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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 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.
Sir Armine Wodehouse, 5th Baronet, as Colonel of the East Norfolk Militia, portrait c.1759 by David Morier. Colonel Sir Armine Wodehouse, 5th Baronet (c. 1714 – 21 May 1777), was an English Tory politician and militia officer. Wodehouse was born in 1714, the son of Sir John Wodehouse, 4th Baronet, and Mary Fermor.
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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 East Anglian Brigade, Royal Field Artillery; 1st Eastern Regiment, Norfolk Local Militia; 1st Norfolk Artillery Volunteers; 1st Norfolk Battery, Royal Field Artillery
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