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The Essex Regiment was a line infantry regiment of the British Army in existence from 1881 to 1958. The regiment served in many conflicts such as the Second Boer War and both World War I and World War II, serving with distinction in all three.
The 6th Battalion, Essex Regiment was a volunteer unit of Britain's Territorial Army.First formed in the docks of East London in 1860, it served as infantry at Gallipoli and in Palestine during the First World War.
The 1st Garrison Battalion, Essex Regiment, was a unit formed from older or unfit men for line of communication duties during World War I. It served at Gallipoli , carrying out a multitude of tasks both at the bases and under fire on the beaches.
Initially the brigade was commanded by the officer commanding 44th Regimental District (the Essex Regiment's depot), but afterwards Lt-Col P.C. Yorke, recently retired from the King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment, was appointed. The brigade historian recorded that Yorke was a 'smart and keen soldier' who did a lot for the brigade in its early ...
161st (Essex) Brigade: 54th (East Anglian) Division: August 1915: Gallipoli campaign: First line Territorial brigade. Formed from Essex Regiment battalions. Also fought in the Sinai and Palestine Campaign. [139] [140] 162nd (East Midland) Brigade: 54th (East Anglian) Division: August 1915: Gallipoli campaign: First line Territorial brigade.
Auckland Mounted Rifle Regiment (Lieutenant Colonel C. E. R. Mackesy) Canterbury Mounted Rifle Regiment (Lieutenant Colonel J. Findlay) Force moved to Romani during 4 August and took part in the battle on 5 August 42nd (East Lancashire) Division 125th (Lancashire Fusiliers) Brigade 126th (East Lancashire) Brigade 127th (Manchester) Brigade
Essex 1st VB, The Essex Regiment: 4th Bn, The Essex Regiment 2nd VB, The Essex Regiment 5th Bn, The Essex Regiment 3rd VB, The Essex Regiment: 6th Bn, The Essex Regiment: 4th VB, The Essex Regiment: 7th Bn, The Essex Regiment: Raised 1908: The Essex and Suffolk Cyclist Battalion. 1910 redesignated: 8th (Cyclist) Bn, The Essex Regiment Fife
Accordingly, the 1st Battalions of the Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment and the Essex Regiment were merged to form the 3rd East Anglian Regiment (16th/44th Foot) on 2 June 1958, which itself became part of a new "large regiment": the Royal Anglian Regiment in 1964.
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