwarmemorialproject.org.uk /Casualties/WWI/SurnamesN.htm (1154 words)

	D Day Tanks and countdown to 60th anniversary of D-Day from the Tank Museum Bovington
		The Buffs, so-called because of the colour of the trim of their redcoats (when they were known as the Third Regiment of Foot), otherwise the Royal East Kent Regiment, was one of many infantry regiments which had one or more battalions converted to tanks in 1941 and in this case it was their 7th Battalion.
		Like many of the converted regiments 141 RAC was trained on infantry tanks, perhaps on the grounds that, as infantry they would have more sympathy with the foot soldiers.
		Later in the year the Crocodile regiments were absorbed into 79th Armoured Division and 141 RAC distinguished itself supporting American troops in the attack on Brest.
	www.d-daytanks.org.uk /regiments/buffs.html (284 words)

	War Memorial
		In WWI, The Buffs raised 17 battalions and the regiment was awarded 48 battle honours; one of its men won the Victoria Cross.
		The regiment was awarded 74 battle honours, and six of its officers and men were awarded Victoria Crosses.
		The regiment was awarded 65 battle honours, and seven of its officers and men were awarded Victoria Crosses.
	www.cyberus.ca /~huppert/heroes.html (1338 words)

	This is the Lieutenancy of Kent
		Educated at Eastbourne College he was commissioned during his National Service (1955-1957) in the Buffs, Royal East Kent Regiment, and seconded to the King’s African Rifles in Kenya during the Mau Mau emergency.
		During his public sector work, he was the Founding Chairman of the Industrial Development Board for London and the South East, a Director of Locate in Kent, the East Kent Enterprise Agency and Chairman of the East Kent Initiative and Forum.
		He was conferred an honorary degree of Doctor of Civil Law at The University of Kent at Canterbury in July 2002, an Honorary degree of Doctor of Laws of the University of Greenwich in July 2003 and an Honorary Fellowship at Canterbury Christchurch College in May 2003.
	www.lord-lieutenant-kent.info /personal_profile.html (480 words)

	War graves of Kent comrades damaged in Gaza crossfire
		An army regiment has condemned the desecration of a Middle Eastern cemetery where 56 of its fallen comrades are buried as “senseless” and “horrifying”.
		Major Dennis Bradley said on behalf of the Queen’s Own Buffs Royal Regiment Association, an amalgamation of the two regiments the Kent casualties came from, that the news was distressing.
		The Kent men buried at Gaza were from the 2/4 Queen’s Own Royal West Kent Regiment, a territorial battalion, and included one soldier from the Buffs East Kent Regiment (BEKR).
	www.kentnews.co.uk /kent-news/War-graves-of-Kent-comrades-damaged-in-Gaza-crossfire-newsinkent2111.aspx (470 words)

	Herbert Ashman - Ashman in Kent
		The regiment thought Herbert had been killed and wrote a series of letters to his parents including one that stated that his body had been recovered and buried.
		Into this side sap sprang an officer and a sergeant of the Buffs, and killed twelve of the Germans, cutting oh their flow of reinforcements, while half a company of the same battalion cleared up the crater and captured a machine-gun which had fought to the last cartridge.
		The Regiment was relieved on November 20th and what was left of it returned to Albert and after a few days reorganization, the march to the Vimy Ridge front was commenced.
	www.btinternet.com /~christopher.ashman/mygeds/Families/JohnAshmanb1801/AshmanHerbert.htm (4781 words)

	The Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment was a regiment of the British Army.
		In 1961 it amalgamated with The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment) to form The Queen's Own Buffs, The Royal Kent Regiment.
		Traditionally, the men of West Kent are known as 'Kentish Men', whereas those of the East are 'Men of Kent'.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/The_Queen's_Own_Royal_West_Kent_Regiment (200 words)

	Royal East Kent Regiment
		The East Kent Regiment (The Buffs) by Harry Payne.
		They returned home in 1665 to be placed on the regular establishment, exchanging their buff coats for scarlet, but retaining buff as their facing colour.
		They were known from the beginning as The Buffs, a name which survives until the present day, and their connection with East Kent remains unbroken since 1782.
	www.regimental-art.com /royal_east_kent.htm (3164 words)

