2nd Battalion The Buffs On Parade in London 1928

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Interesting find,the Buffs are supposedly apart from the Guards the only regiment that are permitted to parade in London with Colors flying  Drums beating ........and Fixed Bayonets. Shot in 1928, but no sound regrettably.

 

 

 

[Gunner87]

Thank you for sharing that great footage.

 

I'm sure many of our members will know this but the reason 'The Buffs' (Royal East Kent Regiment)' got its name was due to the  3rd (Kent) Regiment of Foot being issued with buff coats when it first served abroad in the Low Countries . It was later given buff coloured uniform facings, collar, lapels, cuffs, and waistcoats to distinguish itself from other regiments.

 

This painting by British artists Richard Simkin, 1850-1926, depicts the regiment in 1751 where the buff coloured facings and waistcoat can be seen. 

 

 

 

 

[GCCE1854]

So interesting, and not a regiment that I know very much about. Were buff facings used in other regiments later on? I'm thinking that I remember an HEIC regiment with buff facings, but that could be faulty.

 

Trying to find a good image of a painting showing the original Buff Coat. Nothing as nice as your painting above so far, but this does show the change in uniform style for the regiment:

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Forum Supremo, yes a few different regiments used Buff Facings, but after the 1881 Reforms, and the regiments now had specific color facings by ethnic group as it were, ie White for English and Welsh Regiments, Green for Irish, Yellow for Scots, the Buffs were the one of a few regiments that had Buff Facings who were permitted to use the color again, this being like in the 1890s or 1900s.

 

Members of one of the Battalions from a 1908 illustration, see, they are wearing the Buff again.

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This is a list of the Regiments who wore Buff and or Shades of Buff Facings apart from the 3rd Foot The Buffs.

 

14th Foot Buff

 

22nd Foot Pale Buff

 

27th Foot Buff

 

31st Foot Buff

 

40th Foot Deep Buff

 

48th Foot Buff

 

61st Foot  Dark Buff

 

62nd Foot Yellow-ish Buff

 

81st Foot Buff

 

90th Foot Deep Buff

 

96th Foot Buff

 

98th Foot Pale Buff

 

103rd Foot Pale Buff

 

104th Foot Yellow-ish Buff

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These are the only Regiments that were permitted to wear their old Facing Colors again on their Red Coats starting in the 1890s or 1900s. 

 

the Buffs (white to buff)

the Northumberland Fusiliers (white to Gosling green)

the Manchester Regiment (white to Lincoln green)

the Norfolk Regiment (white to yellow)

the Essex Regiment (white to 'Pompadour Purple')

the Devonshire Regiment (white to Lincoln green)

the Highland Light Infantry (yellow to buff)

the Seaforth Highlanders (yellow to buff)

the Prince of Wales's Own Yorkshire Regiment (white to grass green)

the Duke of Wellington's Regiment (white to scarlet)

the Duke of Edinburgh's Wiltshire Regiment (white to buff)

the Suffolk Regiment (white to yellow)

the Durham Light Infantry (white to dark green)

 

 

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Missed this Regiment, the 78th (Highlanders) Foot, formed in 1793, because of their Buff Facings they were called The Ross-shire Buffs.

 

There was a first 78th Foot, a Highland Regiment,  78th Fraser Highlanders, formed in 1757 and disbanded in 1763, fought in Canada in the French and Indian War, it had Buff Facings too. Curiously it seems when the new 78th Foot was formed, it traced no linage to the original one