1665-89. The Holland Regiment (from 1572--_temp._ Queen
Elizabeth--in service of Holland).
1689-1708. Prince George of Denmark's Regiment.
1708-51. The Buffs.
1751-82. The 3rd (or The Buffs) Regiment of Foot.
1782-1881. The 3rd (East Kent--The Buffs) Regiment of Foot.
1881 (from). The Buffs (East Kent) Regiment of Foot.
PRINCIPAL CAMPAIGNS, BATTLES, &c.
1689-97. Flanders.
1689. Walcourt.
1693. Neer Landen.
1703-13. Germany.
1704. Schellenberg.
*1704. Blenheim.
*1706. Ramilies.
*1708. Oudenarde.
1708. Lisle.
1709. Tournay.
*1709. Malplaquet.
1715. Jacobite rising.
1742-49. Flanders.
*1743. Dettingen.
1745. Fontenoy.
1747. Val.
1759. Guadaloupe.
1761. Belle Isle.
1781. America.
1782. Jamaica.
1794-95. Flanders.
1794. Nimeguen.
1796. Grenada.
*1808-14. Peninsula.
*1809. Douro.
*1809. Talavera.
*1811. Albuera.
*1813. Vittoria.
*1813. Pyrenees.
*1813. Nivelle.
*1813. Nive.
*1814. Orthes.
*1814. Toulouse.
1814. Plattsburg.
*1843. Punniar.
*1855. Sevastopol.
*1860. Taku Forts.
*1879. South Africa.
*1895. Chitral.
1900. South Africa.
UNIFORM.--Scarlet with Buff facings (from 1665).
REGIMENTAL BADGES.--"The Dragon" (a badge of Queen Elizabeth).
Also "The United Red and White Rose with the Imperial Crown"
(also probably dating back to the Virgin Queen). Also "The White
Horse of Kent," with "_Invicta_" (in 1751 "The White Horse" was
that of Hanover, but with the territorial classification the
change was made). Motto, "_Veteri frondescit honore_." In 1686
the regiment bore "The Red Cross of St. George," bordered with
white on a green ground.
NICKNAMES, &C.--"The Buff Howards" (1737-49--from its Colonel's
name). "The Nutcrackers," and "The Resurrectionists" (at Albuera
it is said to have shown despatch in cracking the heads, and to
have rallied after dispersal at the hands of the Polish Lancers).
"The Old Buffs" (to distinguish it from the 31st, the "Young
Buffs").
NOTES.--The Regiment of Buffs possesses the privilege of marching
unhindered through the City of London with drums beating--a relic
of Elizabethan days. At Punniar it captured eleven guns and a
standard.
BIBLIOGRAPHY.--_Historical Record of the 3rd Regiment of Foot, or
The Buffs._ To 1838. Illustrated with plates. [London: Longman.
1839.]
The King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment),