Ref NoBUFFS/HIS/2
CollectionQueen's Own Buffs: The Royal Kent Regiment Collection
TitleHistory of the Buffs - Regimental
Date1946-[2000s]
Extent2 folders
DescriptionRoll of honour of the Buffs, issued May 1946.
3 photocopies of The Warriors' Chapel and the Buffs by Major F.W. Tomlinson, published by the Office of the Friends of Canterbury Cathedral.
2 copies of How the Buffs Came to Kent by Gregory Blaxland, booklet.
Daily Telegraph cutting, September 1951, small article entitled 'Valour of the Buffs'.
Student essay entitled 'Veteri Frondescit Honore: A Study of the Buffs During the Boer War 1899-1902' by Daniel Michael Francis.
3 unofficial rolls of Honour for officers of the Buffs 1944/45, put together by Geoff Kirk from a number of other documents.
Pamphlet on 'The Buffs War Memorial'.
Timeline of Buffs history.
Timeline of Buffs battles and actions from 1572-1913.
Photocopy of 'The Historical Record of the Buffs 1838-1864'.
Short history of the Canadian Buffs.
Photocopies of newspaper cuttings relating to Buffs in Aden in the 1950s.
1 A4 page explaining the origins of the phrase 'Steady the Buffs'.
Register of members of 2nd Btn. killed in action Desert & Burma France & Belgium & Wounded (wording from envelope).
Information concerning Buffs relationships with Canterbury Cathedral and the turning of the page ceremony.
Articles relating to history of the Buffs including Sir Philip Sidney and photographs of old drums.
2 copies of a series of booklets entitled 'Campaigning With the Buffs in Italy' by Major S.D.B. Juul MC (second folder).
Related OrganisationBuffs (Royal East Kent Regiment)
Access conditionsThis collection is available for consultation at the University of Kent's Special Collections & Archives reading room, Templeman Library, University of Kent, Canterbury, CT2 7NU. Deposited material is open for use and research without restriction although some material may be closed under the Data Protection Act 1998; these will be identified at file level.
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