|
Kingdom of England |
|
|
|
from personel in Dutch service of
Regiment Engelsen Craven
and
Regiment Engelsen Killingrew
and
Regiment Engelsen Sidney
│ |
| 1665: |
The Holland Regiment
Robert Sidney’s
│ |
| 1668: |
Walter Vane’s
│ |
| 1673: |
Duke of Buckingham’s
│ |
| 1678: |
2nd Bn raised
│ |
| 1679: |
2nd Bn disbanded
│ |
| 1682: |
Earl of Chesterfield’s
│ |
| 1684: |
Duke of Buckingham’s
│ |
| 1685: |
Theophilus Oglethorpe’s
│ |
| 1688: |
Charles Churchill’s
│ |
| 1702: |
Prince George of Denmark’s
Regiment of Foot
Charles Churchill’s
│ |
| 1707: |
Kingdom of Great Britain |
|
│ |
| 1707: |
Duke of Argyll’s
│ |
| 1711: |
John Sewyn’s
│ |
| 1713: |
Earl of Forfar’s
│ |
| 1716: |
Charles Wills’
│ |
| 1726: |
Earl of Londonderry’s
│ |
| 1729: |
William Tatton’s
│ |
| 1737: |
Thomas Howard’s
│ |
| 1747: |
ranked as 3rd Foot
│ |
| 1749: |
George Howard’s
│ |
| 1751: |
3rd Regiment of Foot
(or the Buffs)
│ |
| 1755: |
│
│ |
52nd Regiment of Foot
│ |
| 1756: |
2nd Bn raised
│ |
│
│ |
| 1757: |
│
│ |
50th Regiment of Foot
│ |
| 1758: |
2nd Bn → 61st Foot
│ |
│
│ |
|
│
│
│
│
│ |
│
│ |
| 1782: |
3rd (East Kent)
Regiment of Foot
(The Buffs)
│ |
50th (West Kent)
Regiment of Foot
│
│ |
| 1801: |
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland |
|
│ |
│ |
| 1803: |
2nd Bn raised
│ |
│
│ |
| 1804: |
│
│ |
2nd Bn raised
│ |
| 1814: |
│
│ |
2nd Bn disbanded
│ |
| 1815: |
2nd Bn disbanded
│ |
│
│ |
| 1824: |
│
│
│ |
│
│
│ |
97th (Earl of Ulster’s)
Regiment of Foot
│ |
| 1831: |
│
│
│ |
50th (Queen’s Own)
Regiment of Foot
│ |
│
│
│ |
| 1845: |
│
│ |
│
│ |
Reserve Bn raised
│ |
| 1851: |
│
│ |
│
│ |
Reserve Bn disbanded
│ |
| 1857: |
2nd Bn raised
│ |
│
│ |
│
│ |
|
│ |
│ |
│ |
|
The creation of the territorial regiments by the Childers reforms |
|
│ |
│ |
│ |
|
|
 |
 |
| 1881: |
1st Bn, 2nd Bn, |
1st Bn, |
2nd Bn, |
|
The Kentish Regiment
(The Buffs)
│ |
The Royal West Kent Regiment
(Queen’s Own)
│ |
|
The Buffs
(East Kent Regiment) |
The Queen’s Own
(Royal West Kent Regiment) |
|
│ |
│ |
| 1911: |
│ |
│ |
|
│ |
│ |
| 1920: |
│
│
│ |
The Royal West Kent Regiment
(Queen’s Own)
│ |
| 1921: |
│
│ |
The Queen’s Own Royal West Kent Regiment
│ |
| 1922: |
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland |
|
│ |
│ |
| 1935: |
The Buffs
(Royal East Kent Regiment)
│ |
│
│
│ |
| 1948: |
│
│ |
2nd Bn disbanded
│ |
| 1948: |
│ |
│ |
| 1949: |
2nd Bn disbanded
│ |
│
│ |
|
|
 |
| 1961: |
1st Battalion,
The Queen’s Own Buffs, The Royal Kent Regiment |
|
│ |
| 1966: |
2nd Battalion (Queen’s Own Buffs),
The Queen’s Regiment
│ |
| 1968: |
2nd Battalion,
The Queen’s Regiment |
|
part of
The Queen’s Division |
│ |
|
│ |
| 1992: |
merged into
The Princess of Wales’s Royal Regiment
(Queen’s and Royal Hampshires) |
|
 |
|
|