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437:, enacted during a renewed period of international tension. As before, units were raised and administered on a county basis, and filled by voluntary enlistment (although conscription by means of the Militia Ballot might be used if the counties failed to meet their quotas). Training was for 56 days on enlistment, then for 21–28 days per year, during which the men received full army pay. Under the Act, Militia units could be embodied by Royal Proclamation for full-time home defence service in three circumstances:
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In that year the King drew the lots for individual regiments and the resulting list remained in force with minor amendments until the end of the militia. The regiments raised before the peace of 1763 took the first 47 places (West Kent was 37th); presumably because the East Kents were not embodied until 1778, it was placed in the second group as 49th. Formally, the regiment became the '49th, or East Kent
Militia', but most regiments paid little notice to the additional number.
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870:. Commanded by Lt-Col R.A. Reith, a former CO of the 3rd (R) Bn, it was to be part of 95th Brigade in 32nd Division and began training for active service. On 10 April 1915 the War Office decided to convert the K4 units into 2nd Reserve battalions to train reinforcement drafts for the K1–K3 battalions, in the same way that the SR did for the regular battalions; 95th Brigade became
862:') were quickly formed at the regimental depots. The SR battalions also swelled with new recruits and were soon well above their establishment strength. On 8 October 1914 each SR battalion was ordered to use the surplus to form a service battalion of the 4th New Army ('K4'). Accordingly the 3rd Reserve Bn formed the
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The militia order of precedence balloted for in 1793 (Kent was 1st) remained in force throughout the French
Revolutionary War: this covered all the regiments in the county. Another ballot for precedence took place at the start of the Napoleonic War, when Kent was 57th.This order continued until 1833.
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from
December 1875. This assigned regular and militia units to places in an order of battle of corps, divisions and brigades for the 'Active Army', even though these formations were entirely theoretical, with no staff or services assigned. The East Kent Militia's assigned war station was in the Dover
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that were constructed to restrict the Boers' freedom of movement. On 1 August 1901 six men of the 3rd Buffs under
Sergeant Pincott were manning Blockhouse 493/1 when they were attacked by 250–300 Boers. Sergeant Pincott was soon killed, but the garrison held out until only one was left unwounded and
262:
a series of
Militia Acts from 1757 re-established county militia regiments, the men being conscripted by means of parish ballots (paid substitutes were permitted) to serve for three years. There was a property qualification for officers, who were commissioned by the lord lieutenant. Kent was given a
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After
Waterloo there was another long peace. Although officers continued to be commissioned into the militia and ballots were still held, the regiments were rarely assembled for training and the permanent staffs of sergeants and drummers were progressively reduced. The Militia of the United Kingdom
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in
December 1899, most of the regular army was sent to South Africa, and many militia units were embodied to replace them for home defence and to garrison certain overseas stations. Some were then permitted to volunteer for active service in South Africa. The 3rd Buffs was embodied on 18 January
894:
in 7th
Reserve Bde. In January 1917 it was given responsibility for training 'A4 Boys' (18-year-olds who were fit for service but too young to be sent overseas), which took the battalion to a strength of nearly 3000 with four additional companies. On 4 July 1917 the 29th was redesignated
1201:
It is incorrect to describe the
British Militia as 'irregular': throughout their history they were equipped and trained exactly like the line regiments of the regular army, and once embodied in time of war they were fulltime professional soldiers for the duration of their
328:, under Maj-Gen St John. The militia was disembodied at the conclusion of the war in 1782. From 1784 to 1792 the regiments were supposed to assemble for 28 days' annual training, even though to save money only two-thirds of the men were actually called out each year.