	Commonwealth War Graves Commission (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Dud Corner Cemetery, which stands almost on the site of a German strong point, the Lens Road Redoubt, captured by the 15th (Scottish) Division on the first day of the battle, is located about 1 kilometre west of the village, to the north-east of the N43 the main Lens to Bethune road.
		The regimental memorials brought to the Cemetery included those of the 10th Scottish Rifles and the 17th London Regiment, dating from the Battle of Loos, and those of the Royal Montreal Regiment and the Royal Highlanders of Canada, dating from the Battle of Hill 70 in August, 1917.
		Special memorials are erected in this Cemetery to twelve soldiers of the 2nd Welch Regiment, killed in action on the 12th October, 1915, and buried in Crucifix Cemetery, Loos, whose graves could not be found on concentration.
	homepages.inf.ed.ac.uk /jhb/family/mans/cwgc/pb.htm (521 words)

	UK Finds Database - - Military badges - ukdfd.co.uk
		The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey) is the second oldest infantry regiment in the British Army.
		The Buffs originated in a company of 300 men raised from the trained bands of the city of London and paraded on 1 May 1...
		This was one of the many Volunteer Regiments formed in 1914, and the badge can be dated to 1914-1919 when the various uni...
	www.ukdfd.co.uk /ukdfddata/showcat.php?cat=174 (579 words)

	The Rifleman Online - The QOR of C
		It was soon noticed that the Buffs and QOR used the same Regimental, a tune known as "The Regimental Quick Step of the Buffs" composed for The Buffs by Handel.
		Sir Henry explained to the Buffs that permission had been granted the QOR by the Buffs to adopt the tune towards the end of 1882.
		Buffs Company was recreated in 2004 as QOR's new company authorized under the Land Forces Restructuring of the Reserves (LFRR).
	www.qor.com /orbat/buffs.html (620 words)

	eBay - kent regiment badge, Militaria, Collectibles items on eBay.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Cda WWII M46 The Kent Regiment Cap Badge Marked
		Cap Badge The Buffs (The Royal East Kent Regiment)
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	search-desc.ebay.com /search/search.dll?query=kent+regiment+badge&... (266 words)

	The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) - Great War Forum
		Special Reserve numbers are confusing in the Buffs because you find men with 5 figure numbers who were pre war enlistments.
		This may be true but given the rest of the info on the roll you may want to be cautious with this.
		151 other Buffs went on this draft which is the first big draft after the 1st and 2nd Battalions went over.
	1914-1918.invisionzone.com /forums/index.php?showtopic=49178 (626 words)

	The Colours of The Queen's Regiment 1974-1993
		The remaining Colours were 1st Bn The Queen’s Own Buffs, The Royal Kent Regiment, the 1st Bn The Royal Sussex Regiment, the 1st Bn The Middlesex Regiment (Duke of Cambridge’s Own), 4th Bn The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment (TA).
		After the reorganisation of the Home Counties Brigade on a regimental basis in 1967, the old Colours continued in service until New Colours were presented to the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and the 5th (Volunteer) Battalions of the new Regiment by HM Queen Margarethe II of Denmark at Armoury House, London, on 4th May 1974.
		The four corner badges were now the badges of the four Home Counties regiments in order of seniority, while the Naval Crown and the Sphinx returned to their accustomed places at lower left and right of the Colour.
	www.queensroyalsurreys.org.uk /colours/c42.html (481 words)

	Regimental Replicas,ice buckets,drum ice buckets,regimental ice buckets,military momentos,military heraldry, regimental ...
		In the mid-60's defence 'cuts' were announced, including the amalgamation of many of the South East's regiments (The Buffs, The Royal West Kents, The Royal Sussex, The Middlesex, The Queen's Royal Surreys and the East Surreys) to form 3 regular battalions of The Queen's Regiment.
		Full-size emblazons were printed first, to fit their side, tenor and bass drums and these were first seen by the general public at the Festival of Remembrance, in the presence of Her Majesty the Queen at the Royal Albert Hall in November 1996.
		Mercury, known to the Royal Signals as the Jimmy, was painted in skin colours, instead of the correct silver and the background colour to the emblazon was wrong.
	www.regimentalreplicas.com /history.htm (990 words)

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