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The Royal East Kent Regiment (The Buffs) can be traced back to 1572 and is one of the oldest regiments of the British Army.
Battalions during the Great War.
- 1st Battalion
- 2nd Battalion
- 3rd (Reserve) Battalion
- 4th Battalion
- 2/4th Battalion
- 3/4th (The Weald of Kent) Battalion
- 5th (The Weald of Kent) Battalion
- 2/5th (The Weald of Kent) Battalion
- 3/5th (The Weald of Kent) Battalion
- 10th (Royal East Kent & West Kent Yeomanry) Battalion
- 6th (Service) Battalion
- 7th (Service) Battalion
- 8th (Service) Battalion
- 9th (Reserve) Battalion
- 1st (Home Service ) Battalion
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Those known to have served with The Royal East Kent Regiment (The Buffs) during the Great War.
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- Pte. James Corke (d.3rd May 1917)
- Sjt. Ivan Clarence "Chips" Hamblin MSM, MID. Read their Story.
- Sjt. Herbert Walter Hills DCM, MID. (d.31st May 1918) Read their Story.
- Pte. Robert Samuel Rivers (d.18th Aug 1916) Read their Story.
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Sjt. Ivan Clarence "Chips" Hamblin MSM, MID. 2nd Btn. East Kent Regiment, The Buffs
"Chips" Hamblin was a regular army soldier. He was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal for Gallantry during WW1 also mentioned in despatches and awarded Long Service and Good Conduct Medals. His other Medals include Victory Medal, 1914-15 Star, Great War Medal. Chips died at Catterick in 1928 due to influenza.
Sjt. Herbert Walter Hills DCM, MID. 1st Battalion East Kent Regiment (d.31st May 1918)
My great great granddad, Herbert Walter Hills, died aged 25 leaving 3 children, one being my grandma Mildred, she never met her father. It appears Herbert enlisted in the Army at aged 16 on 5th June 1909 and went straight to France. He was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal and the 2nd class of the Russian Order of St. George, the order was granted by the late Tsar.I feel so proud of Herbert in so many ways and it saddens me thinking of him as just a boy fighting in such horrible conditions. I would love to know what he did to obtain his awards. I wear my great grandma's wedding ring and will now wear it with such pride.
Rest in Peace Herbert Walter Hills DCM.MID. "The Buffs"
Pte. Robert Samuel Rivers 8th Battalion East Kent Regiment (d.18th Aug 1916)
Robert my Grandad was killed in action in France aged 34 leaving a wife and six children, one of them my Dad.
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