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The 3rd (SR) Battalion was embodied under the command of Lt-Col Harry Hirst (CO since 30 June 1912) on the outbreak of war on 4 August 1914 and four days later moved to its war station at Dover, where it remained in garrison for the whole war. From its base at the
419:
Legislation was passed in 1811 permitting
English militia regiments to serve in Ireland for two years, and the East Kent Militia served there from 13 September 1811 to 8 October 1813. It was disembodied in June 1814, and was not called out during the short
714:, which he entered on 30 October. He wrote to Roberts that 'The 3rd Bn of The Buffs was hotly engaged and behaved with conspicuous steadiness'. Until 15 December the battalion was employed in guarding the railway, but Hunter requested it for Maj-Gen
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in March 1802 and all the militia were stood down. However, the Peace of Amiens was short-lived and the regiments, whose training commitment had been increased from 21 to 28 days a year, were embodied again in 1803. During the summer of 1805, when
348:), which the regular army increasingly saw as a prime source of recruits. They served in coast defences, manning garrisons, guarding prisoners of war, and for internal security, while their traditional local defence duties were taken over by the
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the Boers forced their way in. The Boers then withdrew having suffered heavy casualties. Skirmishes along the blockhouse lines were constant throughout the year. The 3rd Buffs were relieved and embarked on 21 January 1902, but only as far as
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on 30 December 1917. Although hundreds of men died in the sinking, the draft from the 3rd Buffs was praised for its discipline in parading on deck and then launching life rafts, with the loss of only one man missing from the draft.
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took Cardwell's reforms further, with the militia formally joining their linked regiments as their 3rd and 4th Battalions on 1 July 1881. Although the 2nd Bn East Kent Militia was designated to be the 4th Bn Buffs, it was only at
695:, commanding in South Africa, that 'he was pleased to observe that a Militia Battn (the 3rd Buffs) distinguished itself on this occasion'. The battalion then returned to Kroonstad, escorting the convoy of wounded and sick.
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886:, before returning to Dover in April 1916. Most drafts went to the Regular battalions of the Buffs, but one very large one of 40 officers and 500 men was sent to the 8th (Service) Bn after its terrible casualties at the
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on 25 February 1760, when it had reached 60 per cent of its establishment strength. Its headquarters was at Canterbury. However, unlike the West Kents, it was not embodied for fulltime service during the war.
734:, returning to Kroonstad on 30 December. The weather had been extremely bad and the battalion was reduced by sickness to a strength of just three companies, which were used to garrison Kroonstad and Lindley.
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Under Army Order 251 of 1910, the Special Reserve were to bear the same battle honours as their parent regiments, so the Mediterranean honour, which was peculiar to militia units, was extinguished.
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778:(SR), a semi-professional force whose role was to provide reinforcement drafts for regular units serving overseas in wartime, rather like the earlier Militia Reserve. The battalion became the
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History of the Great War: Order of Battle of Divisions, Part 2b: The 2nd-Line Territorial Force Divisions (57th–69th), with the Home-Service Divisions (71st–73rd) and 74th and 75th Divisions,
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Although often referred to as brigades, the sub-districts were purely administrative organisations, but in a continuation of the Cardwell Reforms a mobilisation scheme began to appear in the
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when the country was threatened with invasion by the Americans' allies, France and Spain. This time the East Kent Militia was embodied on 31 March 1778. That summer the regiment was at
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The Cardwell organisation envisaged two militia battalions to each sub-district, and the East Kent Militia formed a 2nd Battalion on 29 July 1876, though it was never fully formed.
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became serious, and the French were sending help to the rebels. The East Kent was one of the militia regiments that volunteered to serve in Ireland but its offer was not accepted.
2481:
964:, but a 1780 source suggests this was light blue. In the 19th Century both Kent Militia regiments wore facings described as 'Kentish Grey'. The badge for both regiments was the
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saw a new phase for the English militia: they were embodied for a whole generation, and became regiments of full-time professional soldiers (though restricted to service in the
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808:, its role was to equip the Reservists and Special Reservists of the Buffs and send them as reinforcement drafts to the Regular battalions serving overseas (the 1st on the
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795:
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935:. Postwar it was converted into a service battalion on 8 February 1919, and it was finally absorbed into the 11th (Lambeth) Bn of the Queen's on 17 April 1919.
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During the War of American Independence the counties were given an order of precedence determined by ballot each year. For the Kent Militia the positions were:
3018:
393:
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until relieved by the Hereford Militia on 1 July. By 1 September that year the regiment (426 men in 10 Companies under Lt-Col William Pennell) had moved to
180:. From its formal creation in 1760 the regiment served in home and colonial defence in all of Britain's major wars until 1918, seeing active service in the
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526:
2365:
Steve Brown, 'Home Guard: The Forces to Meet the Expected French Invasion/1 September 1805' at The Napoleon Series (archived at the Wayback Machine).
