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The West and East Norfolk Militia were reformed in 1853, and a Norfolk Artillery Militia was also formed, partly by transfers from the two infantry regiments. [ 70 ] [ 71 ] [ 72 ] The government's orders to build an armoury and quarters in Great Yarmouth for the permanent staff of the East Norfolk Militia and Norfolk Artillery Militia caused ...
This facility was converted into army barracks to accommodate the Prince of Wales Own Norfolk Artillery Militia in 1853. [1] In 1873 a system of recruiting areas based on counties was instituted under the Cardwell Reforms and the barracks became the depot for the two battalions of the 9th (East Norfolk) Regiment of Foot. [2]
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 Norfolk Artillery Militia was formed under a Royal Warrant dated 2 May 1853 and comprised two companies with a total establishment of 183 all ranks. Detachments of men were transferred from the West Norfolk and East Norfolk Militia (52 from the latter) and the remainder were new recruits.
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The following table is a list of all 50 states and their respective dates of statehood. The first 13 became states in July 1776 upon agreeing to the United States Declaration of Independence, and each joined the first Union of states between 1777 and 1781, upon ratifying the Articles of Confederation, its first constitution. [6]
After the European discovery of North America in the 15th century, European nations competed to establish colonies on the continent. In the late 16th century, the area claimed by England was well defined along the coast, but was very roughly marked in the west, extending from 34 to 48 degrees north latitude, or from the vicinity of Cape Fear in present-day North Carolina well into Acadia.
The traditional abbreviations for U.S. states and territories, widely used in mailing addresses prior to the introduction of two-letter U.S. postal abbreviations, are still commonly used for other purposes (such as legal citation), and are still recognized (though discouraged) by the Postal Service.