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The Norfolk Militia was an auxiliary military force in the English county of Norfolk in East Anglia.From their formal organisation as Trained Bands in 1558 until their final service as the Special Reserve, the Militia regiments of the county carried out internal security and home defence duties in all of Britain's major wars.
The East Norfolk Militia was an auxiliary military unit in the English county of Norfolk in East Anglia. First organised during the Seven Years' War it carried out internal security and home defence duties in all of Britain's major wars. It later became a battalion of the Norfolk Regiment, but was disbanded in 1908.
The rest of the PoW Norfolk Artillery in the UK had been disembodied on 13 October 1900. [7] [8] [13] From 1902 most units of the Militia artillery formally became part of the Royal Garrison Artillery (RGA), the Norfolk unit taking the title of Prince of Wales's Own Norfolk RGA (M).
Meanwhile, the General Militia in Norfolk had fallen into abeyance. While there was a brief muster of the General Militia in some counties during the Penruddock uprising of 1655, there is no evidence that the Norfolk County TBs were mustered. and the Council only proposed to mobilise one regiment (under Wood) during the invasion scare of 1656.
0–9. 1st Eastern Regiment, Norfolk Local Militia; 1st Norfolk Militia; 1st Western Regiment, Norfolk Local Militia; 2nd Eastern Regiment, Norfolk Local Militia
A musician of the West Norfolk Militia: the only known image of a West Norfolk Militia uniform in the public domain. However, the Peace of Amiens was short-lived and Britain declared war on France once more on 18 May 1803, the West and East Norfolk regiments having already been re-embodied at Yarmouth, East Dereham and Swaffham on 21 March.
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. [2] The Norfolk Regiment fought in the First World War on the Western Front and in the Middle East. After the ...
Includes commissioned officers of the Norfolk Militia regiments of the British Army, their predecessors of the Norfolk Trained Bands, ...