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The SR resumed its old title of Militia in 1921 but like most militia units the 3rd Buffs remained in abeyance after World War I. By the outbreak of
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911:, when most of the original officers and non-commissioned officers returned to the 3rd (R) Bn Buffs. The 52nd (G) Bn Queen's served in
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and in July it sent out its first reinforcement draft of 300 men, who exercised the Buffs' ancient privilege of marching through the
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rather than their county lords lieutenant. Around a third of the recruits and many young officers went on to join the regular army.
234:, and was popularly seen as the 'Constitutional Force' in contrast to the 'Standing Army' that was tainted by association with the
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After the Boer War, the future of the Militia was called into question. There were moves to reform the Auxiliary Forces (Militia,
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After 1881 the battalion adopted the insignia of the Buffs, including its traditional buff coloured facings and Dragon badge.
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820:). Once the pool of reservists had dried up, the 3rd Bn trained thousands of raw recruits for the active service battalions.
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671:, and on 23 June five of its companies were included in a 2000-strong column sent 55 miles (89 km) to relieve Maj-Gen
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plate of 1840 carried the White Horse in silver, with a scroll above inscribed 'East Kent' and a scroll beneath inscribed
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issued his call for volunteers in August 1914, the battalions of the 1st, 2nd and 3rd New Armies ('K1', 'K2' and 'K3' of '
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A List of the Officers of the Militia, the Gentlemen & Yeomanry Cavalry, and Volunteer Infantry of the United Kingdom
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On 25 September the 3rd Buffs left as escort to a construction train repairing the branch railway between Wolverhoek and
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and son of the previous colonel, was appointed on 14 April 1808. He had been first commissioned into the regiment as an
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846:
3rd (Reserve) Battalion was disembodied on 12 September 1919, when the remaining personnel were drafted to the 1st Bn.
475:, the militia began to be called out for home defence. The East Kent Militia was embodied in 1854 and was stationed at
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of the regiment in 1779 and held the command until his death in 1795. In the summer of 1782 the regiment joined the
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appointed by the monarch. This is seen as the starting date for the organised county militia in England. The
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in 1939, no officers remained listed for the battalion. The Militia was formally disbanded in April 1953.
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246:, when Kent's contingent consisted of six regiments. However, the militia declined in the years after the
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from November to Marc 1855. The regiment then volunteered for overseas garrison service and was sent to
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890:. On 1 September 1916 the K4 battalions became part of the Training Reserve (TR), and 9th Buffs became
491:, arriving by May and remaining for a year. The regiment was disembodied in 1856, and was awarded the
267:, which received its weapons on 20 November 1758 and was embodied for service the following year. The
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on a sweep through north-west OFS, returning on 26 October. Two companies then accompanied Hunter to
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2346:, London: HM Stationery Office, 1939/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, 2007, ISBN 1-847347-41-X.
816:, also served briefly on the Western Front and then from November 1915 spent the rest of the war at
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of 11th Division and with 8th Division (commanded by the battalion's Honorary Colonel, Lt-Gen Sir
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and Paardeplats, but succeeded in its object and entered the town on 27 June. Afterwards, Lt-Gen
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by 1 August, where it stayed until February 1860. Then by 5 March 1860 it had been sent to
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to relieve Regular troops. It was again stationed at Woolwich, by December 1857, then at
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was abolished in militia regiments, the commanding officer in future holding the rank of
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1900. After volunteering, 16 officers and 551 other ranks under the command of Lt-Col
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in Sub-District No 45 (County of Kent) at Canterbury. The militia now came under the
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was long established in England and its legal basis was updated by two acts of 1557 (
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For the next year the battalion was used for convoy escorts and to man the lines of
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The East Kents were among the small number of militia regiments embodied during the
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crossed the railway. On 10 October the battalion joined a column under Lt-Gen Sir
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War having broken out with Russia in 1854 and an expeditionary force sent to the
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The Citadel at Dover, base of the 3rd (Reserve) Bn Buffs throughout World War I.
770:. However, little of Brodrick's scheme was carried out. Under the more sweeping
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1. 'Whenever a state of war exists between Her Majesty and any foreign power'.
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Thereafter the militia regiments were called out for their annual training.
