Timeline of the British Army

1500–1599

The Buffs (1572)

Formed from London's urban militia to support the Protestants in Holland, where they remained until the outbreak of the Anglo-Dutch war in 1665, at which point they were disbanded for refusing the oath of loyalty to the Dutch States General. They fled to England and reformed as 'The Holland Regiment' in the British Army. The unit is now part of the Princess Of Wales's Royal Regiment.

1600–1699

1700–1799

1800-1898

1899–1918

Second Boer War

First World War

1918–1939

1939–1945

1945–1990

1990–present

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