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Music by Thomas Arne.
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. It was formed as the Norfolk Regiment in 1881 under the Childers Reforms of the British Army as the county regiment of Norfolk by merging the 9th (East Norfolk) Regiment of Foot with the local Militia and Rifle Volunteers battalions.
The regiments battle honours are Belleisle, Havannah, Martinque 1794, Roliça, Vimiera, Corunna, Busaco, Salamanca Vitoria, San Sebastián , Nive, Peninsula, Cabool 1842, Moodkee, Ferozeshah, Sobraon, Sevastopol, Kabul 1879, Afghanistan 1879–80, Paardeberg, South Africa (1900–02) and many fronts of both the First and Second World War.
In 1959, the Royal Norfolk Regiment was amalgamated with the Suffolk Regiment, to become the 1st East Anglian Regiment (Royal Norfolk and Suffolk); this later amalgamated with the 2nd East Anglian Regiment (Duchess of Gloucester's Own Royal Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire), the 3rd East Anglian Regiment (16th/44th Foot) and the Royal Leicestershire Regiment to form the Royal Anglian Regiment, of which A Company of the 1st Battalion is known as the Royal Norfolks.
Performed by the Band of the 1st Battalion, the Royal Anglian Regiment.
The illustration is of an officer of the 9th Regiment (East Norfolk) Regiment of Foot defending his Colours at the Battle of Ferozeshah, 1845 by W Kohler after L'Enfant Brothers.
Music by Thomas Arne.
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. It was formed as the Norfolk Regiment in 1881 under the Childers Reforms of the British Army as the county regiment of Norfolk by merging the 9th (East Norfolk) Regiment of Foot with the local Militia and Rifle Volunteers battalions.
The regiments battle honours are Belleisle, Havannah, Martinque 1794, Roliça, Vimiera, Corunna, Busaco, Salamanca Vitoria, San Sebastián , Nive, Peninsula, Cabool 1842, Moodkee, Ferozeshah, Sobraon, Sevastopol, Kabul 1879, Afghanistan 1879–80, Paardeberg, South Africa (1900–02) and many fronts of both the First and Second World War.
In 1959, the Royal Norfolk Regiment was amalgamated with the Suffolk Regiment, to become the 1st East Anglian Regiment (Royal Norfolk and Suffolk); this later amalgamated with the 2nd East Anglian Regiment (Duchess of Gloucester's Own Royal Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire), the 3rd East Anglian Regiment (16th/44th Foot) and the Royal Leicestershire Regiment to form the Royal Anglian Regiment, of which A Company of the 1st Battalion is known as the Royal Norfolks.
Performed by the Band of the 1st Battalion, the Royal Anglian Regiment.
The illustration is of an officer of the 9th Regiment (East Norfolk) Regiment of Foot defending his Colours at the Battle of Ferozeshah, 1845 by W Kohler after L'Enfant Brothers.