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The 3rd Bn Buffs was embodied from 9 March to 30 September 1885 during the
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and Volunteers) to take their place in the six Army Corps proposed by the
679:. The column met considerable opposition, with two days' hard fighting at
364:, was appointed to succeed him on 3 March 1795. In the summer of 1798 the
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strength, and was absorbed by the 1st Bn (now 3rd Buffs) on 1 April 1888
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in May before returning to Portsmouth where it was disembodied in June.
2642:, Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1992/Sandpiper Books, 1999,
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W.Y. Carman, 'Philip J. de Loutherbourg and the Camp at Warley, 1778'.
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of 1872, militia regiments were brigaded with their local regular and
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548:– for the East Kent Militia this was with the two battalions of the
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and on 3 October took part in engagements between the two towns as
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On 9 June the battalion was rushed to reinforce the garrison at
648:, which it had done by 11 April. The battalion then worked with
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in 1790, and retained the command until his own death in 1850.
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British Civil Wars, Commonwealth & Protectorate, 1638–1660
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to deal with a tBoer invasion. It took part in engagements at
632:. Arriving at Cape Town on 28 March the battalion was sent to
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2. 'In all cases of invasion or upon imminent danger thereof'.
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and supplying thousands of reinforcements to the Buffs during
525:., where there had been disturbances. It was relieved by the
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4th (East Kent Militia) Battalion, Buffs (East Kent Regiment)
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Kent Trained Bands at BCW (archived at the Wayback Machine).
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for a projected invasion, the East Kents were stationed at
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on 2 April. Next day the brigade marched out to re-occupy
296:, training alongside other Militia and Regular regiments.
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with fixed bayonets. In September the battalion moved to
750:. The battalion was finally disembodied on 17 July 1902.
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Jim O'Brien, 'Militiamen in the Second Anglo-Boer War',
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of the TR. On 14 October 1917 it was transferred to the
1490:'Sawbridge, John (1732–1795)' at History of Parliament.
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The Times History of the War in South Africa 1899-1902
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Amery, Vol IV, Appendix to Chapters I-XIV, pp. 503–14.
2459:, London: Sampson Low, 1899/London: Greenhill, 1988,
746:. Here they spent a further six months guarding Boer
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The Militia was called out after the outbreak of the
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Military units and formations disestablished in 1881
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Wylly, C. H.; Charrington; Bulwer, E. A. E. (1902).
1590:'Sawbridge, Samuel Elias', at History of Parliament.
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400:'s brigade. Sir Narborough D'Aeth died in 1808 and
242:. The militia were kept up during the wars against
230:. The Militia was re-established in 1662 after the
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980:, the whole on a gilt crowned eight-pointed star.
263:quota of 960 men to raise, and quickly formed the
3377:Military units and formations established in 1760
2588:, 1972, Vol 50, No 203 (Autumn 1972), pp. 131–54.
2353:, Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1991,
2610:The Royal Militia and Yeomanry Cavalry Army List
825:10th (Royal East Kent and West Kent Yeomanry) Bn
664:. The battalion reached Dewetsdorp on 29 April.
340:declared war on Britain on 1 February 1793. The
271:followed, its weapons being dispatched from the
238:that had supported the military dictatorship of
2322:, London: Sampson Low, Marston, 6 Vols 1900–09.
447:3. 'In all cases of rebellion or insurrection'.
226:in 1588 and saw some active service during the
2440:, Vol I, Wakefield: Microform Academic, 1984,
210:cc. 2 and 3), which placed selected men, the '
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2670:The English Militia in the Eighteenth Century
2527:/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, 2001,
2438:Lineage Book of British Land Forces 1660–1978
2396:The Development of the British Army 1899–1914
2381:, Vol 36, No 147 (September 1958), pp. 108–9.
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579:Cap badge of the Buffs (East Kent Regiment).
336:The militia was already being embodied when
3372:Military units and formations in Canterbury
2672:, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1965.
2604:, Vol 15, No 60 (Winter 1936), pp. 216–248.
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866:at Dover, where it was accommodated in the
656:) in the operations from 16 April to seize
258:Under threat of French invasion during the
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2542:, London: Allen Lane, 2013/Penguin, 2014,
2476:The New Annual Army List, and Militia List
2408:, Vol I, 2nd Edn, London: Macmillan, 1910.
2390:, Vol 71, No 288 (Winter 1993), pp. 276–7.
