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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.
An ensign of the 9th (East Norfolk) Regiment of Foot with regimental colour, attended by a colour sergeant armed with a spontoon, 1813. The colours, flags, of a British Army infantry regiment serve to identify the unit and mark a rallying point for its troops.
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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'.
Flag of the historic county of Leicestershire, registered with the Flag Institute on 16 July 2021 [43] Defunct: Flag of Merseyside [44] Flag of Norfolk County Council [45] Council banner of arms. For County flag see Flag of Norfolk. 1951: Flag of Northumberland [37] Local authority flag with use permitted to local people. Based on the St Oswald ...
9th (East Norfolk) Regiment of Foot 1782–1881 [33] 1685 Raised 19 June 1685, as Henry Cornewall's Regiment of Foot. [33] 1881: The Norfolk Regiment: Royal Anglian Regiment: 10: 10th Regiment of Foot 1751–1782. 10th (North Lincolnshire) Regiment of Foot 1782–1881 [34] 1685 Raised 20 June 1685, as the Earl of Bath's Regiment of Foot. [34]
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 Kings's colour of Barrell’s Regiment of Foot that was carried at the Battle of Culloden in 1746. National Museum of Scotland, accession number M.1931.299.2 [1]. Prior to 1743, each infantry regiment of the British Army was responsible for the design and quantity of standards carried, often with each company having its own design.