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