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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 Trained Bands were a part-time military force in the English county of Norfolk in East Anglia from 1558 until they were reconstituted as the Norfolk Militia in 1662. They were periodically embodied for home defence, for example during the Rising of the North in 1569 and the Armada Crisis of 1588.
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 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).
0–9. 1st Eastern Regiment, Norfolk Local Militia; 1st Norfolk Militia; 1st Western Regiment, Norfolk Local Militia; 2nd Eastern Regiment, Norfolk Local Militia
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
1935: The Royal Norfolk Regiment [13] 9th (East Norfolk) Regiment of Foot (2 battalions) 1st or West Norfolk Militia 2nd or East Norfolk Militia. 1st Norfolk (City of Norwich) RVC 2nd Norfolk RVC 3rd Norfolk RVC 4th Norfolk RVC Norfolk: White, changed to yellow in 1905 The Lincolnshire Regiment 1946:The Royal Lincolnshire Regiment [15]
4th (2nd Norfolk Militia) Battalion, Norfolk Regiment 284th (Mixed) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment (1st East Anglian), Royal Artillery 335th (Norfolk) Field Battery, Royal Artillery