Second World War (1939-1945)
For service in World War II, ten battalions were raised :
- 4th (Territorial Army) Battalion
- 5th (Territorial Army) Battalion
- 6th (Home Defence) Battalion
- 7th Battalion This was converted to armour in 1941 as 141st Regiment Royal Armoured Corps (7th Battalion The Buffs). They continued to wear their Buffs cap badge on the black beret of the RAC.
- 8th Battalion
- 9th Battalion
- 10th Battalion
- 11th Battalion
- 30th Battalion
- 70th (Young Soldiers') Battalion
Read more about this topic: Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment)
Famous quotes containing the words world and/or war:
“Love was before the light began,
When light if over,love shall be”
—Unknown. The Thousand and One Nights.
AWP. Anthology of World Poetry, An. Mark Van Doren, ed. (Rev. and enl. Ed., 1936)
“Our lives laid down in war and peace may not
Be found acceptable in Heaven’s sight.
And that they may be is the only prayer
Worth praying. May my sacrifice
Be found acceptable in Heaven’s sight.”
—Robert Frost (1874–1963)