Ref NoBUFFS/HIS/1
CollectionQueen's Own Buffs: The Royal Kent Regiment Collection
TitleHistory of the Buffs - Individual Soldiers
Date1944-[2000s]
Extent1 folder
DescriptionEssay concerning Private Norman Rose of the Buffs, and his post-war trial as part of the British Free Corps.
Memoirs of 1939-1946 of a 2nd Battalion Buffs soldier, No. 6289210 (no name given).
Material relating to Silver Star Medal awarded to Lieut. Hubert. A. Ward, 1944.
Excerpt from 'With Our Forces Overseas' a newspaper article 1945/46 (newspaper unidentified), concerning Corporal Den Gore.
Print out from the Commowealth Graves Commission concerning the death of Anthony John Cook.
Enquiry relating to Private A.C.R. Mills with war record of Private E.G. Fairweather and photocopies of photographs.
Photocopy of two pages of a Dragon from 1945 featuring obituaries.
Photocopy of a typed memoir of 'a prisoner of war' - probably Private K.G. Ogg of the Buffs.
1 certificate recording Company Sergeant Major F.C. Excell of the Buffs being mentioned in despatches, signed by Secretary of State for War Sir P.J. Grig, dated 11th January 1945, accompanied by cutting from the Dragon recording the same.
2 copies of a series of booklets entitled 'Campaigning With the Buffs in Italy' by Major S.D.B. Juul MC.
1 envelope relating to Major Poulsen, including ceremonial certificate from George VI on his commission to second lieutenant, and ceremonial certificate from Elizabeth II awarding an MBE.
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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