Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment)
Dates | Locations | Higher Formation/Remarks |
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. | 4th/5th Battalion, The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment) | . |
1947.01.01 | reconstituted in T.A. with HQ at Canterbury and concurrently amalgamated with duplicate 5th Battalion | 133 (Kent & Sussex) Infantry Brigade |
. | A Company at Ramsgate | . |
. | B Company at Sittingbourne | . |
. | C Company at Cranbrook | . |
. | D Company at Dover | . |
1956.10.31 | 4th Battalion, The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment) redesignated on formation of new 5th Battalion | . |
1961.03.01 | Transferred to the corps of The Queen's Own Buffs, The Royal Kent Regiment without change of title | . |
1966.12.31 | Transferred to the corps of The Queen's Regiment without change of title | . |
1967.04.01 | Disbanded and concurrently reconstituted and amalgamated with 5th Battalion, The Buffs to form: | . |
. | part of B Company (Queen's Own Buffs), 5th (Volunteer) Battalion, The Queen's Regiment, in TAVR II at Broadstairs | . |
. | 7th (Territorial) Battalion, The Queen's Regiment (East Kent) in TAVR III with HQ at Deal [q.v.] | . |
. | C (Medway Towns) Company, 8th (Territorial) Battalion, The Queen's Regiment (West Kent) in TAVR III at Gillingham [q.v.] | . |
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. | 5th Battalion, The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment) | . |
1956.10.31 | 410th (Kent) Coast Regiment, RA Converted to infantry at Dover (?) and renamed 5th Battalion, The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment), absorbing some elements of the regiment's 4th Battalion | . |
1961.03.01 | Transferred to the corps of The Queen's Own Buffs, The Royal Kent Regiment without change of title | . |
1966.12.31 | Transferred to the corps of The Queen's Regiment without change of title | . |
1967.04.01 | Disbanded and concurrently reconstituted and amalgamated with 4th Battalion The Buffs, to form East Kent TAVR elements of The Queen's Regiment | . |
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