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The regiment was renamed to the Royal Norfolk Regiment on 3 June 1935 to celebrate 250 years since the regiment was first raised and also to celebrate the Silver Jubilee of King George V. In 1940, the first decorations for gallantry awarded to the British Expeditionary Force in France were gained by men of the 2nd Battalion.
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.
Royal Norfolk Regiment soldiers (13 P) Pages in category "Royal Norfolk Regiment" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total.
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]
R. Raiding Support Regiment; Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own) 108 Regiment Royal Armoured Corps; 109th Regiment Royal Armoured Corps; 110th Regiment Royal Armoured Corps