394:Royal Buckinghamshire Militia (King's Own)
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509:from July 1858 to July 1859. It moved to
459:, although the regiment could appoint an
170:3rd Battalion, Buffs (East Kent Regiment)
34:3rd Battalion, Buffs (East Kent Regiment)
2596:, Issue 116, March 2004, pp. 19–21.
2351:The Amateur Military Tradition 1558–1945
2331:, Vol 15, No 57 (Spring 1936), pp. 5–16.
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1115:, CB, former CO, appointed 15 July 1907
1040:, appointed 1779, died 21 February 1795
640:(OFS), where it joined 22nd Brigade of
564:defences as part of the Garrison Army.
2486:, London:United Service Gazette, 1905.
2226:James, p. 44; Appendices II & III.
1296:
1294:
1292:
1290:
1288:
527:King's Own (1st Staffordshire) Militia
28:
3367:Military units and formations in Kent
1549:Fortescue, Vol V, pp. 167–8, 198–204.
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874:. In May 1915 the battalion moved to
380:was massing his 'Army of England' at
356:. On the death of Col Sawbridge, Sir
7:
2369:Lt-Col Sir John M. Burgoyne, Bart,
1089:, former CO, appointed 26 April 1873
901:Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)
521:working on the stone breakwaters of
172:was an auxiliary regiment raised in
2584:H. Moyse-Bartlett, 'Dover at War',
1445:East Kent Militia at Regiments.org.
1113:Sir Theodore Brinckman, 3rd Baronet
838:when it was torpedoed and sunk off
392:Barracks, which it shared with the
150:Sir Theodore Brinckman, 3rd Baronet
2415:, Vol II, London: Macmillan, 1899.
25:
2640:The Late Victorian Army 1868–1902
1061:George Brockman, former Captain,
812:, the 2nd, after its return from
660:, 15 miles (24 km) south of
2717:– The BCW Project (archive site)
1518:Knight, pp. 78–9, 111, 255, 411.
1221:Fortescue, Vol I, pp. 5, 12, 16.
1183:Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment)
483:by 8 September, and was then at
82:
64:
51:
892:29th Training Reserve Battalion
517:, where it guarded convicts at
324:regiments in a militia camp at
2708:– Regiments.org (archive site)
2625:The Army and Society 1815–1914
2519:, London: Samson Books, 1978,
2291:Militia 1850 at Regiments.org.
2199:Becke, Pt 2b, pp. 55–9, 101–5.
1509:Fortescue, Vol III, pp. 530–1.
1404:Western, Appendices A & B.
222:were on high alert during the
1:
3387:Militia of the United Kingdom
2504:, London: HarperPress, 2011,
2427:A History of the British Army
2420:A History of the British Army
2413:A History of the British Army
2406:A History of the British Army
1065:, appointed 15 September 1852
42:25 February 1760–1 April 1953
2722:Victorian Military Society,
2699:History of Parliament Online
2557:, London: Leo Cooper, 1970,
2455:(Col Peter S. Walton, ed.),
1262:Fortescue, Vol I, pp. 195–6.
286:War of American Independence
280:War of American Independence
2373:, London: W.H. Allen, 1884.
2131:Dunlop, pp. 131–40, 158-62.
2084:Amery, Vol IV , Chapter IX.
1244:Hay, pp. 11–17, 25–6, 60–1.
232:Restoration of the Monarchy
3403:
2627:, London: Longmans, 1980,
2478:(various dates from 1840).
2433:, London: Macmillan, 1910.
2106:Lord Roberts' despatches,
2061:Amery, Vol IV, Chapter II.
905:52nd (Graduated) Battalion
897:255th (Infantry) Battalion
764:Secretary of State for War
628:on 10 March aboard the SS
550:Buffs (East Kent Regiment)
195:
112:Buffs (East Kent Regiment)
2762:British Militia Regiments
2517:British Regiments 1914–18
2208:Becke, Pt 3b, Appendix I.
730:Bridge, Olive Siding and
342:French Revolutionary Wars
2482:Col George Jackson Hay,
2453:James Moncrieff Grierson
2398:, London: Methuen, 1938.
2121:Amery, Vol V, Chapter V.
2095:Amery, Vol V, Chapter 1.
