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The Probert Encyclopaedia - Weapons and Warfare (C-F) (8840 words)
	The Regiment was founded in 1958 from the amalgamation of the former Devonshire and former Dorset Regiments.
	The East Kent Regiment (The Buffs) was a British infantry regiment descended from the 3rd Regiment of Foot who in turn had been the Holland Regiment organised in 1572 by the London Guilds to aid the Dutch against Spain.
	The East Lancashire Regiment was a British infantry regiment formed of the 30th Regiment of Foot and the 59th Regiment of Foot.

83rd Regiment of Foot - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (844 words)
	The 83rd Regiment of Foot (also called the Royal Glasgow Volunteers) was a British infantry regiment that served in the American Revolutionary War.
	Because the 83rd was a Royal Regiment it was entitled to have royal blue 'facings' (collars, cuffs and lapels) augmented by white lace on the button holes.
	Later that year the 83rd was transferred to New York, where it remained as part of the garrison of the city until the end of the Revolutionary War in 1783.

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