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The Essex Regiment was formed in 1881 by the union of the 44th (East Essex) and 56th (West Essex) Regiments of Foot, which became the 1st and 2nd battalions respectively of the new regiment. This merger was part of the Childers Reforms of the British Army, which also saw the East Essex Militia and West Essex Militia joining the Essex Regiment ...
On 13 December 1636, the Massachusetts General Court ordered the organization of three militia regiments designated as the North, South, and East regiments. The East Regiment (later the Essex Regiment) provided protection and support to the Settlers of the Massachusetts Bay Colony for 139 years.
The East Suffolk Militia was an auxiliary [a] military unit in the English county of Suffolk in East Anglia. First organised as one of two regiments in the county during the Seven Years' War it served on internal security and home defence duties in all of Britain's major wars. It was converted to artillery in 1853 and continued in that role ...
28th (Essex) Anti-Aircraft Battalion, Royal Engineers; 28th (Essex) Searchlight Regiment, Royal Artillery; 36 (Essex Yeomanry) Signal Squadron; 44 (Cinque Ports) Signal Squadron; 44th (East Essex) Regiment of Foot; 55 (East Anglian) Anti-Aircraft Brigade; 56th (West Essex) Regiment of Foot; 59th (Essex Regiment) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment ...
A French Imperial Eagle similar to that captured at the Battle of Salamanca in July 1812. The regiment was sent to the West Indies in 1795 for service in the French Revolutionary Wars and took part in the recapture of Martinique and Saint Lucia which, following the peace treaty of 1763, had been returned to France, and the attack on Guadeloupe. [16]
The Essex Regiment 44th (East Essex) Regiment of Foot. 56th (West Essex) Regiment of Foot Eastern Regiment of Essex Militia. 1st or West Essex Militia 1st Essex RVC. 2nd Essex RVC 3rd Essex RVC 4th Essex RVC. Essex: White, changed to purple in 1936 [28] The Sherwood Foresters (Derbyshire Regiment)
SPLC identified local militia groups (2018) [12] [C] State Name Location Alabama: Alabama Constitutional Militia Clanton: South Alabama Militia Dothan: Alaska: Alaska Citizens Militia Nikiski: Arizona: Arizona Freedom Militia Mohave: Northern Arizona Militia Golden Valley: Arkansas: Arkansas State Militia Corps Mansfield: California: California ...
The Suffolk Trained Bands were a part-time auxiliary military force in the county of Suffolk on the East Coast of England from 1558 until they were reconstituted as the Suffolk Militia in 1662. They were periodically embodied for home defence, for example in the army mustered at Tilbury during the Armada Campaign of 1588.