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The Royal Norfolk Regiment was a line infantry regiment of the British Army until 1959. Its predecessor regiment was raised in 1685 as Henry Cornwall's Regiment of Foot.In 1751, it was numbered like most other British Army regiments and named the 9th Regiment of Foot.
The inscription reads: 'to the memory of the 97 soldiers who died in the massacre on 27 May 1940 at Le Paradis, Northern France [badge of the Royal Norfolk Regiment] These soldiers were drawn from the 2nd Battalion The Royal Norfolk Regiment, 1st Battalion The Royal Scots and other British Expeditionary Force units'.
Includes soldiers and non-commissioned officers of the Royal Norfolk Regiment of the British Army, which was formed in 1685, known as the 9th Regiment of Foot until 1881 and merged into the 1st East Anglian Regiment (later the Royal Anglian Regiment) in 1959.
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As a result of the Defence Review, the 1st Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment and the 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment amalgamated on 29 August 1959 to form the 1st Battalion, 1st East Anglian Regiment (Royal Norfolk and Suffolk). [1] On formation the regiment was based in West Berlin (the location of the 1st Royal Norfolks). [2]
The barracks were built in the architectural style of Norman Shaw on Mousehold Heath as the depot for the Royal Norfolk Regiment between 1885 and 1887. [1] The name of the barracks was taken from the badge of the Regiment. [2] The barracks served as an Initial Training Centre for recruits during the Second World War. [2]
3rd (1st Norfolk Militia) Battalion, Norfolk Regiment; 3rd (Reserve) Battalion, Norfolk Regiment; 4th (2nd Norfolk Militia) Battalion, Norfolk Regiment; 10th (Reserve) Battalion, Norfolk Regiment; 12th (Norfolk Yeomanry) Battalion, Norfolk Regiment; 25th Training Reserve Battalion; 61st Provisional Battalion (Territorial Force)
The Fighting Ninth – 9th Regiment of Foot later The Norfolk Regiment [1] [3] [10] The First and the Last – 4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards [40] First of Track 1st Royal Tank Regiment (humorous from the infantry's history being named xth of Foot) Fitch's Grenadiers – The Royal Irish Rifles [1] [3] The Five-and-threepennies – 53rd Foot [3]