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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.
Service / branch: British Army: Years of service: 1940–1944 † Rank: Captain: Service number: 130097: Unit: Royal Norfolk Regiment: Battles / wars: Second World War. Burma campaign. Burma campaign 1944. Operation U-Go. Battle of Kohima † Awards: Victoria Cross: Relations: Leslie Thomas Manser VC (brother-in-law)
The Norfolk Trained Bands were a part-time military force in the English county of Norfolk in East Anglia from 1558 until they were reconstituted as the Norfolk Militia in 1662. They were periodically embodied for home defence, for example during the Rising of the North in 1569 and the Armada Crisis of 1588.
Serving as Colonel of the Royal Norfolk Regiment from 1 May 1946 [38] until 4 October 1947 [39] Berney-Ficklin retired from the army on 14 January 1948, due to disability. [40] He moved with his new wife, the daughter of a Russian general, to Cape Town , South Africa , where he died on 17 February 1961, at the age of 68.
Service / branch: British Army: Years of service: 1952–1988: Rank: Major General: Service number: 433251: Unit: Royal Norfolk Regiment Royal Anglian Regiment: Commands: 1st Armoured Division 3rd Infantry Brigade 1st Battalion, Royal Anglian Regiment: Battles / wars: Operation Banner: Awards: Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Prior to 1920, each regiment issued their own service numbers which were unique only within that regiment, so the same number could be issued many times in different regiments. When a serviceman moved, he would be given a new service number by his new regiment. Commissioned officers did not have service numbers until 1920.