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  2. Essex Regiment - Wikipedia

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    While the men donned the black beret of the Royal Armoured Corps, they continued to wear their Essex Regiment cap badge as did all infantry units converted in this manner. [59] During the conversion, surplus personnel were formed into 'R' Company, Essex Regiment, which soon afterwards was designated as V Corps HQ Defence Company. [60]

  3. 1st Garrison Battalion, Essex Regiment - Wikipedia

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    Essex Regiment cap badge, WWI. Active: 21 July 1915–2 May 1919: Country: ... Essex Regiment, was a unit formed from older or unfit men for line of communication ...

  4. British Land Units of the First World War - Wikipedia

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    During the First World War the British Armed Forces was enlarged to many times its peacetime strength. This was done mainly by adding new battalions to existing regiments (the King's Royal Rifles raised a total of 26 battalions).

  5. Category:British Army Cap badges - Wikipedia

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    This is the category page for Cap badges of the British Army. Media in category "British Army Cap badges" The following 19 files are in this category, out of 19 total.

  6. List of battalions of the Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment

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    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.

  7. Divisional insignia of the British Army - Wikipedia

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    Canadian divisions used simple colour oblongs as division signs. Each infantry battalion was shown by a colour and shape combination worn above the division sign, green, red or blue for the 1st, 2nd and 3rd brigades in each division and a circle, triangle, half circle or square for each battalion in the brigade.

  8. 3rd East Anglian Regiment - Wikipedia

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    [3] [4] The eagle of the French 62nd Regiment was captured by one of the regiment's predecessors at the Battle of Salamanca in 1812. [5] The eagle and garter badge appeared in the centre of the colours presented to the 1st battalion on 30 May 1959. [6] A common cap badge and buttons were worn by all regular battalions of the East Anglian ...

  9. Essex and Kent Scottish - Wikipedia

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    The final name for this regiment was the Essex Scottish Regiment, which took effect on 15 July 1927. Before the First World War, the regiment did not see combat as a whole. Although it did not see any real action, it trained hard to go to war during the North-West Rebellion led by Louis Riel in 1885, and in 1900 during the Second Boer War it ...