Author Topic: The 3rd Royal East Kent Regiment of Foot  (Read 1641 times)

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

Offline Romulus

  • Second Lieutenant
  • *
  • Posts: 249
  • The bullet is a fool, the bayonet is a fine chap.
    • View Profile
  • Nick: Romulus
  • Side: Union
The 3rd Royal East Kent Regiment of Foot
« on: January 10, 2013, 07:13:50 am »
The Royal East Kent Regiment of Foot


Hello i am Romulus LtCol of the 149th Pennsylvania and now LtCol of the East Kent Regiment of Foot. Our regiment is proud to support this great mod and will gladly join the events that are being made for it. We are a dedicated bunch who may number small, around 19 men, we still love to play this game and most importantly this mod. Our regiment likes to keep discipline but at the same time we are more into the fun part of the events, after all the Colonel's whip cracks out of love! Currently we have 19 members but we want to facilitate at least 20, and ranks aren't to important to us the privates suggestions will be as valuable as the Lt. Colonels, however all action is to the current highest ranking living soldiers discretion.  The 3rd_EKR or the 3rd East kent Regiment of Foot will serve the Zulu mod with utmost loyalty and dedication in fact some of us already started playing the mod, I have a alias known as Michael Caine  ;)

Regarding rules, promotions, punishments and regulations in our Regiment.

-We ask that your be respectful to your comrades and helpful in training and events

-We ask that you use our Tag in battle: 3rd_EKR

-We ask that you be present on TeamSpeak during events and practice

-We ask that you join our Steam Group so we can post events and notify you when events are scheduled.

-Promotions we believe should be earned through marksmanship and melee prowess, however showing a level head and intelligence in a leadership or survival situation will score you great marks.

-We will use each individual member to their fullest potential and will reward the best and brightest with honors.

-Punishment we believe is not necessary, though deliberate actions taken against the regiment members within the regiment will result in demotion, and temporary bans.

-Finally We ask that you have fun when playing and remember to play as best you can, don't worry we all suck.

Currently our ranks and soldiers that we use are.
Officers
Colonel: Stephen Colbert
Lieutenant Colonel: Romulus
Major:
Captain:
Lieutenant: thefatkid
2nd Lieutenant :
Non-Commissioned Officers
Sergeant Major:
Color_Sergeant: Lighthouse
Sergeant:
Enlisted
Lance Corporal:
Corporal:
1st Private: CaptainMcMuffin, Siphilis, Big Brother,
Private: Washington, Vladimirglenin, Augustus, Darthdj, Jack, Skyicewolf, aloysius, xorph, persian

History of the Royal East Kent Regiment of Foot:
Spoiler
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. It was later given buff-coloured facings and waistcoats to distinguish itself from those of other regiments and had their leather equipment in buff rather than dyed the traditional white.
It received the title of "The Old Buffs" during the Battle of Dettingen in 1743, when the 31st (Huntingdonshire) Regiment of Foot marched past King George II and onto the battlefield with great spirit. Mistaking them for the 3rd due to their buff facings, the sovereign called out, "Bravo, Buffs! Bravo!". When one of his aides, an officer of the 3rd regiment, corrected His Majesty, he then cheered, non-plussed, "Bravo, Young Buffs! Bravo!", thus granting the 31st the honour of being nicknamed the "Young Buffs". The 3rd Regiment then took to calling themselves the "Old Buffs" to keep themselves distinct from the 31st.


The Buffs obtained the name of "The Buffs" officially in 1744 while on campaign in the Low Countries. The 3rd Regiment was then under the command of Lieutenant-General Thomas Howard. At the same time, the 19th Regiment of Foot were commanded by their colonel, the Honourable Sir Charles Howard. In order to avoid confusion (because regiments were then named after their colonels, which would have made them both Howard's Regiment of Foot), the regiments took the colours of their facings as part of their names - the 19th Foot became the Green Howards, while the 3rd Foot became Howard's Buffs, eventually being shortened to simply The Buffs.

In between the campaigns of the Napoleonic Wars and India, "The Buffs" had a tour of service from 1821 until 1827 in the British colony of New South Wales. For the duration of their service, The Buffs were divided into four detachments. The first was based in Sydney from 1821. The second arrived in Hobart in 1822. The third, entitled "The Buffs' Headquarters", arrived in Sydney in 1823. The fourth arrived in Sydney in 1824, but variously saw service throughout the colonies, being stationed at Port Dalrymple, Parramatta, Liverpool, Newcastle, Port Macquarie and Bathurst. The regiment reunited and was transferred to Calcutta in 1827. During their service in New South Wales, The Buffs were commanded by Lieut. Colonel W. Stewart and Lieut Colonel C. Cameron.
[close]

Our training Schedule is:

Tuesday: 3PST/6EST

Saturday: 2PST/5EST

See you in Zululand! Rule Britannia!
 
« Last Edit: January 10, 2013, 07:37:06 am by Romulus »

Offline darthdj31

  • Volunteer
  • *
  • Posts: 12
    • View Profile
Re: The 3rd Royal East Kent Regiment of Foot
« Reply #1 on: January 10, 2013, 07:34:27 am »
What a cool group.

Offline Romulus

  • Second Lieutenant
  • *
  • Posts: 249
  • The bullet is a fool, the bayonet is a fine chap.
    • View Profile
  • Nick: Romulus
  • Side: Union
Re: The 3rd Royal East Kent Regiment of Foot
« Reply #2 on: January 10, 2013, 08:02:10 am »
I have some Footage of the Mod, This is with the 3rd_EKR/149th_PA

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=C4s2GolGMpY[/youtube]