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When the 3rd (The East Kent) Regiment of Foot became the Buffs (East Kent Regiment) in 1881 under the Cardwell-Childers reforms of the British Armed Forces, four pre-existent militia and volunteer battalions of Kent were integrated into the structure of the regiment.
The East Kent Militia, later the 3rd Battalion, Buffs (East Kent Regiment) was an auxiliary [a] regiment raised in Kent in South East England.From its formal creation in 1760 the regiment served in home and colonial defence in all of Britain's major wars until 1918, seeing active service in the Second Boer War and supplying thousands of reinforcements to the Buffs during World War I.
The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment), formerly the 3rd Regiment of Foot, was a line infantry regiment of the British Army traditionally raised in the English county of Kent and garrisoned at Canterbury. It had a history dating back to 1572 and was one of the oldest regiments in the British Army, being third in order of precedence (ranked as the ...
East Kent Militia became 3rd and 4th Bns, Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [58] [59] West Kent Light Infantry became 3rd and 4th Bns, Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) (50th/97th) [17] [55] Although the 2nd Bn East Kent Militia was designated as the 4th Buffs, it was only at cadre strength, and was absorbed by the 1st Bn (now 3rd Buffs) in 1888 ...
3rd Kent Militia; 3rd Volunteer Battalion, Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) 2/4th Kent Fortress Company, Royal Engineers; 4th (East Kent Militia) Battalion, Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 4th (West Kent Militia) Battalion, Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) 4th Cavalry Brigade (United Kingdom) 4th Cinque Ports Artillery Volunteers
3rd (Reserve) Battalion, Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 4th (East Kent Militia) Battalion, Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 8th Battalion, Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment) (1940–42) 9th (Reserve) Battalion, Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 10th (Royal East Kent and West Kent Yeomanry) Battalion, Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 11th Battalion, Buffs (Royal East ...
The brigade was formed for service in the United Kingdom on 13 October 1940 by No 9 Infantry Training Group in the South West Area of Southern Command.Under the name of 209th Independent Infantry Brigade (Home) it was initially composed of newly raised battalions of the Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment).
Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment) Military units and formations in Kent; Military units and formations in Canterbury; Military units and formations established in 1881; Military units and formations disestablished in 1888