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created 15 July 2000. Corrected and updated
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The Queen's
Own Buffs,
The Royal Kent Regiment |
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United
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| How to find information about individuals who served in this corps |
| 1961.03.01 | The Queen's
Own Buffs, The Royal Kent Regiment formed by amalgamation of The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment), and The Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment |
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| 1966.12.31 | united with The Queen's Royal Surrey Regiment, The Royal Sussex Regiment, and The Middlesex Regiment (Duke of Cambridge's Own), to form 2nd Bn, The Queen's Regiment | |
| Regulars: | ||
| 1st Battalion [1961-1966] | ||
| Territorials and Volunteers: | ||
| 4th/5th Battalion, The Buffs [1961-1967] | ||
5th Battalion, The Buffs [1961-1967]
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| 4th/5th Battalion, The Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment [1961-1967] | ||
| [combined battle honours of The Buffs, and The Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment] | |
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| 1961.03.01 | HM Frederick IX, King of Denmark, KG, GCB, GCVO [from The Buffs] | |
| Colonel: | ||
| 1961.03.01 | HRH Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent, CI, GCVO, GBE [from The Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment] | |
| Deputy Colonel: | ||
| 1961.03.01 | Maj-Gen. Valentine Boucher, CB, CBE | |
| 1963? | Maj-Gen. Dennis Edmund Blaquiere Talbot, CB, CBE, DSO, MC, DL | |
| Associate Colonel: | ||
| 1961.03.01 | Maj-Gen. Dennis Edmund Blaquiere Talbot, CB, CBE, DSO, MC, DL | |
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| Miscellaneous Tradition Links: | ||
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The Queen's Own Rifles of Canada | 1961-1966 | |
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1st Battalion, The Royal New Brunswick Regiment (Carleton and York) | 1961-1966 | |
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The Essex and Kent Scottish | 1961-1966 | |
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The Canterbury Regiment | 1961-1964 | |
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2nd Battalion (Canterbury and Nelson-Marlborough, and West Coast), Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment | 1964-1966 | |
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The Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment Museum, Dover (Army listing) | |
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The Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment Museum, Dover (Simonides listing) | |
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