1178:West Kent Light Infantry
1158:Militia (United Kingdom)
1108:, appointed 21 June 1899
1076:George, 3rd Baron Harris
1020:The following served as
831:, was travelling aboard
214:', under the command of
59:Kingdom of Great Britain
3261:Forfar & Kincardine
2874:Forfar & Kincardine
1153:Militia (Great Britain)
1085:Lt-Gen George Bingham,
1082:, appointed 13 May 1864
951:Heritage and ceremonial
850:9th (Reserve) Battalion
791:3rd (Reserve) Battalion
607:After the disasters of
371:The war ended with the
1051:Samuel Elias Sawbridge
800:
689:Lines of Communication
580:
402:Samuel Elias Sawbridge
312:, was commissioned as
208:4 & 5 Ph. & M.
2724:Soldiers of the Queen
2594:Soldiers of the Queen
2425:Sir John Fortescue,
1004:27th on 28 April 1781
956:Uniforms and insignia
864:9th Reserve Bn, Buffs
798:
718:'s march through the
578:
479:by 9 June, moving to
467:Crimean War and after
2418:Sir John Fortescue,
2411:Sir John Fortescue,
2394:Col John K. Dunlop,
2030:, 22 September 1885.
1359:Western, pp. 127–61.
1309:Hay, pp. 89, 99–104.
1138:South Africa 1900–02
868:South Front Barracks
650:1st (Guards) Brigade
611:at the start of the
546:Volunteer battalions
338:Revolutionary France
310:Lord Mayor of London
306:Member of Parliament
2491:11 May 2021 at the
2015:Late Victorian Army
1711:, 8 September 1854.
1634:Grierson, pp. 27–8.
1540:Burgoyne, pp. 40–3.
1350:Holmes, pp. 94–100.
995:12th on 1 June 1778
966:White Horse of Kent
872:7th Reserve Brigade
782:, on 28 June 1908.
433:was revived by the
360:, 3rd Baronet, of
2638:Edward M. Spiers,
2623:Edward M. Spiers,
2568:Col R.S.H. Moody,
2436:J.B.M. Frederick,
2402:Sir John Fortescue
2349:Ian F.W. Beckett,
2217:Frederick, p. 199.
2164:Army & Society
2153:Dunlop, pp. 270–2.
2142:Army & Society
2110:, 8 February 1901.
2002:Army & Society
1991:Dunlop, pp. 42–52.
1903:, 7 February 1860.
1833:, 4 December 1857.
1753:, 9 February 1855.
1739:, 5 December 1854.
1725:, 3 November 1854.
1654:Army & Society
1395:Frederick, p. 204.
1235:Grierson, pp. 6–7.
1168:Kent Trained Bands
1007:23rd on 7 May 1782
1001:36th on 6 May 1780
919:, later moving to
827:, then serving in
823:One draft for the
801:
685:Thomas Kelly-Kenny
618:Theodore Brinckman
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457:lieutenant-colonel
220:Kent Trained Bands
178:South East England
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2663:978-1-84574-207-2
2618:978-1-84342-410-9
2578:978-1-84342-395-9
2548:978-0-14-103894-0
2533:978-1-84342-197-9
2515:Brig E.A. James,
2510:978-0-00-722570-5
2144:, pp. 243–2, 254.
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1936:Edinburgh Gazette
1901:Edinburgh Gazette
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1873:Edinburgh Gazette
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1681:Edinburgh Gazette
1667:Edinburgh Gazette
1625:Dunlop, pp. 42–5.
1253:Holmes, pp. 90–1.
1045:Narborough D'Aeth
1028:of the regiment:
998:4th on12 May 1779
687:, commanding the
638:Orange Free State
422:Waterloo Campaign
358:Narborough D'Aeth
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228:English Civil War
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3362:Kent Militia
3246:Berwickshire
3049:Denbighshire
3004:Bedfordshire
2723:
2714:
2705:
2704:T.F. Mills,
2678:
2669:
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2009:
2004:, pp. 195–6.
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1554:
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1069:
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736:
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673:Arthur Paget
666:
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642:3rd Division
629:
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418:
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322:West Suffolk
318:Bedfordshire
283:
268:
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198:Kent Militia
169:
168:, later the
165:
163:
108:Part of
26:
3302:Londonderry
3154:Radnorshire
3144:Oxfordshire
3129:Northampton
1656:, pp. 91–2.
