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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.
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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 barracks were built in the architectural style of Norman Shaw on Mousehold Heath as the depot for the Royal Norfolk Regiment between 1885 and 1887. [1] The name of the barracks was taken from the badge of the Regiment. [2] The barracks served as an Initial Training Centre for recruits during the Second World War. [2]
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)
The brigade was raised in 1908 upon the creation of the Territorial Force, originally as the Norfolk and Suffolk Brigade and was part of the East Anglian Division. The brigade consisted of two Volunteer battalions, the 4th and 5th, of the Norfolk Regiment and two, the 4th and 5th, of the Suffolk Regiment.
The Norfolk Yeomanry was a volunteer cavalry regiment of Britain's Territorial Army, accepted onto the establishment of the British Army in 1794.After seeing action in the Second Boer War, it served dismounted at Gallipoli, in Palestine and on the Western Front during the First World War.