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An East Norfolk Militia button believed to date from 1770–80 has "E" over NORFOLK over "B" (for Battalion). A button from ca 1780–1800 has an ornate 'EN' within an eight-pointed cut star. [ 97 ] The officers' buttons until 1881 carried the castle and lion within a crowned garter inscribed EAST NORFOLK.
Records of the Massachusetts Militia in the War of 1812. Boston, MA: Wight and Potter Publishing Company, State Printers, 1913. Peden, Henry C. The Delaware Militia in the War of 1812. Lewes, DE: Colonial Roots, 2003. OCLC Number 55110901. Remini, Robert V. The Battle of New Orleans. New York, NY: Penguin Putnam, Inc., 1999. ISBN 0-670-88551-7.
0–9. 1st Eastern Regiment, Norfolk Local Militia; 1st Norfolk Militia; 1st Western Regiment, Norfolk Local Militia; 2nd Eastern Regiment, Norfolk Local Militia
The long-standing national Militia of the United Kingdom was revived by the Militia Act 1852 (15 & 16 Vict. c. 50), enacted during a period of international tension. As before, units were raised and administered on a county basis, and filled by voluntary enlistment (although conscription by means of the Militia Ballot might be used if the counties failed to meet their quotas).
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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.
In colonial era Anglo-American usage, militia service was distinguished from military service in that the latter was normally a commitment for a fixed period of time of at least a year, for a salary, whereas militia was only to meet a threat, or prepare to meet a threat, for periods of time expected to be short. Militia persons were normally ...