1202:enlistment.
786:World War I
739:blockhouses
724:Cape Colony
712:Ventersdorp
691:, wrote to
646:Reddersburg
622:Southampton
396:in Maj-Gen
290:Warley Camp
186:World War I
128:Engagements
118:Garrison/HQ
74:(1801–1953)
61:(1760–1800)
3356:Categories
3204:North York
3099:Lancashire
3069:Flintshire
2945:Mid-Ulster
2879:Haddington
2813:Lancashire
2788:Carmarthen
2315:L.S. Amery
2308:References
987:Precedence
909:Colchester
840:Alexandria
722:area into
681:Doornkloof
658:Dewetsdorp
609:Black Week
554:War Office
511:Portsmouth
481:Portsmouth
477:Chichester
410:Canterbury
390:Chelmsford
350:Volunteers
204:Shire levy
192:Background
145:commanders
138:Commanders
122:Canterbury
3332:Westmeath
3322:Tipperary
3287:Fermanagh
3251:Edinburgh
3199:East York
3189:Wiltshire
3109:Middlesex
3074:Glamorgan
3009:Berkshire
2963:Engineers
2935:Tipperary
2864:Edinburgh
2843:Yorkshire
2803:Glamorgan
2769:Artillery
2472:H.G. Hart
2431:1803–1807
2429:, Vol V,
1980:Army List
1529:1805 List
1189:Footnotes
1063:85th Foot
921:213th Bde
829:Palestine
732:Colesberg
669:Kroonstad
626:Cape Town
561:Army List
507:Aldershot
250:in 1713.
244:Louis XIV
3307:Longford
3234:Scotland
3220:Guernsey
3164:Somerset
3044:Cheshire
2990:Infantry
2852:Scotland
2828:Pembroke
2783:Cardigan
2489:Archived
2162:Spiers,
2140:Spiers,
2051:O'Brien.
2013:Spiers,
2000:Spiers,
1652:Spiers,
1147:See also
1016:Colonels
876:Purfleet
818:Salonika
760:Yeomanry
728:Bethulie
700:Heilbron
515:Weymouth
485:Woolwich
406:Olantigh
382:Boulogne
378:Napoleon
354:Yeomanry
304:, Kent,
302:Olantigh
102:Infantry
3337:Wicklow
3297:Leitrim
3282:Donegal
3270:Ireland
3174:Suffolk
3159:Rutland
3124:Norfolk
2950:Wicklow
2910:Donegal
2888:Ireland
2833:Suffolk
2818:Norfolk
2470:Lt-Col
2451:Lt-Col
2271:Baldry.
1916:, 1860.
1766:, 1855.
1465:Parkyn.
1032:Colonel
1022:Colonel
978:Invicta
970:Invicta
962:facings
939:Postwar
929:Norwich
806:Citadel
677:Lindley
636:in the
634:Bethany
453:colonel
314:Colonel
143:Notable
88:Militia
47:Country
3327:Tyrone
3225:Jersey
3184:Sussex
3179:Surrey
3104:London
3064:Durham
3059:Dorset
2940:Tyrone
2920:Galway
2915:Dublin
2900:Armagh
2895:Antrim
2838:Sussex
2798:Durham
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2256:Hart's
1914:Hart's
1764:Hart's
1579:Brown.
1057:Vacant
972:. The
933:Cromer
854:After
835:Aragon
704:De Wet
473:Crimea
414:ensign
79:Branch
69:
56:
39:Active
3312:Meath
3277:Clare
3054:Devon
2905:Clare
2793:Devon
1210:Notes
974:Shako
814:India
590:cadre
489:Malta
386:Dover
294:Essex
3256:Fife
3094:Kent
2869:Fife
2808:Kent
2659:ISBN
2644:ISBN
2629:ISBN
2614:ISBN
2574:ISBN
2559:ISBN
2544:ISBN
2529:ISBN
2521:ISBN
2506:ISBN
2461:ISBN
2442:ISBN
2355:ISBN
1111:Col
1080:GCSI
1043:Sir
630:Moor
583:The
320:and
174:Kent
164:The
148:Col
98:Type
1106:DSO
1102:CMG
1098:KCB
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915:of
907:at
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300:of
292:in
176:in
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