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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.
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.
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'.
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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)
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]
Gristock was born and raised in Pretoria, South Africa but emigrated to the UK before the Second World War. He was 35 years old, and a Warrant Officer Class II holding the appointment of company sergeant major in 2nd Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment, British Army during the Second World War.
1st and 2nd Battalions, Norfolk Regiment; 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 ...