The regiment was organised in 1759 as the Buckinghamshire Militia. It was embodied in 1778, at which time it was ranked the 10th regiment of militia, and remained active for five years. It was regularly re-ranked through its embodiment, becoming the 40th in 1779, 45th in 1780, 20th in 1781, and 2nd in 1782.
It was embodied again in 1793 for the French Revolutionary Wars, ranked as the 38th, then in 1794 it was retitled as the Royal Buckinghamshire Militia (King's Own).[1] With the resumption of hostilities in 1803, it was embodied as the 49th, and posted to Harwich Barracks.[2] It was disembodied with the peace in 1814.
In 1833, it was ranked as the 35th. It saw service during the Crimean War, being embodied from 1854 to 1856.
As part of the Haldane Reforms in 1908, the battalion was disbanded. Its place as the 3rd Battalion was taken by the former Oxfordshire Militia.
Publications
Beckett, Ian F W (2011). Britain's Part Time Soldiers. The Amateur Military Tradition 1558—1945 (2 ed.). Barnsley: Pen & Sword. ISBN9781848843950.
Hay, George Jackson (Colonel) (1987) [1908]. An Epitomized History of the Militia (The "Constitutional Force"). Ray Westlake Military Books. ISBN0-9508530-7-0.