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I never realised that the USMC and RM were linked. Just goes to show, one is never too old to learn.
As that is the case, both the USMC and the RM can perhaps trace its lineage to the Queens Division and back to 1572.
The story is a bit complicated due to amalgamations of regiments and regiment name changes over the years.
The Queens Division is made up of the Queen's Regiment (which has now since been renamed Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment (Queen's and Royal Hampshire)
The Royal Anglian Regiment
Royal Regiment of Fusiliers.
The Queens regiment had a number of county regiments amalgamated into it such as the
Middlesex Regiment
The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment)
Royal Sussex Regiment
The Queen's Royal Surrey Regiment.
The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment) The origins of the regiment lay in Thomas Morgan's Company of Foot, The London Trained Bands which was in existence from 1572 to 1648. In 1665 it was known as the 4th (The Holland Maritime) Regiment and by 1668 as the 4th (The Holland) Regiment. In 1688-1689 it was "4th The Lord High Admiral's Regiment" until 1751 it was named as other regiments after the Colonel Commanding being the 3rd (Howard's) Regiment of Foot from 1737-1743 at which point it became the*3rd Regiment of Foot, "Howard's Buffs".
The 3rd Regiment received its nickname of "The Buffs" because it had been issued buff coats—made of soft leather—first when it served abroad in Holland and later when it was a Maritime Regiment of Foot.
Although the term “Marines” is not used, the Buffs were maritime infantry.
As that is the case, both the USMC and the RM can perhaps trace its lineage to the Queens Division and back to 1572.
The story is a bit complicated due to amalgamations of regiments and regiment name changes over the years.
The Queens Division is made up of the Queen's Regiment (which has now since been renamed Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment (Queen's and Royal Hampshire)
The Royal Anglian Regiment
Royal Regiment of Fusiliers.
The Queens regiment had a number of county regiments amalgamated into it such as the
Middlesex Regiment
The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment)
Royal Sussex Regiment
The Queen's Royal Surrey Regiment.
The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment) The origins of the regiment lay in Thomas Morgan's Company of Foot, The London Trained Bands which was in existence from 1572 to 1648. In 1665 it was known as the 4th (The Holland Maritime) Regiment and by 1668 as the 4th (The Holland) Regiment. In 1688-1689 it was "4th The Lord High Admiral's Regiment" until 1751 it was named as other regiments after the Colonel Commanding being the 3rd (Howard's) Regiment of Foot from 1737-1743 at which point it became the*3rd Regiment of Foot, "Howard's Buffs".
The 3rd Regiment received its nickname of "The Buffs" because it had been issued buff coats—made of soft leather—first when it served abroad in Holland and later when it was a Maritime Regiment of Foot.
Although the term “Marines” is not used, the Buffs were maritime infantry.
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