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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.
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This is a list of British colours lost in battle. Since reforms in 1747 each infantry regiment carried two colours, or flags, to identify it on the battlefield: a king's colour of the union flag and a regimental colour of the same colour as the regiment's facings. The colours were regarded as talismans of the regiment and it was considered a ...
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Flag was adopted in 1938 (Znamierowski, Alfred (2003) Illustrated Book of Flags, London: Southwater, p. 84 ISBN: 978-1-842-15881-4. ) Source: Image of the flag: Flags & Heraldy Committee. Flying Flags in the United Kingdom. Flag Institute: The United Kingdom's National Flag Charity. Retrieved on 14 November 2015. Author
3rd (1st Norfolk Militia) Battalion, Norfolk Regiment; 4th (2nd Norfolk Miltia) Battalion, Norfolk Regiment; 1st –4th Volunteer Battalions, Norfolk Regiment; Britannia Barracks, which took its name from the regimental badge, was built between 1885 and 1887 on Mousehold Heath at the edge of Norwich as a depot for the Norfolk Regiment and this ...